China-US tensions

2020 saw US-China relations nosedive, with Trump calling Covid-19 the "China virus" and saying Beijing was responsible for "a mass worldwide killing". They also clashed over the repression of Turkic speaking Uighur minority in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, as well as the national security law imposed on Hong Kong. News of tit-for-tat sanctions, crackdown on IT sector, closure of consulates and war of words has dominated the whole year.

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