China is the enemy of the world. Sink some Chicom ships and make it a good game.
I don’t see it really happening, but China is surrounded by powerful nations that do not like China — India, Russia, Japan, the US. And China is internally fragile in quite a few ways. They may think distracting their population with “foreign adventures” is a good strategy, but I think China will be devastated and looted if they step out of line. Sucks to be them. I cannot envision a good outcome for China under any set of circumstances.