US Is Heading Toward a Dangerous Showdown with China

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David Ignatius, The US Is Heading Toward a Dangerous Showdown with China. Washington Post, Mar 15, 2016 (column).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/o ... 5930a7b7_story.html

" 'This isn't Pearl Harbor, but if people on all sides aren't careful, it could be "The Guns of August," ' says Kurt Campbell, former assistant secretary of state for Asia, referring to the chain of miscalculations that led to World War I.

"What troubles the White House is that President Obama thought he was assured by President Xi Jinping [during his state visit] in Washington in September that China would act with restraint in the South China Sea. 'China does not intend to pursue militarization,' Xi said publicly in the Rose Garden.  China’s recent moves appear to contradict these assurances.

Note: The Guns of August
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_August
(Author  Barbara W Tuchman; Published        1962 (Macmillan) )

Assassination on June 28, 1914, followed by July Crisis (diplomatic maneuvers); on July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.