Whether they go to war, is their decision - but we must anyway be absolutely willing and capable to fight a war and to retaliate in any way necessary. Both great force and a long breath are needed.
Else we can pack our things and leave the stage of world history immediately. Most of Europe has done exactly that, while the US, Britian, Taiwan, Japan dream of superiority of theirs that they once had, but probably no more have. One does not want to invest into keeping up to strength with China. China knows this, and thats why they keep on pushing. As I see it, the anti-China alliances in the region that are possible to think of, are impotent and are word monsters only. They lack the needed military muscle. China creates military facts on the ground/ocean. They become superior in technology, and in numbers. Europe will keep on helping them for long time to come, i think. To keep illusions alive. They are so cozy, you see, so precious, so fragile. Lets not provoke China, it might come at a price for Western companies selling the West out in China.
