How to combat China

I never really thought "how do we combat China?." I honestly don't find China as much of a threat to the United states. So in my opinion I don't think military action is needed at this time. If China were to do something to cross or attack the United states then I would say that military action is needed. China is behind the United states in many ways. They're behind us when it comes to military strength and technology. If the United states were to attack China it would be an easy win. In my opinion, the way to combat China is to start limiting trade with them and slowly reducing our interdependence on them. This reduces the leverage that China may have on the United States in the future. If they were to catch up to us or not. In the next 40 years there may be a chance of a big power shift so the government of the United states needs to prepare now. With more independence comes more power in the long run. If the United States is the most powerful country now, given how much we depend on other countries for a lot of our goods, then imagine how powerful we will be if we were almost 100% independent. I believe that this is by far the best way to combat a potential future shift in power to a country like China.