Can China Defeat the U.S.?

China has wanted Taiwan back for a long time but has lacked the military power to bring it about.  Apparently it now thinks that it could do so and checkmate any American military response to an invasion of Taiwan, assuming that the U.S. has the will to muster one. It has motive too - its population is rapidly aging and if it is going to move, it has about 20 years to do it before it is effectively loses the ability due to the seniority of its populace. 

The author of the article below thinks that the Chinese would come up empty-handed because of our submarine fleet. I for one hope so, but the old adage about putting all one's eggs in one basket still applies. Regardless of how good U.S. undersea forces are - and they are very good - we need to modernize all of our military, particularly the Navy and Air Force, and develop our cyber-warfare capabilities to be the best in the world, so that any aggressor will know deep down that an attack against the United States or its strategic national interests around the world is likely to come up a loser. 

theweek.com/article/index/264032/china-thinks-it-can-defeat-america-in-battle