I'd be inclined to say... neither? China's approach to soft power has worked out pretty well for them and I'd definitely see them trying to stay out of WW3. If they managed to pull that off, then to some extent they are the only superpower on Earth now. Counterargument: they would never develop to that level since they too would face a pretty complete economic collapse, along with possible food production problems, and the odd bit of fallout. I could see them trying to keep the good times rolling and becoming a broken regional empire with a series of unending wars across SE Asia.
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