Evolution of the U.S. Strategy toward China and China’s Peaceful Development

China-U.S. relationship is the most important one between two big powers in the world today. It is both bilateral and global by nature. How to handle this relationship is closely linked with the fundamental interests of the U.S. and China, as well as peace and stability in the Asia Pacific region and even in the world. So, a profound examination of the nature of U.S. strategy toward China and its evolution over the years will help to fully understand the opportunities and challenges China will meet in the course of peaceful development.     

Harmonious World and China’s Road of Peaceful Development

The important concept of building a "harmonious society", a "harmonious Asia" and a "harmonious world" initiated by President Hu Jintao is of great theoretical and practical significance as it constitutes the comprehensive guiding principle for China's domestic politics and external strategies, and establishes the goal and orientation China pursues in the changing international system.     

The Evolution of China’s Security Challenges and Grand Strategy

This article examines changes in China’s security perceptions since 1949 and sketches the evolution of China’s grand strategy. In tracing the evolution of China’s security perceptions and grand strategy since 1949, it identifies elements of change as well as continuity. The changes reflect dramatic developments in the PRC’s capabilities and the international circumstances it faces, both of which have shaped the grand strategic choices of China’s leaders. During most of the Cold War decades, a relatively weak China’s vulnerability to serious military threats from much more powerful adversaries led the CCP to adopt grand strategies focused on coping with a clearly defined external security challenge. After the Cold War and especially in the 21st century, an increasingly complex array of internal and external security concerns confronts China’s leaders with new challenges. The paper concludes with a discussion of the significance of the recently established National Security Commission and offers brief observations about its potential significance for the CCP’s leadership in their fight against the new domestic and international security challenges it faces. The novelty of China’s security challenges at home and abroad in the 21st century is a consequence of the end of the Cold War international order and perhaps more importantly, a consequence of China’s successful modernization since 1979.     

China＇s Neighboring Strategy Goals and Challenges

China＇ s foreign relations with its neighbors are integral to the country＇s economic development and the direction of its rising political influence. China＇ s core goals in the region are to create a favorable regional environment for sustainable economic development;     

Peaceful Development—China’s Inevitable Way of Modernization

O n November 9, 2005, Chinese President Hu Jintao pointed out: What China chooses and adheres to is a road of peaceful development and China’s development is peaceful, open and cooperative. The Chinese people have profoundly realized that only peaceful d…     

Recognizing the Global Economic Order’s Restraint on China’s Peaceful Development

China’s economy has soared to be world’s second largest, while its peaceful rise has been increasingly constrained by the global economic order. Regionally, directed by the U.S.’s rebalancing policy in Asia, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is changing the direction of economic cooperation in Asia.     

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...     

CIIS Holds Int'l Conference ‘The Future Development of SCO:Opportunities and Challenges’

<正>The international conferenceThe Future Development of Shanghai Cooperation Organization:Opportunities and Challengeswas held by CIIS in Beijing on April 18.CIIS Vice President Xu Jian presided over the meeting,which was attended by nearly70 experts from domestic research institutes,the SCO Secretariat,and Russian and Kazakhstan embassies in Beijing.Topics discussed include the enlargement of SCO,the Belt and Road Initiative,and pragmatic cooperation under the SCO framework.     

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.     

Sino-Canadian Energy Relations： Opportunities, Challenges and Development Path

Global oil markets are increasingly jittery because of the recent political turbulence in North Africa and the Middle East,prompting China to seek more cooperation with other countries in the field of unconventional energy resources.Considering form the perspective of a hedging strategy,China should expand its cooperation with developed energy-exporting countries.China and Canada are highly complementary in the areas of energy exploration and mutual trade and this provides a broad space for their energy cooperation.However,up until now,this potential has not yet been fully explored,and there have been few substantial achievements in bilateral energy cooperation.Various reasons,including economical and political,can be attributed to this.The Chinese government and enterprises should both make efforts to overcome obstacles and make good use of all advantages to further develop energy cooperation with Canada,so as to realize greater energy politics and economic interests.     

Opportunities and Challenges in the Social Development of Latin America

Entering the threshold of the 21st century, Latin American countries, in active response tothe callsof the UN Millennium Summit, have been striving to     

No-fly Zones and China＇ s Diplomatic Dilemma

The no-fly zone has become a model of United Nations-mandated humanitarian intervention.However,no-fly zones have exceeded the authority of the United Nations and have led to the excessive use of force.As the legitimacy of the zones has been accepted by more and more countries,they have also created a diplomatic dilemma for China.     

Peaceful Development and Strategic Opportunity

The international strategic situation and environment China faceshave changed dramatically since September11. China has closely fol-lowed and adapted itself to the ever-changing situation, seized strate-gic opportunity, adjusted its global strategy, adher…     

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     

Japan＇ s National Strategy and China＇ s Strategy towards Japan

former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone once said that ＂Japan was a country without strategies.＂ This is not entirely true.Japan has had many definite and stubborn national strategies in the various periods of its history. For instance, Japan launched the war of aggression against foreign countries, occupied China, and attacked America. Japan also has a clear present national strategy to revive Japan under the leadership of Shinzo Abe.     

Building the West’s On-Ramp to China’s Belt and Road: Opportunities in the South Caucasus

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is already changing infrastructure and production across much of the world. The three states of the South Caucasus and their counterparts in Central Asia need diverse connectivity to preserve their economic and political independence amid China’s expanding influence. Despite some rhetoric and practical measures, the United States and the European Union (EU) continue to underestimate the BRI. This article identifies recent international and regional developments that converge to create a unique opportunity for the West and South Caucasus partners. They may develop integrated, long-terms infrastructure of lasting mutual benefit. The convergence of events in and around the South Caucasus offers the place for the West to build an “On-Ramp” to the BRI. The South Caucasus provide a potential gateway into Asia’s heart that is not dictated solely by the priorities of Chinese foreign or commercial policies, just as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline of a generation ago served a similar role.     

Some Thoughts on China’s International Strategy

The nature of China’s peaceful development requires that its diplomatic strategy reflect both the spirit of the times and its own fundamental characteristics. China should assess its relations with the outside world with fresh ideas, creative thinking and be prepared for flexible maneuvering in handling practical issues.     

Changing and Unchanging Elements in the Global Order and China’s Strategy

We live in a world which changing in all respects. Some aspects of the global order are obviously changing. Some of these changes are not yet complete as there has not yet been any essential change in quality or quantity. First, the global order is changing in terms of numbers. The global order and strategic configuration is about the distribution