With a quick look at GDP charts you can see that Chinese economy has been rapidly growing. For reasons that nobody can understand the US regime sees that as a threat and at some point they declared war on China! It's more like a cold war and one of the battlefields is the economy.
Permit me to talk with regards to what's currently happening between the US and China:The prosperity of China that was caused by their decades of discipline, planning, dedication, hard work etc., to achieve the total revamping of the economy is now the target of the US. The US is just hating. Trump only made me see the evil in the US that always wants to have that monopoly of power (politics and economy) while the other countries follow.
Now tell me, should a country as big as China follow the US? I don't think so. Must it always be the US? For what reason? The power must be taken by the economy and politics, and it's too late for Trump to harrass China like he did in his first term.
China is rapidly catching up to the US in military technology and economy and the Americans see this as a threat to her national security & personal interests. The major problems between both countries is world dominance, The US doesn't want China to dominate the Asia regions or any other region in the world and have been doing everything within her power to stop China growing influence. Due to that the US have been flexing her Muscles by sending dozens of her most powerful military fleets to the south China seas to intimidate China and to maintain her influence in the region. The US always wants to rule and doesn't mind destroying any nations that stands as an obstacle to her. Same thing happing in the middle East and I am happy IRAN isn't like the rest of them in the middle East,despite US pressure and intimidation, IRAN were brave enough to acquire a Nuclear nukes for themselves and would used it as an influence to scare and reduce the US influence on her soil.