Alexander L. Vuving is a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Hawaii. The views expressed in this article are his own.
Beijing has always had aspirations of overtaking Washington


President Xi Jinping inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army at Zhurihe training base in Inner Mongolia in 2017: The U.S.-China rivalry will continue until one can no longer bear the cost. © Xinhua/AP
Alexander L. Vuving is a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Hawaii. The views expressed in this article are his own.