[leephillips]

I’m not sure if “palpable” is the word you want, but in any case: China’s foreign policy intentions include making independent, sovereign nations part of China against their wishes and asserting military control over a huge part of the oceans far beyond any internationally recognized limits. The former is a done deal with Tibet, because the world grew weary of complaining about it, and Taiwan is next. The South China Sea is also basically a done deal. I can’t think of a Western nation right now that‘s behaving in this way, or anything close to it. This is not even to mention the ongoing genocide of at least one population within China.