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The relationship between the US and China is based on a practically infinite amount of aspects, influencing the core of the bond itself. The interlink between the western and eastern superpowers respectively is definitely based on technopolitical rivalry. Traditional diplomatic politics may be the last standing influencing force unaffected ‘fatally’ by technology’s hyper-growth in the last decades, but all the other major points of social interest have been integrated within the digital realm. The Huawei incident last year sparked the ongoing US-China trade war, and regardless of their excuses on why this technological war is happening, the real practical reason was that Huawei was the only commercial company that has ready-to-go 5G infrastructure.