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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox
The failure of Russia to crush the Ukraine is a wake-up call for all "World Powers", just as Vietnam was for the USA.
The USA has used its wealth to influence many countries worldwide but that doesn't mean that it, or China, is aiming for "World Domination". That kind of thinking powered the arms race, which benefited military leaders and suppliers enormously but has not done much good for the man in the street.
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China hasn't had a blue water navy since the middle ages, only a coastal force, after the Open door to China of the Kissinger / Nixon era China started to modernize their military both quantitatively and qualitatively, create and militarize islands sitting astride world trade routes, first surface ships then subs latest addition a carrier force, ballistic missile systems, claiming large sections of the pacific as their economic zone, anti ship missile systems that have a very long reach from the mainland , ,, I guess they just like sailing around in new hightech warships