A RENOWNED political and security expert believes China wants to be the dominant power in the region so it can 'drive away' the United States from this part of the world.
Renato de Castro, a professor at the De La Salle University's Department of International Studies, offered his take on China's increasingly aggressive posture in the Indo-Pacific stage during an interview with Dante 'Klink' Ang 2nd, The Manila Times chairman and chief executive officer, in the 'Business and Politics' program of SMNI.De Castro said the US became a superpower 'in the western hemisphere by refusing to allow any external power' to challenge it.
'And this is captured by the grand strategy of [Chinese President] Xi Jinping — the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which basically means Asians should resolve their problems alone,' he said.De Castro said Xi's goals include impressing on the world 'that we are a power to reckon with.'China, he said, takes pride in having the second biggest economy in the world and building a navy that is the largest in terms of quantity.
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