AftertheendoftheColdWar,internationalcontradictionshavebecomemorecomplicatedandthedistinctionbetweenadversariesandfriendshasbecomeblurred.Againstthisbackground,somebodysuggestedthatChinahadbecomeathreattotheWestaswellastoAsia.Thisargumenthasmetwithaseriesofcri-