Well, the party has stated loud and clear that China will fight America (and the evil West) no matter what, at all costs and to the very end.
There's a great Freakonomics about the history of supermarkets which turns out to have been a major force in the cold war. USDA pushed and supported cheap mass production and even transportation, making what we now expect in a big, well stocked market with low prices and wide selection. We set up modern demo markets in the Ukraine which probably hit home, literally, because the Soviet markets were bare and droll. This tech was even studied by the Soviets but they couldn't reproduce it.
It seems hitting the stomachs was just as important as hitting the minds and the missiles.