> both armed with nuclear weapons,

> and each dependent on the other for its prosperity given the depth and breadth of their economic relationships

Two reasons (mutually assured destruction, economic suicide) why they’re unlikely to go to war.

They could, and 'winning' would be a bitter joke, if it went nuclear.

Having said that, China is different from pre collapse Soviet Union. Population and industry are much more densely concentrated, and therefore more vulnerable.

IMHO, it’d be far more destructive than either side can imagine. Nobody wins.

Whosever's law of headlines, answer is no.