imperialism is when emperors, and even in that framework china is not imperialist.

Lol what is this picking at semantics bullshit eh?

You know what an imperialist is. Invader, conquerer. Kings, emperors. Controlling resources that aren’t yours through political, financial or military force.

You gonna try to say Alexander the Great wasn’t an imperialist because the term didn’t exist then or something silly and asinine?