Correct, not a neighboring state. They are directly invading and attacking America in a number of ways. I saw a report yesterday that travel agencies in China are now running tours to our neighbors to the south and providing information on how to have a cartel help cross the border. The ads they are running make it sound like everything is safe and done in a first class manner.
I am consistent here on FR as I have been for 22 years, regarding Red China. They play the long game. It is totally slow and subtle coopting. It is like 200-year strategy, when the west cannot see past 5 years.