The Kindleberger Trap

As US President-elect Donald TrumpTrump, prepares his administration’s policy toward ChinaChina, he should be wary of two major traps that history has set for him. The “Thucydides TrapThucydides trap,” cited by Chinese President Xi JinpingXi Jinping, refers to the warning ancient Greek historian cataclysmic war can erupt if an established power (like United StatesUnited States (US), The) becomes too fearful a rising ChinaChina). But Trump also worry about “Kindleberger TrapKindleberger Trap”: China seems weak rather than strong.