Historically Chinas model of empire was quite different to the model adopted by the west. They expected tribute and respect from nations within their region but did not interfere in the internal government of those nations. Instead the relationship with other nations was on the basis of trade and commerce. The Chinatown enclaves across Asia have existed for hundreds sometimes thousands of years enabling trade and exchange without dictating to the governments of other countries. I don't think most westerners can understand the Chinese, and probably fear more than understand them. Not saying I welcome Chinese global dominance, because it does come with uncertainty and probable loss of our historical privileged position, but rather that we need to get more educated about how Chinese hegemony might look- it might be quite different to how we think. It could even be better in some ways, than the model of conquest, pillage and subjugation the west has employed over the last 500 years. From an economic perspective China has already won the trade war, now enjoying unquestionable dominance in the efficiency with which it manufactures the goods that other nations need and it dominates global commodity markets as a consequence. In terms of technology it now leads in robotics, EVs, batteries, PVs, infrastructure, shipping, solar, hydro, nuclear and wind power generation. A key driver of Chinas economic dominance is its conscious strategy of producing and delivering the lowest priced electricity to its consumers and producers, resulting in the ability to produce most products at a lower cost than any other competitor. Similar deliberate strategies o investing heavily in key technology and skills combine to deliver already global dominance in terms of trade. The Wests legacy hegemony is not far from collapse, as the debt burden of the US already makes selling USTs increasingly difficult- the tipping point where US hegemony collapses is actually very close- 3-5 years at most. They have just given Trump some resumption of supply of rare earths, for 6-12 months, while they achieve microchip production capability at 4 nm. Without rare earths US military industrial combine is crippled. It will be at least 10 years before USA regains rare earth supply chains independent of China. Unless you are terminally ill or very unlucky you are very likely to witness China being the dominant global power.