China a world power?
China is not interested in whether people live or die in the war; it only cares about selling and taking advantage of restrictions to sell at higher prices, for example, to Russia.
China is the typical friend who pretends to be clueless while exploiting the misfortunes of countries.
It only confronts Taiwan, which is a small island that cannot defend itself without the US. Why does it want Taiwan? For TSMC semiconductors.
It does not confront the big powers because it lacks the courage; that's why it befriends Russia just to gain more profit, while negotiating with the US on the other side. What it gave the US in terms of tariffs, it took from Russia in terms of profits from the extremely high prices it sells due to the restrictions.
For years, it has exploited all countries by copying information; even Russia is hacked by China, collecting information that ultimately is useless because they don't know how to use it.
You can steal information, but if you don't have the brain to process it, it won't be of any use. That's why it cannot make semiconductors at the level of TSMC.
To be a world power, one must have economic, military, and intelligence power, but one must also have the courage, or rather, the guts. Believing that taking advantage of others will lead to fulfillment is creating one's own decay.
Basically, it is not a world power because it lacks intelligence and guts.
