Here’s a rare point of agreement, a scarce source of mutual understanding between the world’s two top superpowers: Things are very bad.
At least the United States and China can agree on that. Their relationship is on rough terrain, sliding toward an unspeakably ominous place.
The official state line in Beijing is that relations are at their lowest point in the half-century history of diplomatic ties between the U.S. and the People’s Republic. Chinese ministers warn we’re stumbling toward war.
President Xi Jinping just ordered China’s military to put all of its effort into war preparations. U.S. lawmakers are gaming out war scenarios. You know you’re
