Inside China's Grand Strategy: The Perspective from the People's Republic

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absolute security, 79 Acheson, Dean, 182 Advani, Lal Krishna, 168 Afghanistan, 66 Afghan War, 142 Agreement on Maintaining Peace and Tranquility along the Lines of Actual Control on the Sino-Indian Boundary, 171 Agreement on Strengthening Military Trust along the Lines of Actual Conflict in the Border Area, 171 AIG, xi Alexander the Great, 31 alignment strategy, 185–86 Analysis of the International Environment for China’s Peaceful Development, An (Ye), 262 ancient civilizations, 26–27, 223–24 Anschluss, 226 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, 113, 121 antihegemonism, 165 APEC. See Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Arabian Empire, 27, 28 Armenia, 193 arms sales to China’s neighbors, 178 to Taiwan, 95, 233, 255 Arthur Andersen LLP, 110 ASEAN. See Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN Plus Three forum, 158, 159 ASEAN Regional Forum, 120, 159, 209 Asia, in the U.S. global geopolitical strategy, 197 Asian Development Bank, 45 Asianism, 165 Asian Monroe Doctrine, 97 Asian unity, 182, 214 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 120, 159, 160, 215 Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), 230, 233– 34, 246 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ASEAN Plus Three forum, 158, 159 ASEAN Regional Forum, 120, 159, 209 China’s South China Sea disputes and, 122, 216 conciliatory role in Sino-U.S. conflict, 215 countries ambivalent toward China, 209–11 countries committed to China’s rise, 211–13 East Asian regionalism and, 214–15 free trade zone with China, 60, 67, 159, 191, 215 how China can secure the support of, 213–18 Indonesia’s suspicion of China, 206–9 mistrust of the United States, 216 multilateral cooperation in Southeast Asia and, 159 multilateral cooperation with China, 214 regional cooperation and, 101 security forums, 214 strategy toward the great powers, 215–16 success of, 115 Index 280 Index Assyria, 26 Australia, 20, 209 Austria, 226 automobile production, 52 “axis of evil,” 178 Azerbaijan, 193, 195 Babylonian Empire, 26 Baghdad, 33, 34 Bai Shouyi, 223–24 Balkans, 195 Baltic countries, 193, 225, 226 Bandung Conference, 168 Bank of America, xi Bank of China, 134 Beijing Declaration, 132, 133, 134 Beijing Olympics, 59 Belarus, 193, 225 bilateral relations China and, 180, 181 Franco-German, 156 biological weapons, 61 Blair, Dennis, 255 Bloch, Julia Chang, 46 “Blue Sky” missiles, 167 Bohai Sea, 203 Book of Changes, The, 262, 263 Brazil, 20 bridges, 33 British Empire, 29, 30 Brunei, 209 Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 82–83, 195, 196 Buddhism, 169 Burma, 168, 207, 211–12, 214 Bush, George W. foreign policy aims under, 108–9 identifies the “axis of evil,” 178 North Korea and, 66, 178 relations with India and Pakistan, 120–21 Sino-U.S. relations under, 94, 99, 107 Taiwan unification issue and, 234, 255–56 U.S. national security strategy and, 56 Business Weekly, 252 Byzantine Empire, 27, 28 Byzantium, 34. See also Constantinople Cairo Conference, 229 Cambodia, 214 Canada, 20 capital, global circulation of, 63–64 capitalism as incompatible with socialism, 94–95 opening socialism to, 86–87 relations with Chinese socialism, 99–100 Caspian Sea region, 195 Caucasus, 193, 225 cell phones, 52 center-periphery relations, 53 Central Asia in China’s geostrategic thinking, 205 pipeline for oil producers, 195 Sino-Russian cooperation in, 133, 135 the Soviet collapse and, 193 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 42–43 centralization of state power, 39 Chang, Gordon, 14 Changan, 33, 34 Chechnya, 138 chemical weapons, 61 Chemical Weapons Convention, 120 Cheney, Dick, 255–56 Chen Shui-bian, 8, 232–33, 235, 254, 276n3 Chiang Ching-kuo, 230, 231 Chiang Kai-shek, 229 China APEC and, 160 ASEAN and (see Association of Southeast Asian Nations) attitude toward militarism, 118–19 continuity of its historical civilization, 31 Cultural Revolution and, 72 developing the international role of, 84 development as a world power: the advancement of international economic development and, 257–58; Chinese military capacity and, 23; Chinese shortcomings, 26; Chinese-style strategic thinking and, 262, 263; comprehensive Index 281 national strength and, 17–26; democratization and, 9, 79–83; domestic challenges, 88–90; futility of a catch-up strategy in, 84; historical prerequisites, 26–37; history of, 58–59; impact of global financial turmoil on, 10–11; impact on Sino-U.S. relations, 118–20; influence of China’s neighbors on, 176–80; the international environment for, 53–60; Lee Kuan Yew on, 206; as a main goal, 69–72; mechanisms to ensure peace and security, 119–20; objections raised to, 13–14...