China is now a rapidly rising power that’s become difficult to deal with. And it’s increasingly resembling the Germany of Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Fortunately, that signals mere problems rather than the disaster of 1914-18.)

Wilhelm II (1859-1941, ruled 1888-1918) has been maligned by history, largely because that history was written by his World War I opponents.

The German side of the story was further discredited by his unpleasant successors’ precipitation of World War II.

But Wilhelm II was not Adolf Hitler, or anything close to him. He was a man of his time with a flair for bombast somewhat like that of Donald Trump, but with much better taste in music and a genuine affection for the Britain ruled by his cousin George V.

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