Mark Gongloff, Columnist

China May Be Learning the Wrong Lessons From Ukraine

Could Russia inspire its ally to launch an invasion of its own? 

Not something to emulate.

Photographer: Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images

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One reason humans can’t get enough gawking at disasters is that we’re wired to seek survival lessons everywhere. Could I have avoided that?, some part of our excited ape brain asks whenever we see a car accident/tsunami/“Love Is Blind” episode.