China asserts need for more power as Donald Trump embraces war

File photo: US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping Chinese analysts and officials do not believe the US would target Xi in the same way it did with Khamenei, given China’s status as a nuclear power. But Trump’s embrace of war as a tool to assert American dominance has nonetheless reaffirmed Beijing’s view that the United States remains China’s most enduring threat. China’s military posted a graphic on social media past week listing five lessons from the strikes on Iran. One of it was the importance of “superior firepower,” which echoes Xi’s mantra. It also listed the need…