I see this as an absolute win: America will use NZ in a war with China regardless, but you need NZ consent via joining the war to legalize Chinese annexation of NZ.
Lol Calm down . China is never annexing any country. You guys need to understand CCPs ideology and stop making such unfounded statements. China is not an imperial power unlike Russia , US and western powers, so stuffs like this will never happen.
I think onr major worry is that China doesnt really have any real ally to be honest, so in anh hypothetical conflict with the US, China will be by herself, but the US has so many powerful industrialised allies they can count on for support. Thing thats the main part the party hasnt done any real job on to be honest. Even though i really admire their non interventionist policy in others internal affairs, its more secure and less risky. So i guess, it makes sense for auch a developing country thats still growing and finding her way under a US dominated and built system.