Pre-CCP history — the two Opium Wars demonstrated to the Chinese about staying in control of domestic markets ahead of foreign merchants, otherwise, they lose s

Pre-CCP history — the two Opium Wars demonstrated to the Chinese about staying in control of domestic markets ahead of foreign merchants, otherwise, they lose some of their sovereign power: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars To be fair, Imperial China has a history of developing vassal states in its sphere of influence, so what goes around, comes around. Main thing is that China used to have greater influence and I think the current generation of Chinese citizens see no reason why China shouldn’t be a superpower, even if they have to share it with the US.