The worrying thing about China hawks

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I have been fretting about the hardening US elite consensus on China for some time now.

For one thing, the gap between elite and public attitudes about China appears to be growing.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 02, 2019, with the headline The worrying thing about China hawks. Subscribe