In 2018, the 40th anniversary of "reform & opening," how party leaders tell the story of China's transition over the past 40 years will shape future policy steps, both at home and abroad.

Is the repeal of net neutrality in the U.S. moving the country closer to a Chinese system of internet monitoring?

China's foreign policy has two overarching goals, namely, the fostering of a new form of international relations and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

This is what China’s developmental path for the next 30 years will look like.

China-US relations have gone through stages when they were threat-driven and interest-driven. They are likely to be increasingly security-driven in the future.

For a country seeking to promote its own development, enacting a successful long-term development plan is key, regardless of the economic system. Benefiting from its long-term plans, China is gradually growing into a global power.

A reasonable progression could be from a “neighborhood community with a shared destiny” to “an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future”, to a “community with a shared future for mankind”.

Due to various causes, China’s strategic posture in East Asia and the western Pacific after Xi Jinping became China’s top leader again. However, China’s strategic behavior in the same region began to moderate as situation shifted both at home and internationally. This trend started even before Donald Trump’ election as the U.S. president.

Whenever China is faced with a challenge or an obstacle, it overcomes it, and grows stronger in the process.