During the 1st Clinton Admin, a high-ranking PLA general stated, “If the USA must chose between Taiwan and, say, Los Angeles, well, we know what the choice will be...”
So you have to give the Chinese an “A” for honesty.
They have been speaking honestly for...20 years?
Will the USA listen...?
I think not.
If they don’t stop paying more attention to celebrities, then no, the US won’t listen. The US government is in denial right now. The worst part is that we will have to suffer because of the idolated idiocy of our political Mandarin class.