How the land lies

dimanche 10 mars 2024
par agnesueur

The relationship between the USA, Russia and China, what is at stake between those global powers ?

Relation au monde> puissance & influence / rivalités & interdépendances

USA v China, the new Cold War ? The Economist, 2019


Anticipation

What do you expect to hear about in this video, based on its title ?



The Cold War explained



Timeline of the relations between the USA & China Use this site to fill in this timeline.


Let’s focus on the differences between the “old” Cold War and US/China relations

The Cold War US/China relations

- Use expressions of contrast to recap
- What about the journalist’s kind of advice/opinion ? Rephrase : express advice, necessity and people’s opinion

Timeline of the relations between the USA & China Use this site to fill in this timeline.


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source : https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/13/WS5acfee8fa3105cdcf6517fd5.html

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Secretary of State Blinken Delivers Address on the Biden Administration’s Policy Toward China > beginning to 6.49



- What does the USA wish ? Its aims/intentions towards China, Russia and the world.
- Recap : warn, wish, intend to, want to, be willing to, reproach/blame for, criticise sb for+V-ing
- analyse the non verbal communication in this speech : body language, stressed words, rhetoric…


Warming Arctic with less ice heats up Cold War tensions - PBS NewsHour


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