RICH LOWRY: The Chinese Threat Isn't Just Trade

We are currently engaged in a high-profile negotiation that may or may not succeed in getting the Chinese to buy more of our stuff.

This is a fine goal as far as it goes, although that isn't very far. It doesn't matter if China buys $14 billion of our soybeans or $25 billion of our soybeans – it is still a mercantilist, revisionist power representing a significant geopolitical challenge.

China isn't just a commercial but a strategic competitor with the United States. It seeks to restore its former national glory, establish hegemony in East Asia and unravel Pax Americana. President Xi Jinping c...