Chinese Grand Strategy in the 21st Century: According to Plan? (Asian Security Studies)

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
1. Introduction
	Does Anybody Here Know What\'s Going On? The Theoretical Case for Grand Strategy
	Pacific Islands? The Need for a Holistic Approach to Contemporary PRC Strategy
	Notes
2. Strategic Imperatives and Historical Responses: The Origins of Chinese Grand Strategy
	China\'s Traditional Self-Understanding
	Whose Economy?
	Regional Politics
	The Failure of Traditional China
	Communist Ideology and Contemporary Grand Strategy
	Conclusion
	Notes
3. Combine the Military and the Civil?: China\'s Transformation of Wealth into Power
	Delivering the Goods: Economic Performance and Military Spending
	Outsourcing R&D
	The World\'s Construction Company
	Money Talks
	Conclusion: The Visible Hands
	Notes
4. The New People\'s Liberation Army: Chinese Military Reform, Enhancement and Expansion
	Common Cause: The Sino-Russian Arms Partnership
	Achieving Global Power: China\'s Naval Expansion
	The Great Rebalance
	The Great Rewiring
	Dress Rehearsals
	Atomic Signals
	Conclusion: Strategy and Synchrony
	Notes
5. Shadow Security: Chinese Strategy in the Cyber, Intelligence and Information Domains
	What Is Cyberspace for?
	The Better Part of Valour? China and Cyberattack
	It\'s Who You Know: China, Intelligence and the Internet in the Early 21st Century
	Hacking the Media
	Arms Control in Cyberspace
	Conclusion
	Notes
6. The View from the Middle: The Geopolitics of Chinese Strategy
	Sense of Place
	The Belt and Road Initiative
	Territorial Disputes
	Korea
	Conclusion
	Notes
7. The View from Above: The Strategic Challenges of Governance, Regime Legitimacy and Party Rule in China
	Corruption
	Material Matters
	An Ideology for All?
	The Panacea of Party Control
	Doubled-Edged Nationalism
	Conclusion
	Notes
8. Every Action ...: Foreign Policy and Diplomatic Challenges to Chinese Strategy
	China\'s Foreign Policy Vision
	Backyard Counterbalancing
	Tone Deaf
	Vassal States
	Conclusion
	Notes
9. Conclusion: Precedents and Principles
	Notes
Index