[HIGHLIGHTS] Wall Street Journal: China's war hawks are blocking improved relations with America

The risk of conflict is growing with increasing Chinese provocations to the United States, the Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper said the tensions came despite a recent secret visit by CIA Director William Burns to China to calm the situation.

China may aim to persuade the White House not to sign a law imposing new restrictions on investment in China, where such an option has been previously floated but has not yet been issued. A war in the Western Pacific would be a disaster for the world, the newspaper said.