Description
Book SynopsisThis book discusses the nature of China's current international reassertion of itself and the thinking and attitudes which lie behind it. It argues that the Chinese leadership has a strongly held view of its own high moral authority, which emphasizes inclusion, equality and mutual benefits, and that this sense of morality underpins the driving forces for China's foreign policies, rationalization of China's overseas activities, the overall Chinese worldview, and China's vision of a Chinese world order. It highlights how the country's outward expansion has been characterized mainly by spreading influence through non-use of force and strategies of co-operation and managed conflict under the umbrella of winning without fighting. A set of Chinese geo-strategic reasoning that addresses how the possession of capabilities in land power and sea power will interact to produce favorable balance of power corresponds to the country's pattern of overseas activities. The book approaches the subjec
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Continental History and China Search for Greatness
2. Cultural Subjectivism
3. Chinese Views of World Politics and A Projected Chinese World Order
4. Reshaping the International Order--Measuring Assertiveness
5. A Discussion of Strategies and Grand Strategy
6. Active Defense: I Come for Peace and the World Is My Playground
7. How Different is Chinese Hegemony?
Conclusion
