Recently, Professor Liu Mingfu “China Dream” has been much discussion. The book’s main point the author July 30, 2008 The “Global Times” has been described before, this is “to catch up with the world’s most powerful nation to build a world-class army, with first-class military power”, to “The final winner country, opening up of China era.” As a soldier, the author wants the state to have the most powerful military is understandable, but these arguments are flawed.
First of all, if the “China model” includes the end of “a strong military power the world” the content, then it is not a good model, but a model of hegemony, is the old model of power politics.
In modern times, people have habitually existing state of the West as China’s modernization goals. Want to do first-class military power, the rise of the idea of really what the United States to pursue a goal? In the future assume the role of the United States today, which is not in line with China’s understanding of the future world will not become China’s pursuit of reality.
China’s pursuit of “domestic harmony”, “international peace”, but when you play up the military power to enter for the first number, your “benevolent”, “kingly,” “peace”, “No tyrant”, which Others believe it? “China model” will thus lose the attractiveness of the world.
To our world as a cut-throat arena, this concept exists in the United States who believe in power politics and military strategy in the minds of planners. “Arena theory” has a great influence, but the international political context of the United States can not serve as we observe the world and thinking framework, China has begun a harmonious enlightenment, should have the confidence and patience to really set up a smash arena theory.
Second, the composition of those resources is the national power need to treasure. If the United States feels there is sufficient money to play a global role, it may wish to continue to do so, never become champions. China is not necessary on military forces and the U.S. decision to Gao Xia.
What is a world-class? If not keep up with the United States, it can not be considered first-rate; if catch up with or overtake the United States, it would be what kind of world? The United States, the world’s total military spending nearly 50% of the total military spending, China will build “first-class military power,” it was how much economic resources? In the next world, even if there is such an economic capacity, we have such needs?
China should go beyond the historical tragedy of abused, with a higher wisdom to open up their own road to recovery. The Soviet Union into the hands of the military above the national prestige, the results are adversely affected by the huge arms. The U.S. military at its peak, the fact that the country was sliding into recession, to the contemporary world is even more instructive.
On the contrary, the building of China’s military has long maintained its own character, which is to rely on a certain threshold of physical military strength, through a rational foreign and defense policy and military doctrine to achieve national security objectives. China should continue to follow with limited military power to achieve the purpose of strategy. Even if the full emergence as a world power after the show to the world that it still should be their own economic success and cultural impact of the development model is to provide the world with “non-war”, “harmony” of the ideological model, but not the “first-class military force,” emphasize their prestige.
Third, the future world must be a world of cooperation, China should be aware of their respect for the future world should also contain some of the expense of its interests in exchange for the contents of the interests of global citizens.
Globalization has put growth, employment and social well-being interdependent on the basis of place. Benefit from such an open world system, China’s use of global markets for the country’s development. So that geo-politics of their most threatening the U.S. and Japan at the same time became the largest economic partner for the restoration of the rich history of the most civilized place in the world to create a lasting and peaceful environment. This is undoubtedly the right strategy, China’s future development will continue to be a continuation of this strategy and strengthened.
World of the future will be a cooperative world. With the “emerging country”, and their economic takeoff will eventually extend to the political and military aspects, the future of China’s military can not achieve the advantages of the United States today. Is that China’s economy to catch up with the United States, we can only be multi-polar world in one.
China will undoubtedly become a world power, international organizations, international order is also bound by the rise of China to change. China’s future role can not be like the United States, as did Hong Kong’s “consistent with U.S. interests.” Great powers not only to safeguard the interests of their country of individuals, but also have the ability to lead a number of countries together to meet the challenges of the world’s difficulties and to benefit everyone. China should be a leader in this new type of internationalism. (The writer is president of Lianyungang Development Institute)
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Abstract: According to British media reports, China’s National Defense University professor Liu Mingfu in the book “Chinese Dream” in the proposal that China should build the world’s most powerful military power, compete with the U.S. “champion country.” Liu Mingfu saying it is China’s 21st century goals, and that if it can not become the world’s number one power, China is necessarily a backward country is an obsolete state.
