Yes of course and has been since Mao's regime. But as an economic threat that they know has to be backed up with a powerful military.Ahhh.... So you're saying that China is currently on a build up and that the US will most likely pre-empt. ????
I don't know how America can pre-empt? And so we consider Taiwan and Tibet and ??
I don't know of the rest?
And of course I'm saying that that's where Cuba, Venezuela, and ???? come in.