Case for talking to China is not case for détente

Financial Times: So, the real question arising from the summit is who will make better use of the breathing room it has created. Washington should use it to build alternative supply chains, align export controls with partners, rebuild its force posture, reassure Taipei, Tokyo and Manila, and insist on crisis communications that work. If Washington treats the summit as an achievement in and of itself rather than an opportunity to do more, then it has already lost the competition…