Expansion of China's Foreign Space: A Study of Deng Xiaoping's International Strategic Thought

Author: Duan Xia
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book selects a field that has been less studied or insufficiently explored in the past, yet is highly important. Based on the author's years of research and teaching in the field of Deng Xiaoping's international strategic theory, it systematically organizes Deng Xiaoping's international strategic thought following the basic approach of Deng Xiaoping in observing and thinking about international and Chinese foreign policy issues. The book is divided into five parts and eighteen chapters. Part One Changing World comprehensively presents the famous conclusions and rich connotations of Deng Xiaoping's observations on the theme of the era, the current world order, international order, and the driving forces of international social development from the perspective of China looking at the world; Part Two China in the World fully presents the main ideas of Deng Xiaoping on how to scientifically understand China's national conditions, objectively evaluate comprehensive national strength, how China can become prosperous, and how China can become one pole in the multi-polar world from the perspective of China looking at the world; Part Three China's Foreign Policy Strategy systematically explains the foreign policy general strategy formulated by Deng Xiaoping as the core of the second generation of the central leadership collective of the Party in the face of complex and changing international situations, the new ideas proposed to resolve international disputes, the guiding principles for formulating foreign policy, and Deng Xiaoping's thoughts on sovereignty and human rights; Part Four Strategic Core and Thinking Methods focuses on explaining the principles and methods proposed by Deng Xiaoping for formulating international strategy. The concluding part systematically explains the new ideas, conclusions, and viewpoints on international strategy proposed by the third generation of the central leadership collective of the Party led by Jiang Zemin and the new central leadership collective headed by Hu Jintao in the new century full of hope and challenges after the Cold War, in response to the new changes in the international and national conditions.