What showdown?
BTW, we gave Japan most of our technology. Like steel mills. They learned from us and built new ones. The corps here let then languish and die.
We are doing the same thing with China. Except in this case we are literally giving them our national secrets.
EXCLUSIVE: China gets U.S. Olympics help (Sending previously restricted equipment)
How long before they turn that against us?
I believe it is commonly known as the Pacific War, a theater of WWII.