Focusing on China's modernization strategy, this book evaluates the country's economic development and the rectification of imbalances stemming from prioritizing growth. It highlights advancements in science and technology that have bolstered high-tech sectors and defense capabilities. The author contrasts American and Chinese ideologies, emphasizing their differing foreign policy approaches. The text also examines the impact of aggressive U.S. foreign policy, particularly during crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, as catalysts for the shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world order.
The US has historically disguised – to itself and to others – the true nature of its relations with those nations that stood in the way of its ambitions. Reversing the order of cause and effect, it has projected fear of harm from other nations even as it was expanding its dominion over them. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was so to be feared that the American people could even be told they would be “better dead than Red”, the US rejoiced in the belief that the world was at last under its uncontested leadership, celebrating Francis Fukuyama's then acclaimed book The End of History, and proclaiming, perhaps even believing, that it alone can assure peace, stability and prosperity in the international system. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, a formidable new competitor emerged: China. Now we hear the fear-stoked mantra, “The Chinese are coming...!” But is China really a threat to the US, or just to its sole superpower status? This book debunks, among many others, the myth of the universality of US values, and the myth of the imperial, dictatorial and state capitalist character of today's China. It explains the division between the US and China through an historical analysis of their ideologies. It reveals the source of the extraordinary difficulty the US faces in adapting to the changes occurring in the international system: inter alia, the firm belief in its exceptionalism and good intentions. By contrast, the Chinese ideology, while also possessing a remarkable internal coherence through time, has achieved greater flexibility by integrating values imported from the West and several Confucian values, to form a new ideology better able to adapt its public policies to changes in the national and the international environments
Focusing on China's quest for global power, this book examines Paolo Urio's extensive research on strategic public management since 1997. It analyzes policies from 1949 onward, highlighting their rationale and impact on society and the economy. Key topics include the Communist Party's decline post-Mao, Deng Xiaoping's market reforms and their repercussions, Hu Jintao's balancing efforts, and Xi Jinping's assertive policies both domestically, like anti-corruption measures, and internationally, particularly in relation to the United States.
The book offers a comprehensive analysis of China's strategies for regaining international influence, employing both Chinese and Western theoretical frameworks. It explores China's domestic growth while evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of its primary rival, the United States. The examination includes a critical look at how both nations approach the development of power resources, highlighting their competing methodologies and the implications for global dynamics.
The book provides a comprehensive analysis of China's reform process initiated under Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s, highlighting its economic, social, environmental, legal, political, and cultural dimensions. It examines the achievements of these reforms over thirty years and discusses the challenges that lie ahead for Chinese leadership. By exploring the interconnectedness of various aspects of the reform, the author presents a nuanced perspective essential for students and scholars interested in Chinese politics, public management, and economics.
