Commentary On May 22, history was made, when the UK Carrier Strike Group embarked on its first-ever mission. With “nine ships, 32 aircraft, and 3,700 personnel,” as Seapower magazine reported, this was the “largest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the U.K. in a generation.” In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, James Marson and Max Colchester discussed the significance of the operation, and the ways in which the “British military muscle” would help the United States “counter Chinese influence.” The move, the authors argued, sought “to cement Britain’s special relationship with the U.S.” However, there’s just one problem, and it’s a pretty significant one. The United Kingdom also has a “special relationship” with another country, and that country happens to be China. According to The Henry Jackson Society, a foreign policy and national security think tank, Britain is now “strategically dependent on China for 229 categories of goods. 57 of these have applications in critical national infrastructure.” In other words, …