China is facing a lot of issues and problems, mostly caused by external troublemakers. All the problems faced by the Americans are self inflicted, caused by their own mismanagement or foolish management and American terrorism.
China's apparent problems in the South China Sea, its borders problem with India and many others, are really no problem at all. The biggest troublemaker in the South China Sea and in many of China's problems is the USA. Removing this troublemaker, all things will be quiet and peaceful. There are still the Mickey Mouse that would volunteer eagerly to want to cause trouble with China. Some came as far as Europe, thinking that white men are superior and could still rule the world. The 'has been' powers like France, UK, even Canada, are irritants to China, not an issue, can easily be erased from the map. The big but small Mickey Mouse in Australia is just the same.
Australia used to act like a big power in the region, self appointing itself as the Sheriff of the region, bullying and threatening Indonesia. This is passe. The Asean countries are growing in economic and military strength and would soon have all the weapons and firepower to dwarf little Australia. When Australia had a squadron of fighter aircraft in the 70s and 80s, it was the most powerful nation in the region, when its neighbours had none. Indonesia would soon have many times the aircraft that Australia has and a bigger military that would make Australian armed forces look like boy scouts. Before, the Australians can count on the West not to sell aggressive weapons to Asean countries, not to Indonesia, to keep the Australian militarily more superior and powerful than Indonesia. Now the Russians and Chinese and also the Turks, have the weapons to sell to Indonesia to make it stronger than little Australia.
The problems China is facing today is military might. Once China has all the weapons and firepower it needs, all the problems caused by the Americans and the little Mickey Mouse would just fade away. At the moment, the Americans still think they can inflict great damages to China, even defeat China in a hot war, and with the help of its allies. And the allies, mostly Mickey Mouse, also think so and can afford to be naughty and irritating.
This day is coming to an end. China is going to develop itself to become a superpower militarily and could tear out the eyes of Mickey Mouse that dares to fool around and irritate China. China is also developing the capability to kick the asses of the Americans as and when it likes. It used to be the Americans threatening China and kicking China's assess. Not anymore, and soon it would be the other way. When the balance has changed, all of China's problems would disappear. No more Mickey Mouse around its borders and territorial waters. Not even the Americans.
By then, China will reunify with Taiwan at its own time and choosing and not a silly Mickey Mouse would be in the way, not even the Americans. This is winning a war without fighting a war when the Mickey Mouse knows that they are irrelevant and can be squeezed like a cockroach if China is provoked.
Today, China can easily reunify with Taiwan, but the American terrorists would want to have a fight, and some Mickey Mouse may think it is ok to join the Americans to fight China. When the balance of power tilted decisively, every Mickey Mouse would know its own place and would behave as how Mickey Mouse should, out of sight and to be safe.