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US-China Spats Rattle World, Prompting Calls for Unity

Associated Press

   BEIJING - Antagonisms between the United States and China are rattling
   governments around the world, prompting a German official to warn of
   "Cold War 2.0" and Kenya's president to appeal for unity to fight the
   coronavirus pandemic.

   Global trade already was depressed by the 2-year-old tariff war between
   the world's two biggest economies. That rancor has spread to include
   Hong Kong, Chinese Muslims, spying accusations and control of the South
   China Sea.

   Caught in the middle, other governments are trying to defend their own
   interests.

   Germany:

   Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to preserve trade and
   cooperation on global warming but says a security law tightening
   Beijing's control over Hong Kong is a "difficult issue."

   The Hong Kong security law's potential disruption of the autonomy
   Beijing promised to the former British colony is no reason to stop
   talking but is "a worrying development," Merkel said.

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