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Yes, according to official U.S. government assessments, China (specifically the People’s Republic of China under the Chinese Communist Party) is the primary strategic competitor and poses the most comprehensive threats to core U.S. interests across military, economic, technological, and influence domains. This view is consistent across recent U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) Annual Threat Assessme

Your question touches cost of living, inflation and living-wage policy — I'll gather the latest data and views. Whether the minimum wage should keep up with cost of living depends on what policymakers want the minimum wage to do, but if the goal is to maintain purchasing power, the answer is generally yes - without adjustment, inflation erodes its value. 1. The purpose of linking to cost of liv