China-U.S. tension involves 5G and smartphone apps but also pandemic planning, cross-border academic co-operation, journalism, international trade, agriculture and global institutions. Then came tariffs, more tariffs and yet again more tariffs, some of which also hit allies like Canada. For example, Trump has signed an executive order restricting use of the wildly popular Chinese social-media platform WeChat. "The problem with [Trump's] China policy is just the fundamental incoherence of the president." What should be the end goal of a coherent China policy?

Source: CBC News October 08, 2020 07:52 UTC