SCIENCE said:

wait

Admiral Paparo said China’s “increasingly aggressive actions towards Taiwan” and other “provocative pressure operations” demonstrated its growing military capabilities. China was building “a global military that will project power beyond its near geography to set the rules for every relationship around the globe”.

only good guys are allowed to do that right

Of course and start actual wars and threaten to destroy civilian infrastructure.
Could you even argue against China building up its military to defend itself from the USA