Singapore, June 29 -- If anyone still doubts the vastly changed nature of America's relations with China under the Trump administration, consider the report "United States Strategic Approach to the People's Republic of China" submitted by the White House to the United States Congress last month. The 16-page document is a follow-up on the National Security Strategy (NSS) report of December 2017 which had announced the major shift in US policy towards China in a competitive direction. The CCP is seen to be promoting governance values that challenge "bedrock" American beliefs in liberty and the American way of life, which casts the ideological threat in almost existential terms. The blunt tone is reminiscent of the exchanges between rival prot...