Newspeak for "We're going to take over the world."

China's expanding its navy. They're calling it a "peaceful development." "Peaceful rise" had been considered and discarded because it sounded too "aggressive." They say that they have no interest in being aggressive, and are not a danger to the rest of the world.

Bullshit.

The Chinese navy harassed an unarmed U.S. Naval vessel. They've also emphatically declared that they have absolutely no interest in reform toward Western-style democracy. Much of their navy is focused on troop-landing vessels.

In 1941, Japan decided they wanted to be the only power in the Pacific. It looks like it's China's turn, but I doubt very seriously that they'd be interested in dominating only the Pacific.