Summary of Jonathan D. T. Ward's China's Vision of Victory

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The Chinese dream of a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest Chinese dream in modern times. It is believed that realizing this dream is the greatest Chinese dream of all.
#2 The story of China becoming a great power is a simple one. It began when the country was devastated by the outside world. Its people were brutalized, its lands were scorched, and its treasures were stolen. But that great nation is now returning, and it will be the center of the world.
#3 China’s national resurrection is called many names, including the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation, the Resurrection of the Fatherland, and the China Dream. It all stems from a single period known as One Hundred Years of National Humiliation.
#4 China’s leaders have a continuous vision of victory, which is the country’s Vision of Victory. It is the same vision that each leader has passed on to the next since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Sujets

• Histoire
• History
• Asia
• China

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 16 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822511514
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

The Chinese dream of a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest Chinese dream in modern times. It is believed that realizing this dream is the greatest Chinese dream of all.

#2

The story of China becoming a great power is a simple one. It began when the country was devastated by the outside world. Its people were brutalized, its lands were scorched, and its treasures were stolen. But that great nation is now returning, and it will be the center of the world.

#3

China’s national resurrection is called many names, including the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation, the Resurrection of the Fatherland, and the China Dream. It all stems from a single period known as One Hundred Years of National Humiliation.

#4

China’s leaders have a continuous vision of victory, which is the country’s Vision of Victory. It is the same vision that each leader has passed on to the next since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

#5

Following the Communist revolution in China in 1949, the country began a project to restore its power and transform the world order. Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist revolution, saw socialism as the vehicle through which to build his nation.

#6

When the Communist Party took control of China’s revolution, it inherited a country that was burdened by economic collapse and the ravages of total war. Mao set about remaking the revolution in his own image, delivering new grandiosity and lethality to the vision of national restoration.

#7

Mao’s challenge was to lift China from decay and devastation, and he did so by transforming the Chinese revolution into a restoration of China’s power. Xi’s goal is to turn Chinese wealth into Chinese power.

#8

China’s restoration was not only to transform China from within, but also to assert China’s central position in the world. Mao’s China was often at odds with other nations, fighting wars against many of its neighbors during his thirty-year reign.

#9

China’s leaders sought to create a new force in world politics that would be comprised of primarily Asian, African, and Latin American nations. They believed they could offer something the superpowers could not, a common heritage of resistance to colonization.

#10

China’s appetite for external operations was enormous during the founding decades. The country participated in many global confrontations, but it worked on its own development and waited for China’s moment to arrive.

#11

Deng Xiaoping was China’s great reformer. He was responsible for the economic miracle that gave China over thirty years of growth. He opened up the country and prioritized a foreign policy of nonconfrontation.

#12

China’s economic reforms were based on quiet times in global politics, and the country’s total focus on economics. However, these reforms were also based on long-term goals that would prove to be of great geopolitical importance.

#13

During the rule of Deng Xiaoping, China was invited to join the post-Cold War world, and the United States was engaged in bringing about a Cold War victory and building a new postwar world. This involved the integration of former Communist states.

#14

China’s economy and military modernization continued, and the country began to develop a global military footprint. Chinese nationalism began to grow as the country became more prosperous, and the Party began to promote anti-American sentiment.

#15

During this period of peace, the Chinese people grew closer to their government, as the Communist Party promised them economic growth.