Guanxi, Weiqi and Chinese Strategic Thinking

Zhang, Pan

doi:10.1007/s41111-016-0015-1

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“…Досить значиму роль у дослідженнях практичного значення цього феномену відіграла й російськомовна розвідка стратегічних вимірів гри Вейці для формування нестандартних, продуктивних бізнес-рішень [Авраамов 2019]. Досить показовою є також аналітика зв'язку Вейці не тільки зі стратегічним мисленням, а й з таким феноменом, як гуаньсі (關係), смисл якого розкривається у взаємозв'язку та взаємодопомозі [Zhongqi 2016], що свідчить про корпоративну природу цієї гри, її об'єднуючий потенціал, який сприяє консолідації «гравців». Щодо стратагем, то в англомовному дискурсі досить активно досліджується зв'язок стратагем з філософією війни Сунь-цзи [Fayard 2020], аналізуються можливості осучаснення інтерпретацій їх класичних версій ], а також їхня роль у процесах життєдіяльності комуністичної партії Китаю [Rogers 2022] та пов'язані зі стратагемами інсайти .…”

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Вейці Та Стародавні Китайські Стратагеми Як Інструменти Економічної Політики

Hlushko¹

2023

Chinese Studies

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The article is representing socio-philosophical analysis for some elements of Weiqi (Go game) strategies and thirty-six ancient Chinese stratagems possible and actual impact on solving complex economic and political problems in the context of China's historical experience and due to its contemporary geopolitical decisions. In particular, emphasis is placed on the connection between dynamic and effective development of Chinese state social institutions with the implementation of specific strategic approaches that allowed effectively transform models of Chinamen economic behavior over the past decades and contributed the rapid growth of capitals and increasing efficiency of business activity in China. Moreover, the article depicts some evidence that confirming, in author's opinion, such characteristic of Chinese management model as application ideological principles of economic nationalism.Weiqi principles usage has been analyzed in the field of political and economic decisions, in particular: non-forceful methods for competitive struggle and maintenance balance between seizing control over territories and saving its strategic influence. Additionally, we analyzed partial availability of stratagems in the principles of Weiqi game and demonstrated some examples of particular stratagems application in economic policy of historical and modern China. In contrast to widespread metaphor of geopolitical "chessboard" we proposed alternative vision of global economic game through the prism of Weiqi board on which to play their global game modern Chinese communist party. It has been proved that these national Chinese game principles optimum synthesis with combinations of thirty-six stratagems significantly contributes development of creative economic thought. Therefore, it is essential for learning and cogitation in any country that oriented for protection its own economic interest and to organizing an effective economic policy at domestic and international levels.The fundamental difference between concepts "stratagem" and "strategy" are determined as well as its correlations are clarified. Within the scope of proposed article, it is also taken into account contemporary west philosophic discourse, including latest works that revealed meaningful measurements of strategematics considering the current events in Ukraine and worldwide.

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Вейці Та Стародавні Китайські Стратагеми Як Інструменти Економічної Політики

Hlushko¹

2023

Chinese Studies

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“…In wei qi, the goal is to outmanoeuvre one's opponent without direct confrontation, and to flow intoand occupy -the spaces between the opponent's pieces. According to Pan (2016), the game fosters a more "relational" way of thinking; identifying complex and intertwined connections, as opposed to entrenched Black-White power blocs. This process of gradual encirclement, identifying subtle connections, and avoiding confrontation, starkly resembles the course of the BRI.…”

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The Great Game of the twenty-first century: Can Europe compete?

Eggleton

2021

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ESAANZ ESSAY PRIZE WINNERWith China’s Belt and Road Initiative in full swing, this paper identifies a new “Great Game” in the Eurasian heartland. However, rather than the geopolitical chess of the nineteenth century, the new game is wei qi. In a process of gradual encirclement and subtle coercion, China is outplaying the EU on the Eurasian continent while avoiding direct confrontation. Following the logic of wei qi, China has shown a tendency to occupy the spaces that the EU has neglected – namely the Balkans and the East Mediterranean. Yet the game has not been won yet. Recent crises have undermined China’s global image, and hitherto overeager Eastern European countries are now acting with more caution towards Chinese investors. The EU can be an equal player, but it must do more to “bring along” the struggling economies in its periphery, while counterbalancing China’s influence with alternative partnerships in the Middle East and Asia.

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“…Norms can be derived from the intricate interrelation between the individual and the larger social group. Despite major differences between the historical and societal contexts in which these concepts arose, the southern African idea of ubuntu (Smith, 2012), the Russian term lichnost (Kharkhordin, 1999) and the Confusion concept guanxi (Pan, 2016) all reflect notions of relationality: an individual exists within and through a social context. Prioritizing the collective is then considered a fundamentally positive norm.…”

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Operationalising the decentring agenda: Analysing European foreign policy in a non-European and post-western world

Keukeleire¹,

Lecocq²

2018

Cooperation and Conflict

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Eurocentrism in the analysis of European foreign policy often renders scholars blind to other world views and realities, although engaging with these may be critical for understanding the relevance and impact of this policy in other parts of the world. Notwithstanding calls for decentring the study of International Relations and European foreign policy in particular, scholars of European foreign policy generally lack the tools and conceptual lenses to overcome Eurocentrism in their analyses. This article proposes an analytical framework to systematically open up for difference, and to see and understand dynamics and realities that go beyond dominant Eurocentric accounts, while trying to avoid the pitfalls of simplification and knowledge fragmentation. The framework consists of six partially overlapping decentring categories-spatial, temporal, normative, polity, linguistic, and disciplinary decentringand is developed through two dimensions of the Decentring Agenda proposed by Fisher Onar and Nicolaïdis: 'provincialising' (questioning Eurocentric perspectives) and 'engagement' (learning from other perspectives). In this way, this article aims to support scholars of European foreign policy in overcoming Eurocentrism and in operationalising the Decentring Agenda.

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Guanxi, Weiqi and Chinese Strategic Thinking

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Вейці Та Стародавні Китайські Стратагеми Як Інструменти Економічної Політики

Вейці Та Стародавні Китайські Стратагеми Як Інструменти Економічної Політики

The Great Game of the twenty-first century: Can Europe compete?

Operationalising the decentring agenda: Analysing European foreign policy in a non-European and post-western world

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