No geopolitical relationship will shape the world over the coming decade as much as that of the U.S. and China. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com.A day after President Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act enabling sanctions on those that threaten the autonomy of China (and the companies that do business with them) and the UK worked to ban Huawei 5G infrastructure, this episode of the Breakdown looks at the key faultlines and issues that have that relationship in a dangerous downward spiral: Virus blame recriminations Trade war tensions The Hong Kong Security Law Huawei 5G and critical digital infrastructureTikTok India border skirmishSouth China Sea Military ExercisesThe politics of labeling this a “new cold war”  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.