There is an article I read where it states the Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) is very unhappy with Xi Ping and top CCP (Communist Party) officials and are at loggerheads over what to do with the South China Sea and Taiwan. The Chinese PLA wants to keep the status quo and not rock the boat with the US. Attacking Taiwan for instance, they said will invite the US to intervene militarily and hurt the Chinese military, not counting the economic sanctions that the US will impose on China. The same goes with the South China Sea, the Chinese PLA does not want to provoke the US resulting even in a limited military confrontation which again, can result in US economic sanctions. Instead, they favor cooperation with the US, while, building their military and economic power. Top PLA generals and top CCP officials of course, own most of the big companies in China and a very good cash cow for all of them. Any economic or military conflict with the US will set them back up decades and nullify their economic progress.