Only a third of China’s trade surplus was with the United States, and only a third of the U.S. deficit was with China. That ...

Should a conflict erupt between China and the United States, America would find itself cut off from those basic goods that the civilian economy—and even the U.S. military—relies upon.

It affects the region because the region really wants to see us, two significant players in the region, two significant powers, talk to each ... to the United States and China, other nations ...