China’s Modern Economic Statecraft

Zhang Xiaotong is a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the China and Central Asia Studies Center at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan. He obtained his PhD in political science from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium.

• List of TablesAbstractAcknowledgementsIntroduction: China’s New Economic Statecraft in the Making0.1 The Concept of “Major Country Economic Diplomacy”0.2 China’s Major Country Economic Statecraft in the Making0.2.1 China’s Current National Conditions and Stage of Development0.2.2 China’s Regime Characteristics0.2.2 China's Civilizational Characteristics and Historical Depth0.3 Major Challenges Preventing China from Practicing Great Power Economic Statecraft 0.4 Structure of This Book1. China’s Classic Economic Statecraft: Confucius-Mencius Philosophy 1.1 Classic Chinese Thoughts on Statecraft – Confucius-Mencius Philosophy1.2 Confucius-Mencius Thoughts on Economic Statecraft1.3 The Tribute System: China’s Classic Institution of Economic Statecraft1.4 Historical Initiatives of China’s Economic Statecraft1.5 Major Challenges for China’s Classic Economic Statecraft2. China’s Contemporary Economic Statecraft: A Marxist -Developmentalist Synthesis2.1 Marxist Economic Statecraft: Mao Zedong’s Way2.2 Developmentalist Economic Statecraft: Deng Xiaoping’s Way2.3 A Continuation of Deng Xiaoping’s Way: Economic Statecraft of Jiang Zemin (1989-2002)2.4 A Continuation of Deng Xiaoping’s Way: Economic Statecraft of Hu Jintao (2002-2012)3. Hu Jintao’s Time: The Origin of China’s New Economic Statecraft3.1 Rise of China’s Economy3.2 Hu Jintao’s Developmentalist Economic Statecraft3.3 Hu Jintao’s Efforts in Translating China’s Wealth to Global Influence4. Xi Jinping’s New Economic Statecraft (2012-2017): Marxist -Developmentalist Synthesis based on Confucius-Mencius Philosophy4.1 Xi Jinping’s New Economic Statecraft (2012-2017): Marxist -Developmentalist Synthesis based on Confucius-Mencius Philosophy4.1.1 Xi Jinping’s Developmentalist Approach to Economic Statecraft4.1.2 Xi Jinping’s Marxist Approach to Economic Statecraft4.1.3 Xi Jinping’s Historical Approach to Economic Statecraft Based upon Confucius-Mencius Philosophy4.2 Xi Jinping’s Major-Country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics (2017-2022)4.3 Xi Jinping’s Governance Revolution5. Xi Jinping’s Economic Statecraft in the Era of Dramatic Changes Unseen in a Century (2018-2023)5.1 China’s Diplomatic Confrontation with the West5.2 China’s Strained Economy5.3 Xi’s Economic Statecraft: Challenges, Retrenchment and ResilienceConclusion: The Wealth-Power Dialectic: Fundamental to China's Economic Statecraft6.1 Three Approaches of China’s Economic Statecraft6.1.1 Emperor Zhu Di’s Approach to Economic Statecraft 6.1.2 Mao Zedong’s Approach to Economic Statecraft6.1.3 Deng Xiaoping’s Approach to Economic Statecraft6.2 China’s Post-1978 Economic Statecraft Model: Marxist-Developmentalist Compromise6.3 Xi Jinping’s Grand Synthesis: Marxist-Developmentalist Statecraft Enlightened by Confucius-Mencius6.4 Overstretch: The Biggest Challenge to Xi Jinping’s Major-Country Economic Statecraft