"Bagaimana hubungan antara Tiongkok dan Amerika Serikat?"

Translation: How is the relationship between China and the United States?

[tsuj1g1r1]

Is “Cina” offensive in Malay too?

[TengkuMunira]

Nope, in Malay "Cina" is used to describe both country and race.

[rindyu]

Do we always put "the" before US? Is that necessary?

[tsuj1g1r1]

In English, yes. :)

[milly17st]

I have never used the word Tiongkok for China.. Only Cina.

[AdamOoi85]

Tiongkok is a Hokkien word for China. Well, the relationship between those two is feisty to say the least

[AntonSie]

Why not 'How is the relation between China and the United States'? Does it have to be 'relationship' in English?

[yipivan]

Perhaps you need "relations" instead of "the relation", but this sounds rather formal.