China does not have such control. But to your question - > If they do, why ever actually invade? The power of the CCP surfs on top of a mythology. When ethnic

China does not have such control. But to your question - > If they do, why ever actually invade? The power of the CCP surfs on top of a mythology. When ethnic Chinese people run successful, free, democratic countries it undermines that mythology. Consider how the CCP have trashed Hong Kong, which had limited democratic freedoms only. In the west, economic considerations are high on our motives. For the CCP, the central viewpoint is about pursuit and consolidation of political power. Economic considerations are all considered in the light of power priorities. There is a trap that westerners fall into of regarding live-and-let-live as the natural order of things. It is not, it is a set of values. The CCP come at the world from a different mindset.