Spot on! ...and certainly not just 0bama; WJC enriched himself and the 'rat party by selling the secret of getting a missile higher than a roof top, plus a few nuclear tech secrets... and GWB did nothing to reverse any of that. We complained under Clinton in the 90s that our trade deficit with China of $45 bil a year was too high; when DJT took office the deficit was $450 bil a year - not counting theft of intellectual property and other considerations. I would not be surprised to learn that by 2016 the deficit was close to a trillion dollars a year.
I am not so sure about wanting war, although Taiwan hangs out there as a trophy. I have heard military types say that China fears our military enough to discourage them. Still, it is anyone's guess.
I think that the strength of our military gives them pause. I also think they would do anything and everything to bring us down as long as they can pretend they didn’t do it.