China’s Borrowing From Imperial Japan’s Playbook

MUSCLE FLEXING

Don’t let the U.S.-China trade war distract you from China’s quiet but determined—and ultimately troubling—efforts to dominate Asia and the Pacific.

Published Sep. 24 2018 4:48AM EDT

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While the ongoing trade war between China and the United States makes headlines, periodically roiling the markets, another Sino-American struggle of far more serious import has attracted surprisingly little attention in the mainstream media.

Since Xi Jinping’s assent to power in 2012, China has been pursuing a grand strategy of “national rejuvenation,”...

James A. Warren

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China’s Borrowing From Imperial Japan’s Playbook

Don’t let the U.S.-China trade war distract you from China’s quiet but determined—and ultimately troubling—efforts to dominate Asia and the Pacific.

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James A. Warren