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China, the United States, and the future of a rules-based international order
Few concepts in U.S. foreign policy are invoked more frequently than “the rules-based international order,” and few U.S. phrases are more contested by China. We accuse China of seeking to destroy or gravely undermine “the rules-based international order.” …