Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 7 March 2023

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1. US-China conflict ‘inevitable’

China’s new foreign minister said that his nation and the US are heading towards inevitable conflict if Washington does not “hit the brake”. In a press conference described as “fiery” by The Guardian, Qin Gang presented China and its relationship with Russia as a “beacon of strength and stability”, and the one between the US and its allies as “a source of tension and conflict”, said the paper. CNN noted that “ties between the world’s two largest economies are at their worst in decades”.

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