Given that China is the single greatest challenge to U.S. supremacy – a view that very likely prevails within the Trump administration – competition between the two powers has naturally been intense and long-standing. For its part, China aims to catch up with and overtake the U.S. by 2049. From Beijing’s perspective, the biggest discrepancies between the two countries lie in military power, the broader network of alliances, and control over the global discourse. However, the Trump administration has shown little interest in its allies and seems to have little desire to retain its dominant position in the globa
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