More Americans than ever have a negative view of China, and 77% say they don't trust Xi Jinping to do the right thing, according to the Pew Research Center.
The Chinese Communist Party has more members than the population of Germany. Many have joined the party for better career prospects rather than because of a belief in communism.
Staff and vehicles leave the US’ Chengdu facility, closed by China in retaliation for the closure of its Houston consulate, in the latest sign of a decoupling between the two countries.
The homicide of a Chinese citizen in Canada rekindled suspicions of a Chinese spiritual group called Create Abundance, a group that had been accused of fraud by Chinese media.
While it is unlikely that either the US or China will launch a premeditated military attack, the spiralling relationship creates the possibility of the two superpowers drifting into a conflict they can't control.