We really need a good old WAR. A serious one that will inflict significant damage on both countries. Not a little diddy rubber band action of Afghanistan, Libya or Iraq. The US really needs a true wake up call. China can absorb massive losses of human resources. Question is can the Americans? History has shown when faced with a superior force, the Chinese will basically run you over. Case in point: Korea. General Song Shilun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Shilun at the decisive Chosin Reservoir battle. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir

Fast forward to 2017. The Chinese military has vastly upgraded their equipment, reorganised their troops. With ballistic missiles and anti satellite weapons, the Chinese can seriously inflicted damage on our modern communication structure in space that will have severe impacts on our daily lives. If the Chinese takes out the eyes in the skies that US forces heavily rely on, a tactical negative is the result.