As tanks and troops pour into Ukraine, the United States and its allies shift their attention to Russia. But experts warn that China, whose ruling communist party has captured U.S. elites, is still focusing on supplanting the United States, leader of the free world. “The Russia-Ukraine war is a distraction because even the U.S. intelligence community’s 2022 threat assessment identifies China as the number one existential threat to the United States,” said Stu Cvrk, an analyst and retired U.S. Navy captain.