Why do the Americans think they can just go to war with China over Taiwan and wipe out their debts? Are they that confident about victory, that they think they can impose Opium War 3.0 on China? It's essential for the PLAN to have more carriers than the entire NATO for force projection because PLA forces will be needed to maintain de facto and eventually de jure control over alaska, California and washington state.
Funny how global warming/climate change became a non issue once China became the leading edge of NEV and green tech; it's almost like the west championed global warming to keep the rest of the 2nd and 3rd world poor and deindustrialise.