"...Let's stipulate that China's four-decade rise from a hunger-plagued developing country to a great power with global clout ranks as one of history's more striking political-economic achievements.As China's economy modernized, the U.S. bet political liberalization would follow.
International integration would moderate China's Communists and a democracy focused on internal development and peaceful economic competition would emerge.
So much for optimism.
The Communist dictatorship opted for imperial territorial expansion, most overtly in the South China Sea.
However, its territorial aspirations in the Himalayas and the East China Sea are also aggressive..."
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