Bruh. They don't have a script; they've been recycling their game plans against the USSR and Japan. They fail to realize that China and the former two are completely incomparable. Throwing shit at the wall hoping it sticks.With several times larger productive force and the resource depots to sustain these indefintely during wartime, US can no more corner China than a donkey can corner a tiger.
No, America dares not commit direct attacks at China. They will simply stick to script plotted to them by China, going into pointless wars meant to grind them down, until their Gorbachev moment arrives.