Do we risk war with China?

Bill Gates, political party extremism and the family farm. 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A U.S. helicopter launching during military operations aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan last July.United States Navy, via Reuters [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAxMzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjY1OTYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTA3MDUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmARbL4VYNqZBPBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAxMzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjY1OTYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTA3MDUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmARbL4VYNqZBPBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Opinion Columnist, Opinion We’re all understandably focused on “warfare” in Washington, but let’s also remember the risk of an actual shooting war between the United States and China. I don’t think it’s likely, but it’s a greater risk than it has been in the many decades I’ve been covering U.S.-China relations. Xi Jinping is a reckless, overconfident bully who believes the U.S. is in decline, and [my column today](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMS8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9mb3JlaWduLXBvbGljeS1jaGluYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2NTk2Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUwNzA1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgEWy-FWDamQTwUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) argues that managing him will be one of President Biden’s greatest challenges. I also worry that as attitudes in the United States harden toward China, Biden will have less room for diplomacy. Already, Republicans are scoffing that he is “Beijing Biden,” and Biden’s challenge will be to speak bluntly about Xi’s cultural genocide in Xinjiang, oppression in Hong Kong and threats to Taiwan, while also working with Xi to cooperate on climate change, North Korea and fentanyl smuggling. We Americans historically have often overstated and oversimplified threats (remember the Southeast Asian dominos, or the Japan that was going to bury us?), and let’s not let that happen again. We should also approach China with some humility: A baby born in Beijing today has a longer life expectancy (82) than a baby born in Washington, D.C. (78). China is a complicated, contradictory place, where many elites despise Xi; it is not a caricature. So here’s my column on the risks ahead and how to navigate them. [Please read](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMS8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9mb3JlaWduLXBvbGljeS1jaGluYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2NTk2Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUwNzA1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgEWy-FWDamQTwUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). 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Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press, via Associated Press The Republican and Democratic Parties Are Not Symmetrical After my last column, an open letter to my conservative friends, I heard from some readers who protested: Yes, there are extremist Republicans, but also extremist Democrats. At one level, that’s true, and we all tend to be blind to the sins of our own side. But I also would strongly resist the bothsidesism that sees a symmetry to the two major parties; they just aren’t the same. 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On the right wing of the Republican Party in Congress, you have a handful of members who hang out with armed “militia” members, make racist comments and incite insurrection. They get “protection” from extremist groups (see the accompanying photo), talk about executing members of Congress or say that we’re in a civil war. So, sure, standards should apply fairly to left and right alike, but let’s not sink into false equivalence. No, Bill Gates Is Not Planting Chips Inside You Historians will be astonished that Bill and Melinda Gates gave away tens of billions of dollars to save lives around the world, yet were the targets of conspiracy theories that they are profiting from vaccines or planting computer chips inside people. I’m a big fan of Bill and Melinda’s work, which has been transformative in areas from malaria to women’s empowerment, and their latest [public letter](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2F0ZXNub3Rlcy5jb20vMjAyMS1Bbm51YWwtTGV0dGVyP1dULm1jX2lkPTIwMjEwMTI3MDExMzEwX0FMMjAyMV9NRy1UV18mV1QudHNyYz1NR1RXJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2NTk2Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUwNzA1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgEWy-FWDamQTwUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) is a reminder of the need not just to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus but to make sure that the world gets vaccinated. That’s a matter of equity, sure, but it’s also a matter of self-interest. We see now that variants emerge among unvaccinated communities, so there is some risk that the virus will mutate abroad and bounce back in variants that slip past our vaccines. When we help Cambodians get vaccinated, in short, we’re also protecting ourselves. 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We knew that Franklin Roosevelt had dispatched photographers during the Great Depression to chronicle the pain around the country, because that would build political will for policies to help. So we arranged for [Lynsey Addario](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjEvMDEvMjgvb3Bpbmlvbi91ay1jb3ZpZC1kZWF0aHMtaG9zcGl0YWxzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAxMzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjY1OTYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWZlcnJpbmdTb3VyY2U9YXJ0aWNsZVNoYXJlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MDcwNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYBFsvhVg2pkE8FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), a legendary war photographer who is also an old friend, to join us and take photos for the book. Now those photos are the basis for an exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles — except that it’s a virtual exhibition, which means it’s everywhere. [Check it out](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2tpcmJhbGwub3JnL2V4aGliaXRpb25zL3RpZ2h0cm9wZS1hbWVyaWNhbnMtcmVhY2hpbmctZm9yLWhvcGU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAxMzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjY1OTYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTA3MDUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmARbL4VYNqZBPBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). How Democrats Lose Voters They do dumb things like insist on renaming dozens of schools, without having any new names for them. The San Francisco school board [voted](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly9ueXRpLm1zLzJNd05JNGo_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAxMzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjY1OTYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTA3MDUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmARbL4VYNqZBPBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) six to one to erase the names of one-third of the city’s schools, including those named for George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, John Muir, Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul Revere and others. Renaming schools is a conversation worth having, but meanwhile the school board hasn’t managed the more urgent task of getting kids back in school and says there may be no in-person instruction this school year. To me, this reflects a tendency in some quarters on the left to embrace symbols rather than the hard work of actually improving lives. Of course symbols matter, and names should be part of that. But too often that becomes a substitute, rather than a spur, to the difficult, messy work of actually improving schools, helping the homeless, tackling child poverty and so on. And, as we’re now seeing in San Francisco, such measures are extremely unpopular with impatient voters. When liberal San Franciscans come together to denounce moves like this, imagine how they go over in the rest of the country. Exploiting My Kids on the Farm If you follow my [Instagram](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9rcmlzdG9mZmFybXMvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2NTk2Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUwNzA1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgEWy-FWDamQTwUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) or [Facebook](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tL0tyaXN0b2ZGYXJtcy8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAxMzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjY1OTYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTA3MDUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmARbL4VYNqZBPBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) pages, you know that our family farm has been in upheaval. We tore out our old cherry orchard (those trees were family friends!) and put in pinot noir grapes and cider apples. The apple orchard had its first (tiny) harvest last fall, and my daughter, Caroline, chronicled our harvest in [this video](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAxMzAmZmVhdHVyZT15b3V0dS5iZSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNjU5NiZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MDcwNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmdj1BY2lzTEl1Y3BaSVcDbnl0QgpgEWy-FWDamQTwUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). I don’t think any of us have a future as apple pickers. Facing the China Challenge I didn’t have space to discuss it in my column, but I understand that China wants to send its former foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, to Washington to meet Biden aides and make arrangements for a summit between Biden and Xi. Biden’s team is putting the Chinese side off until they formulate a strategy. It’s a good sign that Xi wants a summit and that Yang (a sensible America hand) is playing a central role. But Xi worries me. He’s the most reckless, nationalist Chinese leader since Mao, as reflected in border clashes with India and outrageous seizures of two Canadian hostages. That’s why I wrote this column. I know we’re mostly focused on Washington, but we need to pay attention to the risks in Asia and work to mitigate them. [Please read my column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh-ENsP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMS8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9mb3JlaWduLXBvbGljeS1jaGluYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2NTk2Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUwNzA1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgEWy-FWDamQTwUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). 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