How to avoid a war with China

Commentators and analysts have a fatalistic belief that war between China and America is inevitable not only in the United States, but also to a lesser extent in China. It is not inevitable, although it is certainly possible.

Xi Jinping already has too much on his plate: a huge but rapidly declining population; an economy that has sunk into stagnation and is unlikely to resurface; and the horrible example of how the invasion of Ukraine worked out for the Russians, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 2, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—"I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me we will fight (with China) in 2025,” declared U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan last weekend.

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