Today's China was built for decades by the USA. It was convenient to export pollution and import ultra-cheap stuff made possible by slave labor.
There are no options with which to avoid war but make sure we are so constantly one step ahead of China that they never decide to wage it.
The TikTok ban and preparations, in this case, help to prevent war.
The focus should be on containment and conventional deterrence. Build an alliance to isolate, undermine, impoverish, and humiliate China at every turn. Build up enough advanced weapons to wreck the PLAN if they try to seize more of the first island chain.
Without spending ten to 20 years (at least) in rebuilding America's manufacturing capacity to match China's, the US should just refuse any war with China.
Remember how Germany ended up in their 1941-1945 war with the Soviets? That will be America's future in a war with China.
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