25 experts calculated the scenarios they think could play out in the US-China relationship. All the results are bleak.

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US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.
US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.

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US House Committee says China delayed releasing COVID-19 information for weeks and lied about sharing it immediately

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Volunteers input test tube information for nucleic acid collection in a gas film laboratory for COVID-19 prevention and control in Anyang, Henan Province, China, Sept 5, 2022.
Volunteers input test tube information for nucleic acid collection in a gas film laboratory for COVID-19 prevention and control in Anyang, Henan Province, China, Sept 5, 2022.

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The next country to land humans on the moon in the next 10 years 'sets a precedent' for who decides the rules there: US officials

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China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, taken by the Yutu-2 moon rover, on the far side of the moon.
China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, taken by the Yutu-2 moon rover, on the far side of the moon.

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No, the Ultimate World Cruise won't be ending early because of Red Sea chaos

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serenade of the seas
The Ultimate World Cruise is still scheduled for 274 total nights.

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Russia's Kinzhals are frustrating Chinese analysts who want to find out how Beijing's hypersonic missiles might stack up against US battlefield defenses

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MiG-31BM supersonic interceptor equipped with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile underneath it.

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Israel will allow more aid into Gaza in exchange for medicine deliveries to hostages, Qatar says

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A person wears a breathing tube while laying down on a gurney. Two people pull the gurney across the sand into a grey tent.
Patients receive treatment in a field hospital built by the International Medical Corps on January 16, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza.

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Taiwan's defense ministry warned in an 'air raid alert' that an incoming missile was flying over the island — but it turned out to be a satellite launch from China

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Taiwan on Tuesday issued a mistranslated alert that incorrectly warned the entire island in English of an incoming Chinese missile.
Taiwan on Tuesday issued a mistranslated alert that incorrectly warned the entire island in English of an incoming Chinese missile.

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Shocking video shows armed men taking over an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast

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Workers lie on the floor as hooded and armed people take over a tv studio of Ecuador's TV station TC during a live broadcast, in this still image of a Reuters' recording of the affair of TC signal channel, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 9, 2024.
Workers lie on the floor as hooded and armed people take over a tv studio of Ecuador's TV station TC during a live broadcast, in this still image of a Reuters' recording of the affair of TC signal channel, in

A top city official used a downtown billboard to secretly funnel 'huge sums' of cash into his family's pockets, Chinese state media says

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This photo taken on December 18, 2019 shows people walking past a statue of a horse amid fog over the Songhua river in Jilin city in China's northeast Jilin province.
This photo taken on December 18, 2019 shows people walking past a statue of a horse amid fog over the Songhua river in Jilin city in China's northeast Jilin province.

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Sam Altman says tech world 'should be united' in supporting Muslim colleagues

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Sam Altman says Muslim and Palestinian tech workers have had "much less" support than their Jewish peers, including himself, during the Israel-Gaza war.

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