Ironically it seems that China is trying to do a little empire-building of its own.
They're still a long-ways away from playing globo-cop, but all that island-building in the South China Sea is pretty telling. They're also doing a lot of infrastructure investment in Africa.
Why are Software Development world has such a naive world view? Why are we not a bit more enlightened about Nation-States and nature of power? I really do not know. As a person who enjoys Geopolitical articles and newsletters, I find HN discussions on Geopolitics range from naive to nauseating.
They're still a long-ways away from playing globo-cop, but all that island-building in the South China Sea is pretty telling. They're also doing a lot of infrastructure investment in Africa.