It's clear that neither Japan nor any of its neighbours could hope to invade China and win today. But that doesn't make China capable of invading anyone and win

It's clear that neither Japan nor any of its neighbours could hope to invade China and win today. But that doesn't make China capable of invading anyone and winning. China's less powerful than the US and Taiwan's not as feeble as Haiti, which the US has invaded four times so far, without succeeding in its aims.