China’s National Experiences and the Evolution of PRC Grand Strategy

Freeman, Chas W.

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“…Fairclough uses the term “imaginaries” to denote the element of discourses or narratives that “not only represent the world as it is (or rather is seen to be),” but are also projective, “representing possible worlds which are different from the actual world, and tied in to projects to change the world in particular directions” (Fairclough, 2003 , 124). The BRI is a grand strategy that sets long-term objectives and political, economic, informational, and cultural policies to support its implementation (Freeman, 2020 , 44). Consequently, the direction of BRI education is not decided much by factors purely related to education, as it is contingent on a range of macro-sociological factors that shape the BRI imaginary.…”

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Narrating the Belt and Road Education Policy: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis

Woo

2022

High Educ Policy

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This article analyzes the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) education policy using a critical policy discourse approach. At the textual level, this paper focuses on policy framing by identifying how diagnostic (problem definition), prognostic (solutions), and motivational (rationales) framings are described in two foundational BRI education policy documents. Next, six additional policy documents are selected to construct a discursive totality to understand how framings are linked to and embedded within the broader discursive practice of policy documents. The interpretations of these framings are viewed through the lens of policy driver, lever, and value. Finally, a macro-sociological analysis aimed at explanatory and normative critique shows that BRI education is embedded in the discourses of national rejuvenation and China's aspirations to become a global leader of an alternative global governance and order. The paper ends with a discussion postulating that the BRI education policy's success depends on various shifting domestic and geopolitical factors, from the growth of the Chinese economy and ideological struggles among the world's major powers to grassroots reception or resistance to Chinese influence in BRI countries.

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Narrating the Belt and Road Education Policy: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis

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2022

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“…In a similar vein, Freeman discusses China's preoccupation with the United States as a cause of some of China's strategic responses (Freeman, 2018;Freeman, 2020).…”

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Implementing China's Grand Strategy in Asia Through Institutions: An Exploratory Analysis

2021

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This report studies how China implements its grand strategy in Asia using institutions. To address this question, we first reviewed the literature on China's grand strategy, its use of institutions, and its emphasis on Asia. We then turned to policy experts to discuss China's use of institutions to implement its grand strategy toward Asian nations of interest to China, including, as a case study, the countries of the Korean Peninsula.Our findings are as follows: China's grand strategy since the end of the Cold War has consistently been guided by its long-term goal of building a pre-eminent Asian presence and a larger global presence in the socioeconomic, diplomatic, and defense arenas. To achieve this goal, China currently desires to accomplish three outcomes: (1) achieve greater economic integration with Asia and the rest of the world, (2) manage its rivalry with the United States, and (3) build soft power globally.The desired outcomes have changed over the past three decades in response to changing circumstances within and outside China. China's strategies to achieve its desired outcomes have also evolved in turn. One main strategic change is China's increased use of multilateral, regional, and bilateral institutions to address the socioeconomic, diplomatic, and national security dimensions of China's interests. China has found regional and bilateral institutions particularly important for its implementation of strategy in Asia.In our case study, we find that China mostly uses institutions to accomplish greater economic integration with both North and South Korea. To manage its rivalry with the United States in the Korean Peninsula, as well as build soft power, China uses both institutional and noninstitutional initiatives. We draw from these findings to derive several implications-both for the adequacy of China's institutions-based approach and for the responses by middle powers.

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The Chinese Communist Party and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Face Loss, Status Anxiety, Resentment

Wood

2022

Global Society

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China’s National Experiences and the Evolution of PRC Grand Strategy

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Narrating the Belt and Road Education Policy: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis

Narrating the Belt and Road Education Policy: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis

Implementing China's Grand Strategy in Asia Through Institutions: An Exploratory Analysis

The Chinese Communist Party and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Face Loss, Status Anxiety, Resentment

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