gates was visiting beijing. and then last month, they developed a new carrier killer. a missile that could hit an aircraft carrier with pinpoint precision. these are small measures that still put china way behind the united states military. but they all point in the same direction china has in the past few years i accumulated immense resources and financial assets in countries across africa, latin america and asia. it also has massive human investments in most of those places as well. hundreds of thousands of chinese workers are involved in projects across africa. china wants to show that it will protect them and protect its investments. and to do that, it s rapidly expanding its military. as china s economic interests grow, expect to see a rise in its military power. to protect those interests. and expect to see an expanding definition of china s vital national security interests. which will include more and more regions. that s what happens when great powers expand. after all, that