China Reform Monitor: No. 1169
Chinese manpads surfacing in Mideast conflicts;
New restrictions, regulations for nonprofits in China 
Chinese manpads surfacing in Mideast conflicts;
New restrictions, regulations for nonprofits in China 
Slowing growth prompts more stimulus;
China fingered in massive hack of US government
 
Concerns over China bring Japan, Philippines together;
New China hand leading Asia policy at Obama’
s NSC
 
China objects to THAAD in ROK;
Afghan Taliban denies China hosting secret talks
 
The Chinese military is expanding disputed islands under its control in the South China Sea, alarming its neighbors. How worried should the world be that supreme leader Xi Jinping is making China into an expansionary power? The history of the People's Republic offers some useful clues.