To understand China’s long-term strategy toward the United States and how the US might most profitably respond to it is to understand where America fits within the wider framework of the Communist Party’s worldview. While Xi Jinping, given his unprecedented power within the party, has had a profound impact on how the CCP sees its and the country’s future, there are also many consistencies from the past. If Xi is not China’s paramount leader tomorrow, much of what is described in this chapter would remain in place. In many respects, what Xi has done is intensify and accelerate priorities and
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