If 2021 tested the endurance of the ox, then going by the Chinese calendar, the world should prepare for much geopolitical baring of fangs and claws with the arrival of the Year of the Tiger on Feb 1.
As the Chinese saying goes: "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers".
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