An African proverb sums the situation up neatly: “When two elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers.” The two elephants are China and the United States — and the grass is the rest of the world. What began as the Chinese front of Donald Trump’s trade war has evolved into something much bigger: a struggle between superpowers. That rivalry makes it more volatile — and far more dangerous. In the latest twist, just two weeks before a planned Trump–Xi Jinping summit in Seoul on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific meetings, Beijing has rolled out heavy artillery to tilt the balance of power.
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