The Chinese are literally among the few nations in the world who could entirely correctly talk about defending against the barbarians at the gates; historically they were besieged by the Mongols, but more recently suffered hideously at the hands of the British (and America) and the Japanese; and right now America's been threatening them for decades. The CIA literally keeps trying to infiltrate the Chinese government and is doing so openly on their twitter feed. Literally one of the few countries that's justified about warning against the barbarians at the gates.