WEST COULD FACE ‘LIGHT COLD WAR’ WITH BEIJING

Former British prime minister Tony Blair’s institute said on Wednesday that China’s new-found global clout means the West faces a “light Cold War” or at least big power rivalry with the People’s Republic.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly confronted China over trade and its handling of the outbreak, though Beijing has cast Washington’s fears over its clout as anti-chinese hysteria. The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change said polling showed that China is considered to be a force for bad in the world by more than half of people in the United States, Britain and France.