Will world war 3 start soon?

[Stranger in a strange land]

Think of the USA as Britain circa 1914, and China as Imperial Germany.

I've always thought this was a revelatory accurate comparison. The USA is the global naval power that is also the "status quo" power and China is like Imperial Germany, a rising newcomer power who wants a global sphere for itself.

The same was true of the U.S. and the Soviet Union, yet we somehow managed to go 40 years without a world war.