Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44248215-20191113060242/@comment-27144409-20191116012437

China hasn't been making messes by shooting up an entire region and being surprised that leaving before cleanup doesn't make for stable allies.

That doesn't mean that they're not militaristic. They've been building up their military for some time, and stealing the notes from whoever does the actual experiementing makes it much easier. US analysts were the ones who actually dubbed one of their new ballistic missiles the, "carrier killer," not its Chinese creators or owners. They've also been competing with the US in drones, lasers, and railguns.

I'd also consider them a superpower. One which has been up to some... concering activites. Also there's that whole problem with censorship, human rights violations, the patriarchal tendencies exacerbating the one child policy, and the dangerously thin skin of its leader.