Editorial

14:55 JST, October 25, 2025

The United States and China have alternated between cooperation and competition across the Pacific Ocean. Given the intensifying U.S.-China confrontation in recent years, China appears increasingly resolved toward preparing for long-term competition with the United States, rather than coexistence.

An important meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee, was held in Beijing.

The communique released after the meeting explicitly stated that China’s “composite national strength and international influence will be markedly stronger” by 2035. President Xi Jinping, who also is general secretary of the party and whose third term ends in 2027, led plans for an extension beyond that date. He appears to be eyeing a long-term administration.

The communique also stated that China will “safeguard the........

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