How China Lost America

America is not blameless in the erosion of this relationship. Since World War II, we had never had a geopolitical rival that was our near-peer both economically and militarily. We've never been comfortable with Beijing's rising challenge, especially because China was not propelled by oil but by its savings, hard work and homework — i.e., a willingness to sacrifice to achieve national greatness, with a strong emphasis on education and science. That used to be us. But much more of this is on China. To appreciate how badly China has lost America, you could start with this question to Beijing:…