I felt it would be a bit longer - - like when entitlement and pensions are truly FUBAR'ed ...that and A.I displacing even more people socioeconomically.

Nope. That's the date where Xi's plans converge. If you know where to look you'll see that quietly info is coming out intended to show what's on the horizon:
wsj.com - Pentagon prepares for space warfare as potential threats from china russia grow

In space, the threats from China range from ground-launched missiles or lasers that could destroy or disable U.S. satellites, to jamming and other cyber interference and attacks in space, said Pentagon officials. China has invested heavily in its space program, with a crewed orbiting station, developing ground-based missiles and lasers as well as more surveillance capabilities. This is part of its broader military aims of denying adversaries access to space-based assets.

The ChiComs are executing a plan that started with the Belt And Road Initiative and continued with their Made in China 2025 plan.

If you look REALLY closely, you see more things like this:
msn.com - Honduras castro to visit china after cutting taiwan ties
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President Xiomara Castro will travel to China "soon," the Honduran foreign ministry said on Twitter on Wednesday, without providing a date for the trip. (Probably to finalize a deal for basing rights in Honduras)

and this
BBC: Why is South Africa's navy joining exercises with Russia and China?
South Africa is holding a joint military exercise with Russia and China that opposition figures say amounts to an endorsement of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The US has also criticised the 10-day naval drills, which will continue over the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine.

By themselves a lay person would say "So what?". But China doesn't roll like that. What they're doing is sticking their Navy on all the choke points for trade around the globe.

Add those plus the space stuff and you can see how they're going to approach it: this way when they make their move they can enforce their will economically and by denying us the use of outer space. They'll be able to do what Japan was never able to do - build an economic wall to fend off retaliation from the US.

I could go on. While we're sitting around here arguing about who gets to use what bathroom the Chinese are making their moves.