Away from China’s what? China being basically an information blackhole and their foreign policy not being very flashy means there’s usually little to pay attention to in the first place.
China is also obviously looking at ways to create a military that can compete against the U.S./NATO dominance. They need some teeth to back up their economic pushes.
Come to think of it, the Trump circus has taken a lot of attention away from China, hasn’t it?
Also, Xi making Trump cave on tariff negotiations definitely helped his image.
Away from China’s what? China being basically an information blackhole and their foreign policy not being very flashy means there’s usually little to pay attention to in the first place.
China’s foreign policy is basically “play whatever side makes the most sense for China”.
Their pattern of behavior shows an end goal of economically dominating the planet. Fully replacing the United States and Europe.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative
China is also obviously looking at ways to create a military that can compete against the U.S./NATO dominance. They need some teeth to back up their economic pushes.