China has been pretty open about their willingness to use military to conquer. Russia has militarily taken territory much more recently than the US has. During

China has been pretty open about their willingness to use military to conquer. Russia has militarily taken territory much more recently than the US has. During the cold war the US and Russia made a mess of many many countries. It doesn't seem likely to be cleaned up any time soon. That's what a multi-polar world is like.