Let’s be clear: China would call America’s bluff in the South China Sea

Didn't Japan try that in the Coral Sea and Midway?

Please call our bluff. I'd look at the US vs China main event like two boxers and lets look at the Tale of the Tape. How tall is each fighter, weight, age, reach, but this only looks at a traditional fight. Two competitors standing side by side dukeing it out. 1 or 2 Chinese Carriers vs 11 US Carriers for example and so on. Why fight fair in the first place. What if a few non-descript persons in a rubber raft and start targeting Chinese ships. What will China do when they experience a few USS Cole's. Somewhere in the news there are pirates on the high seas overtaking ships. Ok, lets start seeing that involving China and their commercial shipping interests. Maybe some unknown rouge country launches drones at the Chinese ships. I don't know why every potential adversary has to be fought in a prescribed matter after lengthy diplomacy fails which any blind man can see coming. They have a massive population that they must keep at bay. They have their own problem with terrorist that could be easily exploited. We need to stop fighting traditional battles and engage in a new form of warfare. Halt their commercial shipping operation to America, engage inside the country with friendly groups, hell, even get the Left in the US to march on Washington DC against the inhuman slave factories inside China making their Apple phones at unfair labor wages. Its time we introduce China to 4th Generational Warfare. http://time.com/4473748/china-terrorism-uighur-xinjiang/

Pithy article.
First and foremost, never bluff.
When Pres. Trump wins in 2020 or another president with stones, we do what is necessary.