It's an implied threat. The Chinese have long been the poor cousins in the superpower world, and now they're flexing their muscles a bit more. They want their piece of the world dominance pie. This is just a very small part of their plan to get it. I often tell people that in 25 years or so, the US will be the no. 2 superpower -- China will be No. 1. That may or may not be true, but they're definitely beginning to unwrap and want more of a say over what goes on in the world. Now that the Russians are no longer a superpower and they've basically subverted out economy, there's not much we can do about it.
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