I see it working in Financial Services and all the attacks that come from China, probing and testing our systems.
Those in the Utilities space (power, water, natural gas, refineries, etc..) see it as attacks on our Infrastructure.
We see it via spyping through TikTok, the compromise of politicians (Biden, Swalwell, many others..) and more.
We're already "at war" with China. Trade War, their war against our Intellectual Capital to steal it, copyright infringement and their planning on taking over the bulk of the worlds computer chip manufacturing facilities in Taiwan.
The war China is conducting is far beyond conventional, that's just a small piece of it, a small part in their overall strategy.
Just wait until an EMP from an unknown satellite source goes off over our heads and plunges us into darkness, without heat, water, etc...
Oh dear God I'm depressing the hell out of myself now and I don't want to live through that crap and chances are I won't anyway.
I agree with your analysis as far as it goes. Seems to me 2 things are key and the second doesn’t matter without the first.
1 America and allies have to be more than willing to fight when the fight breaks out.
2 If we have number 1, all the action will not be on China’s side. And they may be deterred or defeated.
I firmly believe they are bullies largely counting on us backing down.
If it were me, I’d do now exactly what scares them the most, and which many think China wouldn’t tolerate. Start advocating worldwide and especially to the Chinese people, for freedom and regime change in China. They fear instability at home.