Xi’s Consolidation of Power Signals a More Aggressive China: Analysts

Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the meeting between members of the standing committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th CCP Central Committee and Chinese and foreign journalists at The Great Hall of People in Beijing on Oct. 23, 2022. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

The United States is “not seeking a new Cold War” with either the Chinese regime or Russia, U.S. President Joe Biden said at the U.N. in September.

Yet Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power during a twice-a-decade political reshuffle will inevitably intensify competition between the two nations and increase the risk of a cold war, according to Chinese analysts.