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US and China: edging towards a new type of cold war? Matt Pottinger, a senior White House official, delivered a searing message to China this week in a video later posted on YouTube. Speaking in pitch-perfect Mandarin, he praised Chinese historical figures who supported democratic ideals and helped in the 1940s to write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which remains a bedrock for liberal values today. “The cliché that Chinese people cannot be trusted with democracy was . . . the most unpatriotic idea of all,” said Mr Pottinger , the US deputy national security adviser. He lauded the Chinese who keep the flame of liberty alive today, including 20 Catholic priests who “refused to subordinate God to the party and the millions of Hong Kong citizens who peacefully demonstrated for the rule of law last year”. Beijing’s reaction was withering. “Mr Pottinger thinks that he really understands China but from this speech it seems that he does not really understand China . . . becau...