Joseph Lim 
#MiddleKingdom & boomerang effect
"hav'g moved fr prior humiliation to a posit'n of strength, #China is vengeful.. Their #assertiveness has positioned them w'in a place of global prominence, albeit thru largely unchecked #aggression.. wrt mgt & utilisation of #MekongRiver, China has been acting in a #dominant manner w/o transparency.. e Middle Kingdom was e ctr of civilisation. Acting in e interests of greater good thru civility reps e most beneficial aspect of humankind"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2889953/middle-kingdom-and-boomerang-effect
"hav'g moved fr prior humiliation to a posit'n of strength, #China is vengeful.. Their #assertiveness has positioned them w'in a place of global prominence, albeit thru largely unchecked #aggression.. wrt mgt & utilisation of #MekongRiver, China has been acting in a #dominant manner w/o transparency.. e Middle Kingdom was e ctr of civilisation. Acting in e interests of greater good thru civility reps e most beneficial aspect of humankind"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2889953/middle-kingdom-and-boomerang-effect
Middle Kingdom and 'boomerang effect'
<p>President Xi Jinping, on the eve of assuming the supreme leadership of China, came forward with the notion that China, the Middle Kingdom, lost its grandeur and supremacy in the middle of the 19th century to Western influence and encroachment, as well as the Japanese and island kingdoms that essentially acted as imperial Western powers inflicting military defeats against the massive but inadequate Chinese forces.</p>