China doesn't want war, it wants status. They see the last 200 years as a reversal of the natural order of things, and want China to be top dog again. They lite

China doesn't want war, it wants status. They see the last 200 years as a reversal of the natural order of things, and want China to be top dog again. They literally see themselves as the center of the world: Zhongguo means "central country".