let history be the judge. china is china - and history has shown that it does not move far from its borders. genghis kahn, raced through a large part of the world (asia/ europe) - but he was from mongolia.
off course, things will change - military power will go with economic power. the chinese tentacles will start to take control of the resource rich countries - but that is no different to the way that the united states, played its cards - and indeed, the way that the british and the french did.
the expansion of the european empires, had nothing to do with democratic ideals of the sovereign states - it was all about rape and pillage.
why should the british be in hong kong??? by the same token , the chinese should be in scotland.
the japs showed asia, that the europeans were mortal - and after world war 2, the europeans were told to get out - ahhh the americans did a "custers last stand" - but they will be kicked out
