China is certainly a manufacturing powerhouse but it seems doubtful it could ever “rule the world” when it steals almost all innovative intellectual property from the USA.
America is full of millions of Chinese spies stealing our technology.
If they are going to take over the world, why can’t they create on a scale proving their world dominance?
They are creating worldwide, through subjugation of leaders and peoples. They are working their dominance surreptitiously and not explicitly like a military with international reach.