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    The Blame Game

    May 21, 2020 4 minutes
    By Jon Taylor
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    The author is professor of political science and chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas, San Antonio

    While in the midst of a pandemic and with a crying need for the U.S. and China to unite and work together, it is unfortunate that China-U.S. relations have deteriorated to a level not seen since the Cold War before Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972. This deterioration was completely avoidable. One would have hoped that the rhetoric would dissipate as cooler and more rational voices prevailed to restore a greater sense of cooperation in the world’s most important bilateral relationship.

    Sadly, rather than pressing to

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