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It would be nice to have a cooperative relationship with China. Unfortunately, that’s not happening right now.
There’s lots wrong with what both countries do internationally. China’s OBOR policy is really just a back door way to subjugate Asia. You could argue that the US has done some of the same things in the past, but the US has vastly more internal policy discord. China is able to align it’s financial, military, diplomatic, commercial, and other sectors and wield it as a single foreign policy tool.

The media in Hong Kong has been talking about Cold War for months. Finally the WSJ picks up the theme also.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-edges-toward-new-cold-war-era-with-china-1539355839?mod=hp_lead_pos9

Also, watch the policy speech by VP Pence at the Hudson Institute. The US is doing much more than a trade war with China.

There’s an interesting discussion of naval policy with direct relation of Mahan vs Mackinder

Heartland Theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geographical_Pivot_of_History