No breakthrough in two-day talks between U.S. and Chinese top diplomats in Alaska through Friday may herald a deterioration in Sino-Japanese relations, which have apparently improved for the past couple of years.The first high-level in-person meeting since the change in U.S. administration in January underscored the two major powers have been deeply divided over human rights and security issues, sparking speculation that a "new Cold War" would escalate ahead.As democratic forces centered on the United States are likely to be decoupled further from those intimate with Communist-led China, Ja…READ FULL ARTICLE
