The plan is to avoid head-on confrontation until 2030, at which point it is believed that China's power will have increased and American military declined to the point that the Chinese could win a war. If a war must be fought before then, however, China believes it could be effective by attacking U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups. They are vulnerable, it believes, because they are hard to conceal from radar, are less effective in bad weather and are hampered by shallow water. China believes it could sabotage U.S. computer networks, causing confusion and incorrect judgments, too. Chinese military strategists also are studying recent American wars, looking for vulnerabilities.
All nations play war games and devise strategies for any contingency.
That's just prudent planning. But Jiang's regime is a little neurotic. The embassy bombing was no diabolical plot. It was an act of recklessness, much like the bombings of apartments, hospitals and day care centers that took a heavy toll on Yugoslav civilians. Likewise, the United States has no interest in whether the Buddhists of Tibet or Muslims in Xinjiang remain part of China or become independent.