IMO you overestimate China's power somewhat. Their due to corruption and inefficiencies, their infrastructure isn't nearly as robust as you might think. With Japan and India as allies, the US would have air and naval superiority in time, and thus they could disrupt most trade in and out of China, sinking ships, destroying rail and roads. Bombing the Three Gorges Damn would have tremendous consequences for energy production, other plants would be targeted as well; even before air superiority, the US has a ridiculous amount of submarines packed with missiles. In short, the war would happen in China more than in the US, and China would bear the greater costs. They do have a lot of factories, but the US still has a huge manufacturing sector. Of course, Russia would be a big question mark, but China would be running a losing race in a US/China conflict. Edit: I should add, my wife is Chinese. We travel and visit family there. I never want to see anything like this conflict.