China wants to defeat us economically, not militarily. The military is to support their economic presence. We have ignored their economic strength, as well as intentionally depleting ours, and I am afraid we are going to end up paying big-time for that.
If the U. S. pulls out of China economically, China would collapse in weeks.
It needs foreign money to be pumped in, via purchases.
I don’t think Europe could/would jump in fast enough to save the Chinese cash flow problems that would result.
I’m not convinced China doesn’t want to take us on militarily.
They’re not building their military might as fast as possible to let it sit around and not confront us.
Further, they are reaching out in Africa, the Middle-East, and South America.
In what way do you see anyone confronting China’s trade, if it simply kept to trade as their outreach?
China didn’t develop a military base on the islands in the South China Sea, to lead a simple defensive existence.