Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with then US vice-president Joe Biden in 2013 in Beijing. Photo: AP
Opinion
Opinion
Zhang Lin
Coronavirus pandemic has made the US more dependent on China, and cut chances of decoupling
The Biden administration looks set to continue many aspects of Trump’s China policy, but Washington’s ability to contain its economic rival has been greatly reduced
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about many changes and made decoupling less realistic, but the US-China conflict will not de-escalate any time soon