I might really encourage you to read some Peter Zeihan. The Chinese economy has aged drastically the last decade, is coasting on fumes by manipulating its own

I might really encourage you to read some Peter Zeihan. The Chinese economy has aged drastically the last decade, is coasting on fumes by manipulating its own currency, and is entirely dependent on whims of the global market for important commodity prices. To the extent that they pose any sort of economic threat to the US, it's because we let them by ensuring safe shipping lanes to the middle east for oil and letting them trade in dollars.