China aims to weaken US on its way to global dominance, says Intelligence Director.

China’s Communist Regime Seeks to Displace the United States, Says Top Intelligence Official

The Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, has warned that China’s communist rulership is actively working to expand its authoritarian model of governance across the globe and to supplant U.S. interests in Asia specifically. According to Haines, the regime believes that it must undermine and displace the United States in order to thrive.

Challenging the United States on All Fronts

Haines stated that China is increasingly challenging the United States economically, technologically, politically, militarily, and from an intelligence standpoint around the world. She added that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under President Xi Jinping will continue efforts over the next year to achieve Xi’s vision of making China the preeminent power in east Asia and a major power on the world stage.

To that end, Haines said the CCP is engaged in “efforts to undermine global norms, principles, and mechanisms that promote and underpin translation cooperation,” and considers U.S. decline a necessary objective to ensure its own rise.

Aggressive Approach to Reshape Global Governance

Haines warned that the CCP is increasingly convinced that it can only fulfill Xi’s vision at the expense of U.S. power and influence, and through tools of coercion. She added that the regime seeks to divide the United States from its allies and partners and then frame U.S. actions as provocations that provide the basis for pre-planned aggression, which they then claim are just responses.

This “increasingly aggressive approach,” Haines said, is designed to help the regime “to reshape global governance in line with Xi’s preferences” and further solidify the CCP’s “monopoly of power in China.”

CCP ‘Seeks to Win Without Fighting’

If the United States does not do more to seriously counter the CCP in this growing strategic competition, said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.), it could lose the battle with China without ever being drawn into a military conflict.

Examples of CCP’s Aggressive Actions

One example of the CCP’s aggressive actions, according to Haines, was the regime’s over-the-top military drills around Taiwan following a brief talk between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. While the regime claimed such actions were a response to U.S. actions, the aggressive exercises had in fact been planned for months.

Conclusion

The CCP’s increasingly aggressive approach to displace the United States and reshape global governance in line with Xi’s preferences is a cause for concern. The United States must take serious action to counter the CCP’s efforts and prevent losing the battle with China without ever being drawn into a military conflict.