Is China's foreign policy more coherent?

According to Richard Hanania, China's foreign policy does appear more coherent when compared to that of the United States. He notes that while China has its own foreign policy blunders, such as disputes with Japan over islands and skirmishes with India, these are minor compared to the U.S.'s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hanania suggests that China's strategy of focusing more inward and only gradually pushing its influence outward reflects a more coherent approach. This coherence likely stems from China's centralized, non-democratic system, which can align its actions more closely with long-term goals without the interruptions common in democratic systems 1.