If Xi says he is readying for war, it would be foolish not to take him at his word.
It also called for an intensification of Military-Civil Fusion, Xi’s policy requiring private companies and civilian institutions to serve China’s military modernization effort.
And riffing off a speech that Xi made to Chinse military leaders in October 2022, it made lightly veiled jabs at the United States:.
In his first speech on March 6, Xi appeared to be girding China’s industrial base for struggle and conflict.
Xi also said that he wants China to end its reliance on imports of grain and manufactured goods.
Xi is now intensifying a decadelong campaign to break key economic and technological dependencies on the U.S.-led democratic world.
What remains unclear is whether he thinks he can do so without risking uncontrolled escalation with the United States. »
