China is BOOMING.
Yet we ignore the entire nation. While we buy, and buy, and buy.
And China continues to ever-grow their military budget.
Now the second-largest in the world.
We directed our attention towards Putinstan because of his belligerent aggression against a country that is at peace with Russia. Should China do something similar it will get the attention you suggest. Until it breaks the rules, we won’t treat them as a threat. Putin, president for life, could change course, give up his empire rebuilding, and concern himself with the needs of his own people.