{
  "id": 16237675,
  "title": "US-China strategic competition to keep escalating as world watches on, Rudd says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/us-china-strategic-competition-to-keep-escalating-as-world-watches-on",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T22:29:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3371990/us-china-strategic-competition-keep-escalating-world-watches-rudd-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned on Friday that the strategic competition between the United States and China is intensifying in every facet of national influence. Rudd, a distinguished China scholar and president of the Asia Society, delivered this assessment at a Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics event. He highlighted the competition's scope, spanning military power, economics, trade, technology, foreign policy, and ideology. Rudd's comments followed a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, DC, where the two leaders met for three days. Despite the visit's grandeur, its results were modest. While Trump praised his \"great friendship\" with Xi and downplayed the rivalry, Xi called for unity, stating that together they would create a new chapter in their relationship. The Harvard event featured Rudd alongside Graham Allison, the founding dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Allison, a known China expert and author of books on China, emphasized that the rise of China and its international impact will be the defining issue of the students' lifetime. Rudd's publications include \"On Xi Jinping: How Xi’s Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World\" and \"The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China.\" Allison, who served as an assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton administration, popularized the Thucydides Trap theory, which posits that a rising power threatening an established one often leads to war. The recent summit saw both leaders address some areas of competition, including plans for reduced tariffs and the extension of the one-year Busan trade truce. They also pledged government-to-government dialogue on artificial intelligence, a rapidly advancing technology. Rudd noted that China seeks presidential diplomacy to minimize surprises before the ruling Communist Party's 21st Party Congress. Both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are scheduled to meet again at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen and the Group of 20 economic gathering in Miami, marking an unprecedented four face-to-face meetings in a single year.",
  "summary": "Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society and a former Australian prime minister, described US-China strategic competition as full-on and multidimensional at a Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics event on Friday. “There is a full-blown strategic competition under way in every dimension of national political power and influence, militarily, economically, trade and investment and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}