Shocking revelations This year, a series of unfortunate incidents--revelations of Chinese spying, human rights friction, problems over PRC entry into the World Trade Organization, and the accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade by NATO in early May (which generated storms of public protest in mainland China) --have caused relations between the two sides to deteriorate to an unfriendly, Cold War level.
寇克斯報告的震撼其後，在本年度爆發一連串美國與中共的不愉快事件，例如間諜洩密案，人權報告、加入世界貿易組織的爭議，和五月初的北約誤炸中共駐南斯拉夫大使館，造成大陸人民的抗議示威行動，讓兩國關係降溫至冷戰時期的不友好狀態。