US and other western democratic countries i think have reached a stage where they have no gumption for any kind of war, even economic in nature, let alone actual in nature. Luckily for them Chinese spheres of influence don& #39;t directly threaten them in any way.

Geographically only Japan and South Korea are areas where Chinese and US interests can even collide and Chinese i suppose have no interest of needling in either

Reason why these chaps still go after Russia rather than China as former is a more direct threat geographically also

China i think has understood this and will keep pushing the limits