When people talk about China's threat to the West, I don't think this is what they mean:

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Misty May-Treanor (L-back to camera) of the US hugs China's Tian Jia (L-facing) as Kerri Walsh (2nd R) of the US hugs China's Tian Jia Wang Jie (R-facing) at the end of their women's final beach volleyball match at Beijing's Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground on August 21 during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The US team won 2-0 and took the gold medal.