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Politics● LowJul 22 · Jul 22, 2026, 4:05 AM

China hawks are losing the public opinion battle

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Responsible Statecraft

It sometimes seems easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of Washington’s anti-China obsession.Congressional Republicans, on one side, are championing a staggering $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget that would cannibalize domestic programs to "deter China." Meanwhile, many of their Democratic colleagues are attacking President Donald Trump due to his apparent lack of enthusiasm for confronting China. Yet under the surface, a crack is widening between how Beltway elites talk about China and how ordinary Americans view the U.S.-China relationship. In particular, younger Americans are rou

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