[captain_dave]

All this talk of China expanding into the Pacific misses two important points:

China has no amphibious military capability and no aircraft carriers to provide air cover for an invasion. They can't even successfully invade Taiwan.

China is suffering from dissent and riots at home. What they can do is cause a lot of trouble.

[conservativewasp]

I just caught your post, you are correct. China cannot do that which is feared. Unrest at home should be encouraged. The easy way is to stop buying their crap and stop supplying technology!

[ClearCase_guy]

I completely agree. China needs to be watched because they can cause troubles, but they are not a real naval threat and cannot possibly expand into the Pacific. If they expand to the West, they have to fight India. If they expand into Siberia, they'll face Russia (not too scary as a nation any more, but fighting in Siberia is certainly scary).

China is in trouble. An economic stumble would increase their domestic difficulties, and they have no good options for military action to divert the peasants' attention.