Unfortunately, they are already at “war” in a senser with us!
So far it doesn’t involve armies, air forces, etc. the weapons are money to buy influence, bribery of our officials and a bio-war to disrupt but not necessarily to kill. The goal is hegemony over the barbarian nations not direct physical control. This has always been China’s foreign policy. The differences now there is motivation there to revenge the “400 years of shame” they feel the West imposed on them and revenge for the Opium Wars. There is a growing racial ideology of Han superiority to further motivate their actions. Their civilian and military leadership have given speeches to this effect.
China is a hostile power much more so than Russia. Hopefully Vance gave that speech some time ago, and he can now be persuaded off that past naivety.
Vance says China is the US’s greatest threat.
There are a lot of idiots and propagandists who post here.