"China has barely any capacity to protect power much further than it's coastal waters." Literally China is grabbing international territory 1000's of Km of the

"China has barely any capacity to protect power much further than it's coastal waters." Literally China is grabbing international territory 1000's of Km of their coast. China is rapidly developing the ability to project hard power beyond it's borders, most obviously in the S. China Sea wherein they are trying to declare otherwise recognized 'international waters' as their own, and trying to thwart others from passage. They'll have almost 100 submarines soon (a shockingly large fleet), for example. They are going to try to project their power within East/South Asia for their own gain, this news is not controversial at least not to the many other nations already feeling the tensions and buying up weapons. See: 'String of Pearls' [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_of_Pearls_(Indian_Ocean) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_of_Pearls_(Indian_Ocean...