Bret Stephens: The two China fires

We’ll probably never know exactly what sorts of documents were incinerated at China’s Consulate in Houston in the days before the United States forced it to close Friday, after accusing it of being a hub of espionage. We may also never know what caused this month’s catastrophic fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, a massive amphibious assault ship that was being fitted out to double as a small aircraft carrier, in the port of San Diego.What we should know is that the two fires