It comes in the context of what some people are calling the start of, if not a new Cold War, a frostiness between the US and China.

BBC: News Online

Since the Kilpatrick scandal broke, political observers note a frostiness towards the mayor from the regional chamber of commerce, which is dominated by white men who live in the suburbs.

ECONOMIST: Detroit's mayor: A party too far? | The

But there's no frostiness between them.

NPR: The Roots of the Sunni, Shiite Conflict

But Barbara Bush never quite got over it, and some of her frostiness was inherited by the one Bush son whose instincts most resemble his redoubtable mom's: George W. The Governor and Rove publicly purged nearly all the old Bush and Baker hands from the Governor's campaign team.

CNN: Franchise Player