Aug 31,2018 Special Forum The Current Crisis in Sino-US relations: How Deep Can It Be? Sino-US relations appear to have entered a prolonged period of acute rivalry and growing hostility. The current crisis is the result of a long process of tensions building up. The showdown had been widely expected by both sides for quite a long time, in spite of numerous attempts to avoid or postpone it. For example, […] Vasily Kashin Air-Sea Battle , Made in China 2025 , South China Sea , THAAD , trade war , US-North Korea summit