How could the US and China enter into a cold war sometime between 1989-1996, and continue until sometime into the 2010s?
Who would be on each side? Where would the potential flashpoints be, where the two sides could fight proxy wars?
What effect could this have on Afghanistan? I can still see 9/11 happening and the US invading Afghanistan. However, assuming Pakistan is allied with China, I could see the Taliban and ISI fighting a proxy war Soviet style