The hotheads who could start a cold war

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The hotheads who could start a cold war
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China’s deep distrust of America and the West is making it reckless

Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskA dismaying case in point involves fighter jets of China’s People’s Liberation Army , which have in recent months staged dangerous, high-speed passes to intimidate Western military aircraft in international airspace near China. Chinese pilots have flown so close that diplomats from America, Australia and Canada have lodged formal complaints with officials in Beijing.

Such mistrust is mirrored in China, whose diplomats scold America for failing to offer any incentives for North Korea to return to the negotiating table, after failed summit meetings between Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, and Donald Trump, the president at the time.

The prospect of North Korea fielding nuclear missiles that can hit far-off continents—a nightmare that brought China and the West together at thetries to use fear to put Western powers in their place and show that China plays by different rules

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