IMO China's(CCP) objectives are:
(1) to continue growing at a rate greater than the rest of the world (particularly the USA)#
(2) to prevent internal conflict (grow social cohesion)
(3) to integrate HK & Tiawan with the Mainland
(4) to secure its supply/exports routes via the BRI & the South China Sea Artificial Islands (US proof itself)
(5) to lead the world in select areas as per its Made in China program.
IMO if it can achieve all 5 and avoid war/economically crippling trade sanctions by the USA it will:
-pass out the USA GDP in USD within a decade (passed out the USA in GDP (PPP) in 2014)
-develop its hi-tech war capabilities by 2040 (already embarked on space program& can build aircraft carriers 4 times quicker than the USA)
-debunk the USD as the Global reserve currency by 2040 (started by dealing out the USD in some international settlements + its Digital Yuan)
-push back the USA from Asia and share the globe with the USA by 2050.(USA West & China East)
IMO the CIA/US China Hawks are very concerned by this prospect and it will be interesting
how the USA will behave towards China over the next decade.
History tells us that a country that leads global manufacturing/trade eventually becomes
the Global Hegemon so the question is as per Graham Allison,"Is the USA & China Destined for War"
Ironically US sanctions on China, Russia & Iran has forged an anti-US alliance between the 3 which
initially the USA had not intended, IMO with Russia having a Nuke capacity very close to that of the USA, IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weaponsHere is Graham Allison's own summary of his book:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/united-states-china-war-thucydides-trap/406756/Xi has already mentioned the "Thucydides Trap" seven years ago and ,unlike some others, he even got the pronunciation right!
Allisons book is worthwhile read and you can order it free of charge from your local Public Library (Socialism eh?)
# A pause in China's meteoric economic growth is the CCP's biggest threat, IMO
