China is inching strongly towards the top of the global order in accordance with a vision adopted by the Communist Party to turn China into a middle-level advanced country by 2035 and a superpower matching the United States by 2050. This Chinese rise has made it imperative for the United States to reconsider its policies towards Beijing. The United States had begun to shift from forming a strategic partnership with China, which prevailed in the aftermath of the Cold War, to entering into strategic competition with it.