International relationsEx-Trump official urges US to resist China by bolstering democracy
Former security adviser McMaster says US-China tensions are no Cold War
U.S. President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster delivers a keynote speech at a Nikkei/CSIS symposium in Tokyo on Friday. (Photo by Hiroyuki Yamamoto)
FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer
October 25, 2019 15:49 JST
TOKYO -- President Donald Trump's former national security adviser said on Friday that current tensions between Washington and Beijing do not amount to a new Cold War, and that the U.S.'s beef is with the Chinese Communist Party, not the Chinese people.