last year chinese troops clashed with indian forces in skirmishes that netted china 100 square miles of land along the frozen tundra along the himalayan border. the result is that india which has long been weary, is now much more willing. it is been a slew of chinese apps, excluding chinese companies from building 5g and joined u.s. and japan in the largest naval exercises in over a decade. meanwhile, taiwan and japan and those in the south china sea have plenty of stories about china using aggressive military patrols and intimidation to assert its interest. china's current foreign policy is from the country during the ping era and after. back then the central objective was to ensure that the country's meteoric economic rise did not trigger resentment and counterbalancing from other