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A display shows the national flags of China and the United States at the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. 

Washington will need to revive domestic unity and engender global cooperation to effectively counter China, while Beijing will only need to maintain domestic unity and exploit global divisions.

The U.S.-China Ideological Divide and the Challenge of Cohesion

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A series of foreign policy speeches by key officials in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has sought to redefine the U.S.-China strategic competition as one based on conflicting core ideologies between those of the Chinese Communist Party and those of the free world. But to be effective, the United States needs to revive domestic unity and engender global cooperation, while China only needs to maintain domestic unity and exploit global divisions. 

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The U.S.-China Ideological Divide and the Challenge of Cohesion

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