Think Tank Says US, China in New Cold War

The Kissinger Institute on China and the United States director, in an article previewing U.S.-China relations in 2023, said that both countries don't want to admit they are in a cold war -- but they are.

"The Biden administration denies that it wants to engage in a cold war even as [it] prepares for one. The Department of Commerce’s October 2022 announced ban on advanced semiconductors to China was a striking case in point," Robert Daly wrote. "Denying advanced computing and artificial intelligence capabilities to the Chinese military and surveillance state, means also denying them to Chinese medical researchers, agriculturalists, educators, supply chain managers, and transportation and communications specialists."

He said the fact that the U.S. is also trying to hamper China's technological development on security grounds "is a clear indicator of cold war conditions."

Similarly, Daly said, China is "isolating itself from the West and building a powerful, modern military on that basis, yet it still denies publically that US-China relations are fundamentally competitive."