Oscar-winning filmmaker Director Malcolm Clarke: “I don’t think China is an imperial power. The Chinese have people stationed all over the world, but they don’t have troops. They don’t have arms. They don’t have soldiers stationed all over the world like America. The people that China is sending abroad are engineers, scientists, bridge builders, road builders, architects. It’s a different kind of global power. And I think that is only to be applauded, frankly.”