We risk serious errors as a nation if we shy away from reality because we find it distasteful.
Satellite photo released this week showing a mockup U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in Xinjiang, China, possibly built as a training target. Credit: 2021 Maxar Technologies/Handout
If the United States is to deal effectively with China’s growing threat, it would be a good idea to define our current situation accurately.
The truth is, we are already in a ‘cold war’ with the People’s Republic of China.
I take no pleasure in pointing this out. Given a choice, I would prefer to live in the world that more phlegmatic China-watchers describe, the latest being the highly-respected Joseph Nye in his recent op-ed in The New York Times (With China, a ‘Cold War’ Ana
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