China’s Grand Strategy Under Xi Jinping

Name: China’s Grand Strategy Under Xi Jinping
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Chinas Grand Strategy Under Xi JinpingHow History Complicates Beijings Global Outreach\nAuthor(s): Niv Horesh\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367628413, 978-0367628413\nSynopsis\nThis book attempts to identify change and continuity in PRC grand strategy, and the extent to which Chinese imperial history complicates PRC global outreach in the Xi Jinping era. \n\nEmpires convey the wish to make the world a better place even in the midst of oppression and are eschatological in their rhetoric. However, empires that last longer have been more pragmatic in their grand strategy; sometimes appropriating the aura of past golden ages, and at other times learning from the mistakes of their predecessors. To date, Chinese strategic thinkers are preoccupied with learning lessons from the disintegration of the USSR and fascinated by the secrets of American power. Interdisciplinary in its reach, analysing grand strategy throug.