China will fight against the US
? More delirium is hard to come up with! By destroying the United States, both the economy and the financial system of the United States will be destroyed, leading to a world collapse. And China will lose essentially the best creditor and consumer of its economy. This is an allogical concept. What China needs is:
1. New territories, and "old" ones, previously lost during the conflicts of the 19th and 20th centuries. There is both an economic and political need for this. The population is very large. To raise the status of the ruling party, it is necessary to return their "ancestral" lands - from the Urals to Mongolia.
2. Some resources - such as, for example, forest, water, land for agriculture. The most attractive option is the eastern regions of the Russian Federation. Moreover, there is already a massive assimilation of regions by the Chinese. Some cities in the Russian Far East are already almost 90% populated by Chinese.
No matter how "large" the population can become, china has VAST VAST lands, they do not "need" lands to put more people in, the problem they already have is that people are getting into crowded cities instead of expanding to larger areas, there are many many more places in China and that nobody stays right now, this is valid for nearly every nation, usually the capital city (or could be like how New York is not capital but most crowded) or any other city gets super crowded and there are places where you can drive for hours without seeing one house, so it could get to a level where every city is as crowded as the most crowded city and that could mean that population can grow 10x and it would still be fit into the same nation.
The problem is usually food related, and shelter related, if you can't find that even when you have enough of it, that is the biggest problem.
You misunderstood me a little. I will clarify.
China has a "historical grievance" and regional ambitions for the new empire. "Historical offense" - for the lands that passed to another country, and which China considers primordially its, historically. Further about the territory - have you looked at the map of China? Have you been to central, server and western China? I recommend watching. There is indeed a lot of land there - but you would hardly agree to live there. Therefore, China still has a problem with the territory. And about resources - China needs fresh water, timber, agricultural land! The closest and, in fact, the only place where it is is from its "friend" and its raw material appendage - Russia. Moreover, it was she who not so long ago deprived China of part of its lands, which means that Russia is the most convenient object for solving the above problems. Moreover, you cannot help but notice how Russia is flirting with China, trying to be as "soft and benevolent" as possible, knowing full well that the West is not a supporter of open military confrontation, but China does not care - it has the largest army in the region, assimilated by the Chinese the southeastern part of the Russian Federation, nuclear weapons and "the best communist party in China!"
PS Surprising fact: China is among the leaders in the TOP 3 world suppliers in the following directions:
- Fuel wood (2nd place)
- Business round wood (2nd place)
- Lumber (1 piece)
- Sheet wood materials (1 piece)
- Paper and cardboard (1 piece)
It seems nothing surprising. BUT - according to Chinese law, deforestation is practically prohibited in China. Read more in the "Forest Code of the People's Republic of China". Chapter V. Harvesting of wood. Guess - where does China get its timber from on such a scale?