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It's not an at American influence, come on now.
You have The Chinese telling all of their neighbors in the S.C. sea that they own it, trying push the Philippines back, trying to push the Vietnamese back.
Also, the US Navy is no joke, don't play. The Chinese armed forces could likely beat the US Asian fleet, but it would be costly - nowhere nearly "easy". Primarily the Chinese advantage is volume of material and simpler supply lines. The tech is near equal, with the Chinese being on newer airframes, but the Americans having significantly more proven tech and procedures, especially in the Navy. Taking on the Amer cans would not be like using water cannons on the Philippines boats, or hatchets in the Himilayas.
nuclear strikes on a carrier fleet are an easy way to sink them. No civilian casualties. War doesn't have to be a fuck around process.
There's room for compromise on a greater cooperation agreement, especially with Vietnam. Philippines deserve destruction or overthrow of their corrupt US puppet.
Only a feeble-minded person could believe that anyone could confidently use nuclear weapons against the United States and not face equal retaliation. The people would demand it.
And every major population in the U.S. would be annihilated in return. If China decided to nuke their own coast, America would either do nothing about it or come to a swift and total end.
Which is why your projection about nuclear weapons is just stupid. It ain't happening.