I just read the thread intro, not the whole article.
However, the intro pretty much said China is looking to start something, as that is what internally weak countries with powerful armies do when they fear their internal power is falling; then it goes on to say that the US must not do anything to start such a war.
Well, if China is in the position described, it’s going to war regardless of anything anyone else does; so, putting the onus of averting war on the US is basically blaming the US when war does start.
What happens with two internally weak countries with powerful armies?
All the US businesses that have plumped profits by outsourcing to China are getting nervous about losing their access to cheap labor. That's why the WSJ publishes articles like this. They'd sell out the US to China in a New York minute.
“However, the intro pretty much said China is looking to start something”
I think the US is the one desiring it.
The US is very weak right now.
Flip the script, and maybe the US is the one trying desperately to start a war. All mainland China has to do is wait until the third week of November to strike, and it won’t matter.
“China is looking to start something, as that is what internally weak countries with powerful armies do when they fear their internal power is falling...
going to war regardless of anything anyone else does”
My friend & coworker in NICU from Taiwan said it was just a matter of time.