First, by China becoming a “moderately prosperous society” (defined as doubling China’s per capita income to $10,000 from where it stood in 2010) by the centenary of the party’s founding. This was achieved with great fanfare in 2021. The next goal is China becoming a fully advanced economy by the centenary of the founding of the People’s Republic in 2049, with average income levels to be the same as the US. To achieve these goals is to achieve what Xi describes as “the
