China's global strategy under Xi Jinping
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Steve Yui-Sang TSANG and Olivia CHEUNG. China's global strategy under Xi Jinping. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2026. Online resource, e-book.
As Xi consolidated power and introduced Xi Jinping Thought as the de facto state ideology in 2017, he started to put forth a global strategy for China. This means replacing the "hide and bide" approach introduced by Deng Xiaoping by an assertive approach. It is to make China great again on its own terms. It is not benchmarked against US global hegemony but against imperial grandeur at the height of Chinese power in history, based on the traditional concept called tianxia or all under heaven. It is about "recreating" Chinese global pre-eminence, not replacing the US as the global hegemon under the liberal international order. This chapter ends with an outline of the other chapters in the book.
As Xi consolidated power and introduced Xi Jinping Thought as the de facto state ideology in 2017, he started to put forth a global strategy for China. This means replacing the "hide and bide" approach introduced by Deng Xiaoping by an assertive approach. It is to make China great again on its own terms. It is not benchmarked against US global hegemony but against imperial grandeur at the height of Chinese power in history, based on the traditional concept called tianxia or all under heaven. It is about "recreating" Chinese global pre-eminence, not replacing the US as the global hegemon under the liberal international order. This chapter ends with an outline of the other chapters in the book.