Speaking of skepticism, I’d like to register a skeptical opinion of my own about the tide of recent stories about China that are painting the future global role of that country in apocalyptic terms. I’m thinking specifically about one story that trumpeted “The Coming Trade War with China!” Another looked at the recent riots in Xinjiang province (and elsewhere) and wrote about the Chinese communist regime’s lack of legitimacy and how China was going to fall apart and degenerate into chaos. Other stories have addressed the attempt by the Chinese to replace the U.S. dollar with the Chinese renminbi...