Book description
China's enormous size, vast population, abundant natural resources,
robust economy, and modern military suggest that it will emerge as a
great world power. Inside China's Grand Strategy: The Perspective from
the People's Republic offers unique insights from a prominent Chinese
scholar about the country's geopolitical ambitions and strategic thinking.
Ye Zicheng, professor of political science in the School of
International Studies at Peking University, examines China's
interactions with current world powers as well as its policies toward
neighboring countries. Despite claims that repressive domestic
policies and an economic slowdown are evidence that the country's
efforts toward modernization will fail, Ye points to China's inclusion
in the G-20 as an indicator of success. Ye compares China's global
ascension, particularly its emphasis on peace, to the historical
experiences of rising European superpowers, providing an insider look
at a country poised to become an increasingly prominent international power.
""A comprehensive, balanced, judicious and well-argued
Chinese analysis of China's place in the world." -- Barrett L.
McCormick, author of What if China Doesn't Democratize? Implications
for War and Peace" --
Ye Zicheng, professor of international politics and chairman of
the Academic Committee in the School of International Studies at
Peking University in China, is the author of numerous influential
books, including Opening to the Outside World and China's
Modernization, Geopolitics and Chinese Diplomacy, and New China's
Diplomatic Thought: From Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping.
