Once the upcoming war in the South China breaks out things will change drastically. They might even before that.
Currently the Trump admin has asked China for negotiations, so this is the first sign that the Trump's USA admitted defeat in the first round. The chances that China will surrender like Japan dkd and sign the new Plaza Accorda appear to be very low. So this means the friction will increase.
There is a war on the horizon. For all we know it was the USA that egged on the Indians to intiate attack on Pakistan in order to see what the Chinese tech is actually capable of US backing India to provoke Pakistan to retaliate using Chinese weapon systems. However, there exist another reason - annulling nuclear status of Pakistan.