A better analogy would be that there’s an argument on land between various farming households. China is now using heavy machinery to change the flow of the rive

A better analogy would be that there’s an argument on land between various farming households. China is now using heavy machinery to change the flow of the river which served as the naturally boundary and saying “see, this ALL used to be mine.” China also patently doesn’t give a crap about equal countries or cultural issues - they want and need to be the top, and so that’s what they are going to Do.