China and the contending barbarians: Beijing's view of the contemporary world order
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20/09/1981
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McMillen, Donald H.
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Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Abstract
The question of how the present leadership
in the People's Republic of China views the
international order is crucial to our understanding
of Beijing's approach to world problems as well as
its defence and security postures. In Beijing's
assessment of the strategic balance, the 'distant
superpower', the United States, is a waning (albeit
still formidable) world power, while the 'near
superpower', the recently expansionist-minded
Soviet Union, is regarded as the most immediate
threat to China in particular and to world peace
and stability in general. This paper, which is
based upon an article by the author which was
published in World Review, Volume 20, Number 4
(October 1981), explores the Chinese assessment
in light of recent events and discusses the strategies
or postures that have been devised as correlates to it,
including the 'broad united front' with the United
States. It also identifies some of the resources that
China can presently bring to bear in the international
arena, as well as some of those factors which may
limit China's activities or objectives.
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China, China Foreign Relations, Diplomatic Relations, World Politics
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