Washington's Hawkish China Consensus Is Reaching a Point of No Return.

One of the dangers of a U.S. foreign policy consensus isthat once it's formed, there are enormous market incentivesfor analysts in Washington to formulate smart-sounding waysto operationalize it, rather than to question it. Here are some recent WPR articles for more context on theemerging hawkish consensus in Washington on U.S.-Chinarelations: * In a briefing from November, Ali Wyne explained why,rising or falling, China is a serious but manageablecompetitor. [Extracted from the article]