At the end of October, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a plenary meeting. The focus was preparations for the coming five-year plan, which the National People’s Congress will pass at the start of next year. The discussion also included a long-term plan to 2035, as well as various internal, foreign and security policy issues. One of the plans’ main objectives is to prepare the country for an accelerating conflict with Western powers, especially the United States.
