Beijing’s latest Five-Year Plan, while couched in familiar bureaucratic language, marks a significant evolution in the regime’s grand strategy.
By JIANLI YANG – Oct 30, 2025
At the recently concluded annual plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, Beijing unveiled the broad framework of its 15th Five-Year Plan, which is meant to set China’s direction for the coming half decade and beyond. The document, while couched in the CCP’s typical bureaucratic language, marks a significant evolution in the country’s grand strategy. It highlights three interlocking priorities — high-level technological self-reliance, enhanced domestic circulation, and party-building coupled with national security.
These elements together point toward what is best described as a “fortress without isolation” strategy. It is Beijing’s effort to consolidate internal resilience without closing itself off from …. [Continue Reading]
Source: https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/chinas-fortress-without-isolation/