The Pentagon provided key details into China’s long-term intentions in a recent report to Congress, with government officials under President Joe Biden routinely characterizing the communist superpower as a “pacing challenge” and the “most comprehensive and serious challenge to U.S. national security.”
The department released its much-anticipated National Defense Strategy in late October and subsequently released its China Military Power Report on Tuesday, which is an annual report mandated under the 2000 National Defense Authorization Act, both documents of which emphasize Beijing’s continued efforts to fulfill its ambitions on a global scale. The Chinese Communist Party, led by Xi Jinping, has established economic policies, foreign policy, and defense policies as a coordinated effort to further these goals as well.
