That China is seeking to move to the center stage of world politics, no one can doubt. That this will inevitably result in war is a much more dubious proposition.
It is reasonable to expect that China will intensify its strategic campaign to displace the US in the Indo-Pacific and as the hegemonic power on the world stage.
The challenge facing Biden will be to figure out how to deal with a China that, like Germany in 1914 and Japan in 1941, sees its predominance slipping away just as it was nearly within its grasp.
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