The Rivalry PerilHow the U. S. policy of competition with China is detrimental to democracy, peace, and prosperityand how a saner approach is possible For close to a decade, the U. S. government has been preoccupied with the threat of China, fearing that the country will "eat our lunch," in the words of Joe Biden. The United States has crafted its foreign and domestic policy to help constrain China's military power and economic growth. Van Jackson and Michael Brenes