Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Political miscalculation and strategic overreach have united West against Beijing

The first container train as part of the Belt and Road Initiative is seen at the port of Mukran, Germany: BRI turned into strategic liabilities instead of assets. © AP
Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.