1.   But those relations went sour after Menem began criticizing Cuba.

2.   China-US relations went into a deep chill, and Jiang rose to power, amid the bloody repression of those protests by the Chinese army.

3.   Russian prospects could depend on how far and how permanently Sino-American relations go downhill, according to Minc.

4.   US-Russia relations have gone through an extraordinarily difficult year.

5.   Although relations went through a bad patch last year, current economic conditions warranted closing ranks and collaboration on the economic front.

6.   Disagreements on Taiwan caused already bumpy relations to go into a free-fall last year.

7.   He indicated it was too early to say which way U.S-Russian relations would go.

8.   Relations have gone from bad to worse.

9.   Relations went from bad to worse.

10.   The highest-level U.S. official to visit China since relations went into a freefall in May ends two days of talks aimed at halting the slide.