"Yes. When it comes to safety, your place is definitely safer. I really can't figure out, clearly, China is already so powerful and capable of maintaining regional stability. Why cling so tightly to that thing?"
Sean Knight thought to himself, do you think the 5,000 years of history we have gone through mean nothing?
If China wants to reach the pinnacle of the world, using the wisdom handed down from our ancestors, we should only strike with lethal force when absolutely necessary and when our strength is unmatched.
Right now, let's not risk it when things are evenly matched.
There's not much time left to develop peacefully; I haven't even sorted out my own issues. Why should I risk meddling in other people's affairs?
When we were on the brink of being annihilated, we were in a much worse situation than some nations are today!
No nation's rise or development is likely to be smooth sailing—we're not the almighty, after all, managing everything.