This is an extremely interesting commentary by the Global Times editor. It tries to strike a balance between emphasizing the will to be prepared for war and the warning against being rushed into war. It includes thinly veiled criticism of the PRC's ... https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1200595.shtml#.X13itTCCUtU.twitter

... propaganda efforts. The main points which I see: 1. Where China has conflicts with its neighbors there are only two ways towards a solution. Either China gets its way without war or with war. Mediation or compromise or an agreement on the basis of international law is not ...

... in the cards. 2. As long as China is not the "number one" country in the world, it will see itself oppressed. Even als "number two" it feels oppressed. 3. China will have to pay attention to international public opinion. In this regard there is a "moral" risk. China must...

... find a way of bullying others without being seen as the bully. All these points constitute the profile of a rising power with imperialist and hegemonic ambitions. At the same time there lingers a concern that the PRC's ambition might be so powerful as to get in its own way.