As current leader of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term in power this month. If he succeeds, the United States will see a more belligerent and dangerous China, according to Bradley Thayer, the director of China policy at the Center for Security Policy and co-author of the book “Understanding the China Threat.”
“The U.S. priorities should first be to prepare for a far more aggressive and assertive China than what we have encountered thus far,” Thayer said on NTD’s “China in Focus” program.
Whether Xi will continue as head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be determined at the CCP’s 20th National Congress, set to be held in Beijing starting Oct. 16….