Does upsetting China matter?

Finding the answer to this question - and a way to overcome associated potential problems - has become ever more urgent as China's perceived assertiveness has grown. And two recent diplomatic spats in particular are worth paying attention to: the fights China has picked with Britain and Norway. Both involved differences over values and human rights. Both saw a stiff political response from Beijing. And both say much about China's changing role in the international system.For the UK, the trigger was British Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama in London last May. Almost immediately, high level visits from China were pulled. The former head of the National People's Congress and second rankin...