What was or is the goal of manifest destiny?

It was to convey to Americans they should take up the continent from the Pacific ocean to the atlantic

The Warlord Era (simplified Chinese: 军阀时代; traditional Chinese: 軍閥時代; pinyin: Jūnfá shídài, 1916–1928) was a period in the history of the Republic of China when control of the country was divided among former military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions, which were spread across the mainland regions ...