CommentCoronavirus pandemic pushes US and China into new Cold War
Ideological difference provides new edge to already frayed relations
Ideological differences between the U.S. and China have opened up amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Nikkei montage/AP)
HIROYUKI AKITA, Nikkei commentator
TOKYO -- While the U.S.-China relationship has become more toxic than ever since their dramatic rapprochement in the 1970s, the two have so far managed to avert a bigger blowup but the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the possibility for a further deterioration in ties.