Prior to September 11th, there were many troubling signs that theregime in Beijing was moving toward policies that are not onlyinimical to stability in the international system but which appearto be aimed at undermining U.S. interests around the world. This isno accident: If Beijing?s ambition is to unilaterally revise thestatus quo in East Asia or elsewhere more to its liking, it mustfirst target the influence of the United States.