China’s path to economic hegemony is partly a product of demographics: A much larger nation will inevitably have a much larger gross domestic product, assuming it employs effective economic principles, technology and education. China has replaced socialism with capitalism, stolen technology and educated large cohorts of its people — by 2016, it boasted eight times as many STEM graduates a year as the United States. China supercharges its economic assent by employing unmatched competitive trade practices: massive subsidization, predatory pricing, monopolization of raw materials and trade-route dominance. Measured by purchasing power parity, China’s economy is already larger than ours; given a growth rate three times our own, its nominal GDP will soon be the world’s largest. China devotes a significant share of its financial spoils to its hegemonic agenda. Defense analysts report that China already surpasses U.S. military capability in much of the Pacific. Simply put, the geographic boundaries of China’s lead are expanding.