I think they'd like to test the waters. They really want the South China Sea all to themselves.
Congress never releases anything that's been unredacted until years after the fact. They're part of the bigger problem.
Because that's what [THEY] ALWAYS do, anon.
New IP, I see. Dirtball.
I think they would just like to show off all the tech they've stolen from us. They'd lose, of course, and then the wounded dragon would slither back to its cave for another few centuries. Always a long game with Chinaโฆ