China doesnt need a physical war. They are already winning the indirect one. Covid, manufactoring, etc...
Then add in the celebrities/athletes who are on their payroll. Like Lebron, he bows to Xi.
There really is no secret for America to at least maintain some level of parity with China's inevitable economic dominance in the 21st century. The problem of course is that the American people, businesses, and their government are not willing to do what needs to be done.
For American businesses, they must not depend on foreign labor to make their products and forgo high profit margins for doing so. For American people, they must accept and endure very low wages and a low standard of living, until the nation can retire its national debt. For the American government, they must reengineer their military to that only of domestic defense, balance their yearly budgets, and focus their attempts in modernizing their cities to function in the 21st century. Only then, after a few generations can America be on a path of sustainable recovery.
Not surprisingly, that is what China has been doing since the 1980's when Deng Xiaopeng set this path for China. For all those China haters, there was no secret to China's success, only generations of domestic suffering, national humiliation, monumental patience, and unending hard work. In all honesty, China deserves to reap what they paid for with their own blood, sweat, and tears. Those nations who criticize China are just jealous because they can't do what the Chinese did for their country, in record time, and without resorting to
Western-style imperial war.
But alas, this path will not be agreeable for any of the above parties mentioned. Hence, US imperial decline, collapse, and eventual Balkanization for the reasons shared numerous times before will happen and perhaps sooner than many think.