Tell that to Tibet and to the Uighur people.
Xinjiang has been part of China a) since long before the PRC was founded and b) longer than most of the continental states have been united. Tibet is more complicated, I grant you, but since Lamaic rule was overthrown in the 1950s and most nations recognised the area of Xizang Province as part of the PRC, I can’t see how you expect it to prove a
current land/sea grab by the PRC.
How is it a land-grab to govern territory that’s already been internationally recognised as yours for decades?
No you're not. China issues orders and makes demands/threats.
Really. How fascinating, do go on.
On second thoughts, please don't.
Three words: nine dash line. The Law of the Sea tribunal decision, once it went against them, suddenly didn't apply.
They refused to recognise the tribunal long before it made any ruling, not suddenly afterwards. Please try to keep to what has actually happened, will you?
They will be involved if for no other reason than they have mutual defence treaties in the region. Also, the area they (the Chinese) want to control is one of the worlds major shipping lanes.
The major shipping lanes which connect the world to China
and vice versa. Whose interest would it be in to close them and why?
I'm sorry I don't see any landgrab from Japan? They are expanding their military (after much discussion in the Diet) due to the threats from NK and China.
Then, again, you haven’t been paying attention. Japan has formally absorbed several areas of territory (Okinawa, Takeshima, and Minami Chishima and Diaoyu) into the Japanese state, even though the terms of their surrender explicitly forbid them from unilaterally changing their national boundaries.
The Koreans certainly see Dokdo as an attempt at a land grab by the Japanese.
The only supporters the Chinese appear to have at the moment are the Chinese. The Americans have lifted the arms embargo and Vietnamese involvement in Rimpac has been seriously mooted. Why do you think that is?
The PRC has been invited to participate in RIMPAC. Why do you think that is?