[Chad_the_Impaler]

Back in 2003 Hu Jintao addressed Australia’s parliament and tacitly claimed Australia as Chinese.

According to Gordon Chang, General Secretary Xi Jinping believes China is the only sovereign state. Under the principle of tianxia or All Under Heaven, all other nations other than China should disappear to be ruled from the center.

[Reily]

That doesn’t necessarily mean actual physical occupation. It means that barbarian stats acknowledge their client status to the Middle Kingdom.

[ifinnegan]

Yes. 天下。

literally sky or heaven under.

See the Zhang Yimou movie Hero from the same time as Hu's speech in Australia for another message that the Communist Chinese think they rightfully should rule the world.