Some Thoughts on China＇s International Strategy

China＇s focus on peaceful development in its international strategies in the coming decade has been elaborated upon in a recently releasedWhite Paper. Its goals and tasks can be succinctly summarized a...     

International System and China’s Asia-Pacific Strategy

What impact does a shift in the global distribution of power have on the international order? According to the views of traditional realists,power transitions in the international order are usually accompanied by major wars,the best example being the two world wars of the twentieth century.China’s peaceful rise is conducive to the peace and stability of Asia and Pacific regions.The steady rise of China’s position and its role in dealing with international and regional problems have proved China’s success in...     

Two Thoughts on International Pattern and China＇s Rise

The substantial change in the international system since the end of the World War Ⅱ has been a boon to non-Western nations,which make up three-quarters of all the countries today.Most nationalities,populations and countries that had little freedom and almost no voice have representation today in the United Nations and G20,and they benefit from more international investment.Enterprising BRICS countries hold a competitive position in manufacturing,infrastructure construction,and international trade.     

Thoughts on Japan＇s Big Power Strategy

More than 20 years have elapsed since Japan put forth the slogan of marching toward a ＂political power＂ from an economic one in the mid-1980s. People find that not only Japan＇s economic bubble has burst but its ＂political power＂ strategy is also quite feeble. The mettle Japan held in those years to ＂lead the world together with the United States＂ has long become grievance at the current state of affair and reminiscence of the good old days.     

China’s National Security Strategy

China has set four goals in its national security strategy in the coming decade. These are focused on safeguarding 1) sovereignty, security and territorial integrity; 2) the socialist system and related core values; 3) development interests by sustaining the current period of strategic opportunity in avoidance of unnecessary distractions; and finally 4) regional and world peace.     

Some Thoughts on ASEM

The 6th ASEM(Asia-Europe Meeting)Summit was held in HelTsinki on September10-11,2006,and attracted a great deal ofattention,partly because this year is its10th anniversary.There ismuch thought and discussion going on with regard to its future pros-pects a…     

International System and China＇s Asia-Pacific Strategy

What impact does a shift in the global distribution of power have on the international order？ According to the views of traditional realists, power transitions in the international order are usually accompanied by major wars, the best example being the two world wars of the twentieth century. China＇s peaceful rise is conducive to the peace and stability of Asia and Pacific regions. The steady rise of China＇s position and its role in dealing with international and regional problems have proved China＇s success in ＂cooperative security＂. This paper analyzes the security order in the Asia-Pacific region1 that China wants to construct to provide important guarantees to its peaceful rise. Firstly, I review and compare key arguments about the transition of international systems and China＇s Asia-Pacific strategy, Secondly, I investigate the dynamics between China＇s peaceful rise and the ＂cooperative security＂ which I think are the collective embodiments of modem transformation and the restructuring of China＇s traditional strategic culture. Thirdly, I examine how to construct a mechanism of cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region to guarantee China＇s peaceful rise on both political and economic levels. Economic cooperation and free trade in Asia-Pacific region is an important route to regional economic integrity which will guarantee China＇s role in maintaining the political and economic security in the region.     

China＇s International Vision and National Strategy

The global order was set in place following the end of the Second World War by a consortium of western countries headed by the U.S..Since then,the major western countries have strived to maintain their long dominance in global politics and economics.With the rise of nationalist movements,former colonies gained their independence,and many developing countries joined the UN.In recent years,the economies of the emerging powers have grown rapidly,and they have also joined the WTO.These changes have affected the post-War international order dominated by the West.The West still has the advantage in terms of stocks,and developing countries have the advantage in terms of variables and increments.     

Reflections on China＇s Periphery Strategy

Over the past few years, along with the changing situation in China＇s periphery, regional mechanisms and forums have been consolidating.     

Sino-Canadian Cooperation on Tar Sands Projects and China’s Energy Strategy

The decline of conventional oil resources has shifted the development of unconventional oil from the margin to the center. Improving Sino-Canadian cooperation on tar sands projects would be an ideal option for China to integrate its overseas energy assets and achieve its energy diversification strategy.     

Thoughts on Transformations in International Finance

Asuccession of shock waves from international financial crisis has revealed pro-found transformations in the power balance of international finance,which willredraw the global financial landscape and exert a tremendous impact on the worldconfiguration in the next century.A scramble is on among major powers for com-manding heights in the new financial scene through strategic adjustments.Chinashould seize the opportunity to seek a niche for itself in this emerging world map,while guarding against risks in the defense of national economic security.     

Thoughts on China＇ s Diplomacy in a Changing World

The world has seen great changes over the past two decades:the emergence of new political forces,proliferating challenges and threats,and louder voices from new opinion agents.China’s foreign diplomacy is confronted with difficult issues in seeking to ensure a peaceful external environment to preserve its domestic stability and boost its modernization drive.Efforts need to be made to harmonize relationships in six key areas.     

Some Thoughts on ＂Harmonious Globalization＂

This article argues that ＂Harmonious Globalization＂ offers a platform for harmonizing the positive and negative aspects of the current U.S.-led economic globalization that reflects the objective laws of human development. The article attempts to chart the path ahead for the world economy in the context of economic globalization, pervasive poverty/inequality, the resultant worldwide political awakening, the degradation of global ecosystems, and the current turmoil in financial institutions. The global challenge ahead will be three-fold： to bring the excluded 1/3 of the world＇s population into the open trade system; to encourage emerging markets like China and India to carry on with open policies and to persuade the developed Western nations to adhere to an open trade system and resist the temptations of trade protectionism. Free market access should be offered to those marginalized countries, the so-called ＂failed or failing states＂ that have been excluded from and angered by the globalization process. The growth in prosperity of these nations will open up a vast potential market for the world.     

The Latest Transfer in China’s Foreign Strategy:from Military Strategy to Economic Strategy

Historian,Ban Gu,of the East Han Dynasty,used an impressive and lengthy political commentary to close the chapter of theHan-Hun Biography,a text based on ancient Chinese political experience.In this chapter he presented his idea ofModernhistory lessons as a means of debating the strategic guidelines for dealing withbarbarians.Among his rich and deep ideas,there is one that stressed that the guidelines be compound and situational,containing varioushardandsoftcomponents.The grand strategy should be everflexibleandkeeping pace with the times.Similar to the interactive implementation of theStrategic Marriageand theStrategic Force,we are witnessing the synthetic     

Some Thoughts on Bettering the Work of CAFIU

The9thCouncilMeetingofCAFIUwassuc-cessfullyheldinBeijing.Thepast20yearshavewitnessedlotsofeffectiveworkdonebyCAFIUinactivelycarryingoutnon-governmentalexchangesanddialoguebybringingintofullplayitsownfea-turesandadvantages,andmakingpioneeringeffortstoadvance.Theworkwasalsoaccomplishedinthespiritofpromotingmutualunderstandingandcoop-erationamongthepeoplesoftheworld,safeguard-ingworldpeaceandadvancingcommondevelop-mentandof″LettheworldunderstandingChinaandLetChinaunderstandingtheworld.″.…     

China＇s Grand Periphery Strategy

If we wish to discuss China＇s Periphery Strategy we must first be clear the boundary of the surrounding areas.     

Observations on China’s People-to-People Diplomacy

<正>Beijing NGO Association for International Exchanges (Hereinafter referred to as Beijing NGO) was established in August, 2007. It was co-founded by Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and more than 60 NGOs such as Beijing Women’s Federation, Beijing Youth Federation,