Major or minor You don’t want yourself An incident Don’t ever invade China Mark Knopfler, Don’t Crash the Ambulance (2004)   Become a Member   Just as the U.S. National Defense Strategy lists homeland defense as the first priority of the Department of Defense, China’s national defense policy states that the top mission of China’s armed forces is to “safeguard national territorial sovereignty ( 领土主权 ) and maritime rights and interests ( 海洋权益 ).” Other “major security domains” have been added to