The rise of a dualistic dragon : the contrastive strategic mentality of the People’s Republic of China under American hegemonism.
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2009-04-29T20:33:51Z
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Richardson, Derek
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This report is an investigation of the strategic mentality of the Chinese
government during the current U.S.-led unipolar world. It aims to determine whether this
mentality is prone to challenge American predominance and reject the dominant rules,
values, and structure of the interstate system or is willing to cooperate and accept the U.S.
hegemony and the current status-quo of the global community. To understand the
Chinese strategic mindset, this report examines China’s strategic culture, political
reliance on nationalism, and unique perceptions of the threats and opportunities in the
international environment. These three factors each possess contrastive motivations that
encourage the Chinese leadership to adopt policies that both accept and reject the current
unipolar world. Such dualistic factors mould a contrastive strategic mentality amongst the
Chinese leadership that, while overly antagonistic towards the structure and certain
values of the current interstate system, is willing to adopt both revisionist and status-quo
foreign policies.
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nationalism, culture, politics, government