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China Went to War a Long Time Ago, but the US Didn’t (Want to) Notice

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China Went to War a Long Time Ago, but the US Didn’t (Want to) Notice
Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping begins a review of troops from a car during a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
Grant Newsham
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President Joe Biden spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the phone last week. Biden’s stated objective: To establish “guardrails” for the U.S.–China relationship in order to ensure the competition between the two nations doesn’t veer into outright conflict or a shooting war.
Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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