China and the US had been in a bitter trade war before the pandemic, that had spread to other areas like technology and cyberspace. The Covid-19 pandemic may have stopped travel, but it didn't freeze China-US tensions. US President Trump deployed executive orders and his Twitter handle to confront China. We look back at conversations with a US scholars, diplomats, and even a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists to see if history offers hope to on how to rebuild bilateral ties for the future.

Aired: 12/30/2020