China was integrated into the world economy (and still is, albeit not to the same degree as it once was). It did nothing to curb the CCP's imperialist ambitions

China was integrated into the world economy (and still is, albeit not to the same degree as it once was). It did nothing to curb the CCP's imperialist ambitions. That navy and the bases they're building in territories they hold no legal claim to could've only been built with money from foreign trade.