, Columnist
China’s Trade Weapons of Mass Destruction Are Missing
The realities of doing business in China are more humdrum.
A compromise with Beijing shouldn't be impossible.
Photographer: Liu Lei/Getty Images
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In the feverish run-up to conflict, it’s only natural the protagonists should be on the hunt for ways to justify their rash actions.
In the months preceding the 2003 Iraq war, that came in the form of the confected claims that Iraq had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction and trained al-Qaeda operatives in how to use them.