That would be by far the most sensible and effective strategy for China to pursue - subjugate your adversary without fighting, as Sun Tzu advised. And they wer

That would be by far the most sensible and effective strategy for China to pursue - subjugate your adversary without fighting, as Sun Tzu advised. And they were until Xi made himself dictator for life. Under Xi it seems like the CCP has become unecessarily less rational and more insecure.