Tricky thing with world wars is that they take a while to be recognised.
From the video, I would say China’s behaviour seems to suggest they are recognising it.
Undersea cables off Vietnam, Australia and baltic states have been damaged and some completely disabled, sovereign leaders are being kidnapped, sabotage and infiltration take time to be discovered, and often the victim isn’t in a hurry to admit incidents.
It’s very difficult to pin point a start date, but it certainly is walking like a duck.
This isn’t just soldiers shooting at each other. This is unfolding while many are living way above their means, some are shooting others via online games while eating drive thru food. Others go on a cruise vacation with a drinking package. We have so much distraction, we have become comfortably numb.