US spies elevate China rivalry to war of ideologies

In a move that could harden Washington's posture toward Beijing for years, the US intelligence has characterized relations with China as a global ideological showdown that will not be doused by trade deals. US spy chiefs abruptly shifted their view of the superpower rivalry this week to something much deeper than a contest over markets, technology and geopolitics.

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