Since taking power eight years ago, President Xi has massively overhauled China's military, economy, and political influence. Napoleon Bonaparte said more than two centuries ago that China is a sleeping lion. China is ready to take on its leading role as global tyrant. Xi declared in his Davos January speech that he has the "Mandate of Heaven" for global rule. While China continues to cover up the origin of the COVID-19 virus.
Joshua Philipp: China Tests Biden With Incursions, Orders Allowing to Fire On Foreign Ships.
UPDATE: Not yet one week into Joe Biden's Presidency, China has authorized its coastguard to fire on other vessels, has flown eighteen military aircraft towards Taiwan and let its troops get into another melee on the frontier with India. Chinese fighter jets entered Taiwan's southwestern air defense identification zone on Saturday, prompting Taiwan's air force to deploy fighter jets to warn them with radio broadcast and deployed missiles to monitor the latest incursion.