Reading China’s 20th Party Congress Right
China’s Party Congress deserves our attention without being distracted by the Hu Jintao incident. Unlike the war-mongering Russia, China needs a peaceful environment to grow its economy more than anything else, even invading Taiwan unless it is being cornered. Washington has acted like a revisionist state and its recent moves in the chip war is comparable to wartime measures. The real American strength is long term competitiveness, which is something China has yet proven. The perceived urgency of defeating China only in a short time window leads to extreme steps that can weaken the US. …