Contents
Prologue
Foreword by Miguel A. Velloso
Introduction
Conceptual Frameworks
1.1 Background to Chinese Foreign Policy
1.2 The Theory of International Relations in China
1.3 The Value in Analysing the Chinese Strategic Concept
The Historical Dimension of the Chinese Strategic Concept
2.1 The Chinese World Vision
2.2 The Strategic Culture
2.3 Lessons From the Past in Analysing The Present
2.4 China's New Security Concept
The Perceptual Dimension of the Chinese Strategic Concept
3.1 Chinese Self-perception
3.2 The Concept of National Interest
3.3 The International System According to China
3.4 Strategic Concerns
The Doctrine behind China's Strategic Concept
4.1 Nationalism and Realism in the 1990s.
4.2 The Guiding Principles of Strategic Thought
4.3 Strategic Planning and Security Conduct
4.4 Impact of the New Chinese Strategic Concept on the International System
Mid-term Vision of the People's Republic of China (external framework)
5.1 The Cooperative Alternative
5.2 The Rupturist Alternative
5.3 The Chaos Alternative
Conclusions
Bibliography
Primary and Secondary Chinese-language Sources
Non-Chinese Primary and Secondary Sources