/world-news/china-news/the-dragon-and-the-mirror-lake-why-america-and-china-must-compete-without-becoming-enemies/ Fact-based, well-reasoned perspectives from around the world Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:20:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 /world-news/china-news/the-dragon-and-the-mirror-lake-why-america-and-china-must-compete-without-becoming-enemies/#comment-40748 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:20:52 +0000 /?p=162900#comment-40748 This is a great, comprehensive piece, with memorable truths we should never forget, such as: “The most dangerous conflicts in history often emerge not from deliberate aggression but from incompatible assumptions about how the other side thinks.”
But Masaaki is too polite when he says “America is not a collapsing empire preparing for inevitable war.” Half of America sees itself as a collapsing empire and is focused on war. Conflict has become a first rather than a last resort! And it’s not Republicans vs Democrats. It’s hegemonists vs humanists. They’re in both parties, though the humanists are increasingly alienated from all parties.
Collapse is not only ugly, it’s dangerous, especially when there’s no limit on the money to pay for war and the billionaires have all built bunkers in anticipation.

]]> /world-news/china-news/the-dragon-and-the-mirror-lake-why-america-and-china-must-compete-without-becoming-enemies/#comment-40747 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:43:48 +0000 /?p=162900#comment-40747 Great piece. Lots of very good insights. Hope that it gets read by the people who need to see it. At the same time, you were in a senior position in the Japanese economy close enough to the 80’s and 90’s US/Japan competition to see the parallels with today’s US / China competition. But you don’t mention them. Would love to see your thinking along those lines.

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