China wanted an overland route through its own territory, which would give it ultimate control if hostilities broke out.
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	2:nsubj	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	5:det	_
4	overland	overland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	5:amod	_
5	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	2:obj|13:nsubj	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	9:case	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	9:nmod:poss	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	9:amod	_
9	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	5:nmod:through	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	5:punct	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	5:ref	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	13:aux	_
13	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	5:acl:relcl	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	13:iobj	_
15	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	16:amod	_
16	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	13:obj	_
17	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	19:mark	_
18	hostilities	hostility	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	19:nsubj	_
19	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	13:advcl:if	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	19:compound:prt	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	2:punct	_
