The victory of Chinese President Xi Jinping for a third term as president of the country sent messages of “reassurance” to the home and abroad regarding the economy file, and “concern” to Washington in several ways, according to the weightings of specialists.
Political and security experts monitor the “Sky News Arabia” website, which is expected to happen inside China, and in its relations with the United States, as well as Russia, during the new period of Jinping, and its impact on the course of the war in Ukraine.
On Friday, Jinping, 69, won an unprecedented third term, following a parliamentary vote, to consolidate his position as China’s most powerful leader in generations.
The Five Principles
Chinese writer Fayhaa Wang Chen praises what was seen as the parliament’s “unprecedented and warm turnout” for Jinping’s re-election, saying it highlights solidarity and unity within China.
About the future, she says: “We look forward to stability, continuing to implement policies, and benefiting from various resources. China will not change the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in its dealings with the world.”
In 1954, China put forward these principles: mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence.
The economist, Abdel Nabi Abdel Muttalib, describes the re-election as “a message of reassurance to the world that China will remain economically stable for at least five years, which preserves confidence in its global initiatives, foremost of which is the Belt and Road Initiative.”
On the domestic level, Jinping’s re-election will push the pace of production to compensate for the losses of the Corona pandemic, so that China will achieve its goal of reaching a growth rate of more than 5 percent this year.
tug of war with Washington
On the impact of this event on the strained relationship with Washington, the head of the European Center for Counterterrorism and Intelligence in Germany, Jassim Muhammad, expects “continuation of push and pull and competitive politics, especially in the South China Sea.”
In this angle, Fayhaa Wang Chen accuses Washington of “provoking” Beijing on several issues, including its insistence on the visit of former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan despite Beijing’s refusal, and regarding dealing with the Chinese airship whose course “deviated” and entered American airspace. .
Accordingly, it considered that “the Chinese government has the right to defend national sovereignty,” and at the same time, it “did not close the door to consultation and cooperation with Washington one hundred percent.”
Ukraine war
One of the files of tension between Beijing and Washington is the Ukraine war, and Washington’s accusations that China may hand over weapons to Russia.
Jassam Mohammed comments that the election of Jinping would strengthen China’s alliance with Russia, and at the same time, China will continue to seek “balance between its relations with Russia and its relationship with European countries.”
The security analyst does not rule out that Beijing will provide weapons to Moscow at this time.
China has so far refrained from condemning or supporting Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine, however, providing diplomatic support to Moscow, with its constant call to stop the fighting, and put forward a 12-item initiative in this regard.
percentile target
In addition to economic advancement, the Chinese president seeks to “strengthen China’s strategic capabilities, and by 2027 the People’s Liberation Army is set to achieve its centenary goal of becoming a world-class force and a more modernized army,” says Fayhaa.
Currently, China ranks third among the most powerful armies, preceded by the United States and Russia, according to the “Global Fire Power” 2023 website.
The Chinese army is the largest in the world in terms of the number of soldiers, with two million and 35 thousand men and women, according to the statistics of the British Research Center, the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
