https://www.scmp.com/rss/525177/feed Dr Xiang Bing is the founding dean and dean’s distinguished chair professor of China business and globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Beijing. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Xiang Bing Xiang Bing Beneath the “China threat” thesis, often heard in Western policy circles, is the assumption that China will become expansionist as it grows more powerful. But history gives us little reason to treat that as inevitable. At moments of peak strength, China has not consistently converted power into the kind of overseas colonialism, expansionism or conquest that marked the ascent of Western great powers. There are three often-cited reasons to suggest China’s rise might lead to expansionism. First,... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3338323/history-makes-clear-powerful-china-not-expansionist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3338323/history-makes-clear-powerful-china-not-expansionist?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:30:09 +0000