What does 'absorb' mean? They want to be influential, that I agree with, but that's not really unique about China. As for US spreading democracy, you should re

What does 'absorb' mean? They want to be influential, that I agree with, but that's not really unique about China. As for US spreading democracy, you should read up on how they overthrew Iran's democracy and replaced it with a dictatorship that suits the US interests better.