IN-DEPTH: The CCP Fears US Containment—Is This What Washington is Doing?

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, sits in on the APEC Economic Leaders handoff ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 19, 2022. Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

When Rep. Mike Gallagher defended his title of “fastest man in Congress” for the sixth straight year in May, he wasn’t exactly in a celebratory mood.

Winning the 3-mile race with a respectable 20 minutes 3 seconds, the Wisconsin congressman found himself turning his mind to post-Cold War America.