You made a specific point that we are losign in the context of trade with China, because "we see anyone growing as a threat".
Venezuela, is not a problem to US, because they are "growing" but becasue they are marxist. Everything I have heard, they sound like they are a stagnant and declining society.
How does you citing them back up your point with regards to China?
My view on China is not that they are our enemy because they are growing, becausue because they are our enemey based on ideological reasons, past wars against US, continued hostile statements, and their predatory trade policy.
That they are growing is not a reason to see them as our enemy, but as a reason to see them as a more dangerous enemy.
Even if they were NOT growing but were only... maintaining or growing at a similar rate with US, I would still see them as an enemy.
Hell, if they were SHRINKING, I would still see them as an enemy, just a less scary one.