I think communist China is like the USSR was - an empty shell - weak on the inside while a show of military power on the outside.
All we need is someone who would call their bluff just as Reagan did with the USSR which came tumbling down.
Hard to say.
A smart guest on CNBC a decade ago said that China has central planning by engineers, scientists, and mathematicians, and the US has central planning by lawyers. Neither is good, but by definition we lose.