Don’t blow it out of proportion. Active cold war with China? Lol. Do you believe America can afford it? Liberals’ socialist big welfare society dream, neocons’ Russophobia NATO spending.....rely on “made in China”.
Whether we can afford it or not, China has spun up hundreds of cyber spies, infiltrated most of our tech industries, bought leaders of our major businesses and many of our political leaders. Maybe my saying 'we' are in an active cold war was poor, but China certainly is.
We have a choice, accept them as the boss and collect the scraps they give us or push back. Trump is pushing back in small way, many others in DC want him gone so they can back to welcoming their new Chinese overlords.
Politicians like to talk about Russia, Russia, Russia. The real threat is China.