As China flexes its muscles in the South China Sea, the risks of an inadvertent clash with the U.S. are growing

A recent think-tank report says that America must “expand communications with China in times of peace, crisis, and war.” Above, a Chinese military band plays as a U.S. destroyer arrives on Aug. 8 at the port of Qingdao, in eastern China, on a scheduled visit. Photo: Associated Press
SHANGHAI—The last time America and China went to war—in Korea in 1950—they fought each other to a standstill.
Later that decade, as the Cold War ramped up, they came close to blows again; the Eisenhower administration repeatedly threatened “Red China” with nuclear devastation as tensions bubbled over Taiwan. Tiếp tục đọc “The Specter of an Accidental China-U. S. War”