War between China and the U.S. doesn't have to be a fait accompli

Michael Den Tandt is the managing editor at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a former Globe and Mail writer and a former adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A fatalism has infected the deepening Sino-U.S. divide. Last week's shuttle diplomacy by the U.S. Secretary of State notwithstanding, it's an echo of the jockeying between America and Japan before the attack on Pearl Harbor - one that says that war is inevitable. Chinese President Xi Jinping has gathered up all state authority for himself; he is 70 years old, and is determined to seize Taiwan in his lifetime. The United…