People in China get subjected to the same amount of propaganda as people in other countries do. Lots of babies in big cities play with Winnie the Pooh dolls their parents bought from Disney shops and teenagers play GTA V while elsewhere people are told neither thing can happen.

Power, population numbers - they go hand in hand. Whereas the older generations would take things slowly and be thankful for what they have, the newer generations are looking to expand and claim their own domains and that means taking it from others.

East Africa, the Middle East and then Latin America seems like good real estate just now.