john, you are allowing your love of china to cloud your eyes. 
China is VERY MUCH on an attack footing and just as they BSed W and then O, they are now BSing Trump (not that hard, they are simply bribing him). 
ANd if you doubt that CHina is on a war footing, ask their neighbors. All but russia (who still is wary of them) will tell you that they are pushing for war. 

And as to globalization, you are quite wrong, and obviously have not read their history (other than the sanitized BS stuff). CHina has invaded every one of their neighbors over and over. Even now, they are forcing India to buy their garbage, while getting ready to steal the majority of their water.