China's grand strategy: a framework analysis

This book aims to build the ideal model of China's grand strategy framework, which is based on three key variables: national power, strategic concept and international institution. Taking the rise of China as an opportunity, this book adopts the assessment of national strategic resources as the beginning, focuses on the evaluation of strategic capability, the choice of strategic orientation, the establishment of strategic objectives, the planning of strategic content and the implementation of strategic means. Further, following this main line, this book establishes a China's grand strategy framework based on active participation and integration-transformation-shaping process. This book emphasizes that to achieve the goals of China's grand strategy; China should uphold this strategic attitude: It should not be seduced by praise and should not be made aggressive by criticism. It should learn to be glorious but remain humble, maintain a wealthy, influential but modest position by restraint. This book can be regarded as the essence of the author's 20 years long-term focus and research on the China's grand strategy. The author's postdoctoral tutor Professor Hu Angangs comment of this book can hit the nail on the head: "This book is a pioneering theoretical study of China's great strategic research and makes a significant contribution to this research field. The basic arguments of this book have been submitted through various approaches to decision-making references or published in academic papers, and have received numerous positive responses and resonance. In my opinion, the basic ideas and important findings of this book will provide imperative reference to long-term strategy decision-making process. In addition, the fundamental theory and analysis method of the book will have an important influence in both domestic and international academic field."

2.2 East Asian Cooperation Mechanism in China's Grand Strategy

Intro -- Introduction -- The Strategic Significance of the Rise of China -- China's Rise in Historical Perspective -- The World's Repercussions to China's Rise -- Strategies to Cope with China's Rise -- The Era Calls for China's Grand Strategy -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Foundation for Chinese Research on Grand Strategy -- 1 Overview of Grand Strategy Research -- 1.1 Analysis of the Concept of Grand Strategy -- 1.2 Aspects and Methodology of Grand Strategy Research -- 2 Focus on China's Grand Strategy -- 2.1 Research on China's Grand Strategy

2.2 Significance of Study on China's Grand Strategy -- 3 The Research Framework of This Book -- 2 Evaluation of China's National Power -- 1 Overview of National Power Evaluation -- 1.1 Examining the Abstract Concept of Power -- 1.2 Existing Quantitative Equations of National Power -- 2 Comparison of National Strategic Resources of China, America, Japan, India and Russia (1982-2012) -- 2.1 National Strategic Resources and the Measurement -- 2.2 Comparison of National Strategic Resources of the Five Major Countries -- 2.3 Dynamic Evaluation of China's National Strategic Resources

2.4 Dynamic Evalu…