ironically it is andrew browne <u+201c>fighting the last battle<u+201d> in bashing me personally and donald trump<u+2019>s policies on china (<u+201c> yuan is least of next u.s. leader<u+2019>s problems ,<u+201d> world news, sept. 28). mr. browne wrongly alleges the trump campaign underestimates the <u+201c>potent and complex<u+201d> challenges china poses. i literally wrote the book on those challenges<u+2014>actually three books, including my latest <u+201c>crouching tiger: what china<u+2019>s militarism means for the world<u+201d> and <u+201c>the coming china wars,<u+201d> which warned as early as 2006 of chinese adventurism in the east and south china seas. i can assure you as one of mr. trump<u+2019>s senior policy advisers that his policies are strategically designed to beat the chinese at their own game. the game is building what china calls <u+201c>comprehensive national power,<u+201d> and like the emerging chinese hegemon, mr. trump knows this: you can<u+2019>t have a strong military without a strong economy, and you can<u+2019>t have a strong economy when your major trading partners destroy your manufacturing base with unfair trade practices<u+2014>of which currency manipulation is but the tip of a mercantilist iceberg. you also can<u+2019>t have a strong economy and military with high taxes and a burdensome regulatory climate that drive our manufacturing base offshore. mr. trump will fix that, too. so please get off your high horse, mr. browne, and admit that you were far behind my curve in seeing all this coming from your perch in shanghai. i warned the world over a decade ago. you just weren<u+2019>t listening. peter navarro irvine, calif.
trump plans to beat china at its own game - wsj
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