The critical thing many folks seem to miss is that the Shanghai Cooperation Org changes everything. The PRC becomes an extension of the depth of the great steppes. Multiple eschelons of materiel and men .... overland logistics (and, in the Southerly direction, conquest). An Axis rooted in the massiveness of the lion's share of the Eurasian land mass. It is so frightening, most Americans do not want to think about it at all. So they don't ...
Taking it all is one thing. Being able to hold it is something altogether different. In a war of attrition, The U.S. and it's allies would be able to beat China. They just simply don't have the techinology, the training, or the deep pockets to win a protracted military conflict against the West. If we had to, we could get by without income from the Chinese markets. Wouldn't be fun, but we could do it. China would go broke fast if funds from Western trade went to zero.