Key Outcomes of CPC’s 20th National Congress

... mentioned, but it is clear these very opponents of China are meant by “outside pressure and deterrence”. In the context of security, another goal was named: By 2027, the centennial of the People’s Liberation Army of China, there should emerge a “Silent China,” a term that implies both the absence of threats within the country and China’s rightful place on the global stage, given that stable sovereign development is simply impossible without it. U.S. observers were quick to say that China ...