00879nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100002100041245003600062260002100098300003900119520059000158773002100748240220b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSharma, Vinayak   aChina’s middle kingdom dream   aU.S.I. Journal    a153(634), Oct-Dec, 2023: p.524-537  aSince the establishment of the people’s Republic of China in 1949. It has been busy working assiduously towards establishing its primacy in world affairs. Its actions, apparently benign in the beginning, have become increasingly aggressive over the years.   Beijing has systematically improved its own economic footprint while investing heavily in other countries, and at the same time, has increased its territorial expanse. A deeper look into the Chinese actions point to a more complex strategic outlook, aimed at ensuring China’s dominion at the global level. – Reproduced     aU.S.I. Journal