Inside China's Grand Strategy: The Perspective From The People's Republic Zhongguo Da Zhan Lüe. English Project Muse Upcc Books

Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2011. — xii, 301 p. (Includes bibliographical references and index) Edited and translated by Steven I. Levine and Guoli Liu. — ISBN 978-0-8131-2646-3 (ebook) An English version of my book is being issued in the United States, not because the book is particularly well written, but because of the rising interest in China among U.S. academics. Its publication reflects the rise of China in recent years and the desire on the part of the international community to understand it. The views expressed in this book are those of neither Chinese officialdom nor of the Chinese scholarly community. They are simply the views of an individual Chinese scholar who wishes China to be great and hopes that a great China will contribute more to world peace and stability. I alone am responsible for all the problems and shortcomings herein. If this book makes even a small contribution to those readers wishing to understand China, I will feel greatly honored. Contents: Preface to the English edition. Further thoughts on the life expectancy of U.S. hegemony. Introduction: understanding a view from Beijing. Guoli Liu and Steven I. Levine. China’s development as a world power: objective conditions, strategic opportunity, and strategic choices. China’s rise: key strategic choices. Relations with the United States: China’s strategic choices. China’s relations and strategic choices with other developing world powers. China and tsi neighbors: geopolitical and strategic choices. China and unification: strategic choices on the Taiwan issue. Postscript. Notes. Index. China's enormous size, vast population, abundant natural resources, robust economy, and modern military suggest that it will emerge as a great world power. This book offers unique insights about the country's geopolitical ambitions and strategic thinking. The author examines China's interactions with current world powers as well as its policies toward neighboring countries. Despite claims that repressive domestic policies and an economic slowdown are evidence that the country's efforts toward modernization will fail, China's inclusion in the G-20 is an indicator of success. China's global ascension, particularly its emphasis on peace, is compared to the historical experiences of rising European superpowers, providing an insider look at a country poised to become an increasingly prominent international power. Many factors effect what level of progress China will achieve: peaceful development, extensive governmental reform with a system of checks and balances, social and economic development on the mainland, and strategies for reunification (especially with Taiwan)

China's enormous size, vast population, abundant natural resources, robust economy, and modern military suggest that it will emerge as a great world power. Inside China's Grand Strategy: The Perspective from the People's Republic offers unique insights from a prominent Chinese scholar about the country's geopolitical ambitions and strategic thinking. Ye Zicheng, professor of political science in the School of International Studies at Peking University, examines China's interactions with current world powers as well as its policies toward neighboring countries. Despite claims that repressive domestic policies and an economic slowdown are evidence that the country's efforts toward modernization will fail, Ye points to China's inclusion in the G-20 as an indicator of success. Ye compares China's global ascension, particularly its emphasis on peace, to the historical experiences of rising European superpowers, providing an insider look at a country poised to become an increasingly prominent international power.

Introduction : Understanding A View From Beijing / Guoli Liu And Steven I. Levine -- China's Development As A World Power : Objective Conditions, Strategic Opportunity, And Strategic Choices -- China's Rise : Key Strategic Choices -- Relations With The United States : China's Strategic Choices -- China's Relations And Strategic Choices With Other Developing World Powers -- China And Its Neighbors : Geopolitical And Strategic Choices -- China And Unification : Strategic Choices On The Taiwan Issue. Ye Zicheng ; Edited And Translated By Steven I. Levine And Guoli Liu. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.