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Thirty-six years after chasing the United States out of Vietnam, the com munist rulers in Hanoi now want us back. The ironies of this bizarre turn of events are many, but the reason is simple: China.

Beijing has been flexing its newfound military muscle and geopolitical ambitions in the face of its neighbors. Together with its global cyberhacking offenses, China is looking less like an emerging superpower and more like an out-of-control bully.