Commentary Mid-terms are just around the corner in 2022 but the race to watch now is the recall election for California Gov. Gavin Newsom. This contest could easily double as a referendum on China, in what is already the most China-compliant state. Consider, for example, the new span of the Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland. For this major infrastructure project, California politicians rejected federal funding because it required American steel. California politicians opted for steel from China, and Chinese labor as well. California politicians selected China’s state-owned Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., which at the time had no experience building bridges. Zhenhua’s 3,000 employees working on the project included steel-cutters, welders, polishers, and engineers. Chinese welds came riddled with cracks and every one of the bridge’s 750 panels had to be repaired. In 2013, dozens of the long metal rods on the project snapped, and during storms, critical …