I agree with this. Their interests is regional geopolitics, which currently means unfettered control over the south china sea, but by extension, everything surr

I agree with this. Their interests is regional geopolitics, which currently means unfettered control over the south china sea, but by extension, everything surrounding this side of India to past Japan. However, once that dries up, it'll just be 'finance based colonialism' (my term). Pakistan has already fallen, for instance.