A New Centennial Dream: China’s Second Centennial Plan and Sino-US Relations

In this paper, I tried to explore what China is aiming for by analyzing the content that was brought to public at the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in July 2021 and the essence of a long-term plan presented for the 2035 future vision. The Chinese government defined it as ‘getting up’ in the Mao era, ‘getting rich’ in the Deng Xiaoping era, and ‘getting stronger’ in the Xi Jinping era. Xi Jinping also declared that China would stand proudly against anyone in the world that would challenge the country and achieve a victory by using strong military power accumulated through socialist modernization. He also stressed that China would contribute as maintaining an order in the international community by forming new global power relationships. In response to China’s challenge, the United States is essentially adopting a policy of containment of China. Although US China policies slightly very depending on a American regime in power, the policy will to maintain the US-centered world order has not changed. Under these circumstances, it is expected that China’s responsible international role could influence China’s status in the future.