US-China relations to settle into 'mutually tolerable friction' zone in 2022: Forum

With China closing in on the US' power in Asia, this will cause the two countries to vie for influence in the region. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The world is in for a decade-long geopolitical contest that could prove more intense and dangerous than the Cold War, an eminent political scientist said on the topic of US-China relations at a forum on Thursday (Dec 6).

With China closing in on the US' power in Asia, this will cause the two major powers to compete in the region in a "full spectrum contest" that will touch every facet from the military to trade, technology and people-to-people exchanges, said Professor Khong Yuen Foong, who is the Li Ka Shing Professor in Political Science at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.