China tries to get #1 ep 4 sea 2
b'China tries to get number one In 2020, Beijing tried to behave much like the proverbial Rat. A country which, under President Xi Jinping since 2013, had been consolidating its global influence, saw an opportunity in a world distracted with the pandemic.\\nWhile it was targeted initially for being the source of the coronavirus, Xi\\u2019s regime turned around and started to flex its muscle in the region. The Indo-Pacific was its playground, where Chinese naval or militia forces rammed a Vietnamese fishing boat, \\u201cbuzzed\\u201d a Philippines naval vessel, and harassed'