China's real ambitions are to keep the rest of the world from exploiting them again and to have enough food so they don't starve.
They know where Africa is and how the Industrial nations keep it poor to steal its wealth.
Obama was in China to discuss climate change
, it is not even discussed in the US seriously, he was there laying down how it was going to be economically, but if you want to beleive in the Polar bear scene and melting ice its up to you
Rare earth minerals is a bit of a problem