Chinese Diplomacy in the New Era

Authors: Prof. Xi Xiao, Prof. Honghua Men

Publisher: Springer Singapore

Book Series : Understanding China

Part of: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Table of Contents

About this book

This book takes an in-depth look at China’s diplomacy in the New Era under the leadership of Xi Jinping. It begins with the analysis of China’s rise and world transformation, the connotations of China’s New Era and its new world ideal as “Community of Shared Future for Mankind” and then presents Xi Jinping’s grand strategy by analyzing his new ideas on the governance of China and global governance, theory and practice of China’s diplomacy in the New Era. Key concepts and innovation cases in China's diplomacy around security, BRI, opening-up strategy, and its strategic approach to the USA are introduced as well, which builds an overview of China's diplomacy.

Frontmatter

Chapter 1. China’s New Era: The Unprecedented Changes Unseen in a Hundred Years and an Important Period of Strategic Opportunity for China

Abstract

The rise of China goes hand in hand with the transformation of the world, giving China tremendous strategic space, fueling the advent of China’s new era and creating great development opportunities for the world.

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Chapter 2. China’s Grand Strategy: Xi Jinping’s New Ideas, Concepts and Strategies for the Governance of China

Abstract

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the CPC Central Committee, with Xi Jinping at its core, has led the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups to embark on a new journey of reform, opening up and modernization in China. Xi has made numerous speeches on the governance of China, put forward a series of new thoughts, views and assertions, formed new concepts, thought and strategy for the governance of China and opened up a new realm of socialism with Chinese characteristics, which had a significant impact on the international community and provided basic guidelines for us to achieve new goals at a new historical starting point.

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Chapter 3. Innovations and Practices of China’s Diplomacy in the New Era

Abstract

China’s theoretical and practical innovations in its foreign strategic ideas are based on a sober understanding of China’s status, a calm judgment of world trends, a profound grasp of China’s interaction with the world,

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Chapter 4. Optimizing the Concept of National Security and Creating a Path to National Security with Chinese Characteristics

Abstract

Xi Jinping pointed out, “Our Party should make national security its top priority”. National security is the core of national strategic decision and policy planning. To a certain degree, the successful rise of China lies in its safeguard of national security and expansion of strategic interests. As China is transforming from a major country to a world power, its strategic interests are expanding across the world.

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Chapter 5. The BRI and China-World Interactions

Abstract

China’s interaction with the world is a historical process with Chinese characteristics. It is the history of the two worlds feeling out and colliding with each other, of China’s traditional “world order” being broken, and of China’s being forcibly integrated, struggling and gradually adapting to the West-dominated international system.

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Chapter 6. China’s New Strategy for Dealing with Global Governance Crisis and Reform

Abstract

Global governance is initiated by globalization. It is based on interdependence and guided by theories of a shared community for mankind and common interest.

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Chapter 7. Pushing China’s Opening up in the New Era

Abstract

The greatest dream of the Chinese people since modern times is to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In order to realize this dream, the CPC led the people of China in a quest and fally found the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, which takes on the most distinctive feature of reform and opening up. In 1978, the CPC convened the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, which was of great historical significance and started the new era of reform and opening up.

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Chapter 8. China’s Strategic Approach to the USA in the New Era

Abstract

In 2017, both China and the USA stated they had entered “the new era.” On October 18, 2017, the 19th National Congress of the CPC was convened, at which Xi pointed out that “socialism with Chinese characteristics has crossed the threshold into the new era.

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Title: Chinese Diplomacy in the New Era
Authors: Prof. Xi Xiao
Prof. Honghua Men
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Electronic ISBN: 978-981-16-1156-8
Print ISBN: 978-981-16-1155-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1156-8