Will the USA allow to China to become more powerful

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For the sake of debate, assume that in 50 years China is going to be more powerful and wealthier then the United States. Will the United States allow this to happen? Policing the world seems to be a top priority of the United States government and its hard to imagine the future George Bushs of the world being okay with the fact that China will be able to kick our ass, have a stronger military, etc. So what happens? Does the president get on television and say that we must go to war with China or we will fall to number 2 and not be able to defend ourselves in the future? As China gets more and more powerful does the United States government begin to instigate confrontations to create a window for a propaganda campaign to convince the American population that a war is a good idea?