They have been rational up until recently. Their expansion into South China Sea and the Spratly Islands may be a precursor to intimidating Taiwan back into China. We’re lucky they have traditionally been non-expansionist.
Islam is a dagger aimed at the heart of western civilization.
Take your pick. To me, it’s a matter of “China could,” while “Islam will.”
I believe parts of the Islamic world would like to but are too busy being disunited to pull it off.
If China takes Taiwan, it may not lead to anything more ......
China is doing to well out of trade to start fighting, but if abandoning the one child policy leads to a population surge, will that create internal pressure to expand?