Hong Kong, April 8 -- Beijing, along with the rest of the world, is presumably watching with dropped jaws as America's political leadership behaves like a bull in a china shop. Washington DC's foreign policy is unpredictable in nature, as President Donald Trump continues to prosecute his war against Iran.

It was ironic that Trump even called on China, the USA's major strategic competitor, to help open the Strait of Hormuz after his own military actions closed it. "I think China should help too, because China gets 90% of its oil from the straits," Trump asserted. Unsurprisingly, Beijing refused involvement.

Evan A. Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, lamented: "After ten years of dark...