Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst: China's response to US hegemony

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 955-986

  Erickson, Andrew ^a   Goldstein, Lyle ^a  

^a US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese military; Hegemony; US defense policy; US China relations

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; HEGEMONY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845687329     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: 1743937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402390601016436     Document Type: Article

References (80)

1. [From 100 to 1000 kilograms, Our Country is Moving Toward Small Satellite Manufacturing Seriation], 24 Nov. 2003,
2. 'ASEAN + 3 (China, Japan, and South Korea),' US-ASEAN Business Council,
3. (2003) [Beidou Satellites and the Shenzhou (Manned Spacecraft's) Navigation] China Surveying and Mapping (4). [Beidou Satellites' Communication Capacity for Use in an Automatic Hydrological Survey System], Hydrology, No. 5 (2003)
4. Benson, Todd.China Fuels Brazil's Dream of Being a Steel Power New York Times. 21 May 2004
5. Bradsher, Keith.3 in Hong Kong Agree to Face Charges in US New York Times, pp. A2. 7 Jan. 2003
6. Calder, Kent. (2005) East Asia and the Middle East: Together Again SAISPHERE, pp. 19.
7. Cliff, Roger.(2001) The Military Potential of China's Commercial Technology Arlington VA: RAND.
8. Cody, Edward. (2006) Taiwan's President on Shaky Ground: Missteps, Scandal Erode Leadership Washington Post, pp. A13.
9. (2006) [Ding Yuanhong] Characteristics and Trends of the International System's Development [International Studies] (1).
10. (2004) [Du Gang] A Discussion of Military Force Requirements During China's Peaceful Development [Strategy & Management], 3.
11. Eisenman, Joshua. (2005) Zimbabwe: China's African Ally China Brief. on the website of the Jamestown Foundation at http://jamestown.org
12. (2005) EU Becomes China's Largest Trading Partner. People's Daily Online http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/07/content_406961.htm
13. Feigenbaum, Evan. (2001) China's Challenge to Pax Americana Washington Quarterly, 24/3.
14. Fighter Aircraft. China Defence Today http://www.sinodefence.com/ airforce/fighter/default.asp
15. Fisher, Richard, Jr. (2006) Trouble Below: China's Submarines Pose Regional, Strategic Challenges Armed Forces Journal.
16. Gertz, Bill. (2004) Chinese Produce New Type of Sub Washington Times. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040716-123134-8152r.htm
17. Han, Pliny. (2006) Kazakhstan Oil Pours into China Through Crossborder Pipeline Xinhua http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/25/ content_4600061.htm
18. (2004) [Su Hao] [Geogravitational Centers and World Political Fulcrums], [Contemporary International Relations](4), pp. 60.
19. Hathaway, Robert. (2005) George Bush's Unfinished Asian Agenda. Foreign Policy Research Council, http://www.fpri.org/enotes/ 20050513.asia.hathaway.bushasia.html
20. Hawksley, Humphrey. (2006) Chinese Influence in Brazil Worries US BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/4872522.stm
21. [Hu Zhang], [The Long March 2-C Takes Flight From Three Locations within One Year - A New Benchmark in the Progress of Satellite Construction Technology] [Chinese Aerospace Project Consultation Center], 24 Nov. 2004,
22. Hutzler, Charles. (2001) China's Economic, Diplomatic Aid to Pakistan Has Played Key Role in US's War on Terror Wall Street Journal, pp. W1.
23. (1997) Introduction. In China's Aerospace Industry-The Industry and its Products Assessed. Coulsden: Jane's Information Group.
24. Japan CIA World Factbook 2006. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/ factbook/geos/ja.html#Military
25. (2003) [Jiang Yi] [China's Multilateral Diplomacy and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization] [Russia, Central Asia, and East European Research].
26. Jiang Zemin Announces PRC Aid to Afghanistan, Xinhua. 20 Dec. 2001, FBIS document no. CPP 20011220000178
27. Joint Statement of the US-Japan Security Consultative Committee. 19 Feb. 2005, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2005/42490.htm
28. KJ-2000 Airborne Warning & Control System. http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/specialaircraft/kj2000.asp
29. Land-Attack Cruise Missile (LACM) China Defence Today. http://www.sinodefence.com/strategic/missile/cruisemissile.asp
30. (2003) [Li Bing] [Naval Heroes: An Assembly of Heroic Models from the People's Navy]. Beijing: Sea Tide Press.
31. (2005) [Lin Changsheng] [The Hidden Dragon in the Deep: The Present Situation and Development of PLA Mine Weaponry] [World Outlook] (9).
32. (2005) [Li Zhengnan] [The Position and Limitations of the Peaceful Conception of China's Multilateral Diplomacy in Northeast Asia] [Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies], 6.
33. Lindstrom, Gustav and Giovanni, Gasparini.(2003) The Galileo Satellite System and its Security Implications, Occasional Paper No. 44 Paris: EU Institute for Security Studies. http://www.iss-eu.org/occasion/occ44.pdf
34. (2005) [Liu Hong] [Reviewing the Last Four Years of Heated US-Taiwan Relations and Their Influence], essay. In [Bush's Predicament - Domestic and Overseas Experts' Perspectives on Trends in US Foreign Policy]. Beijing: [Hao Yufan and Zhao Quansheng (eds.)][Current Affairs Press].
35. (2005) [Liu Jian and Huang Wenbin] [A Method of Calculating the Dispersion Probability of Self-Propelled Mines], [Torpedo Technology], 13/3.
36. (2005) [Liu Yi and Wang Xiaoling] [Reflections on China's Rise] [Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies]. 2.
37. Luard, Tim.China's Changing Views of Terrorism BBC News Online. 25 Dec. 2003, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3320347.stm
38. Mahtani, Dino.Nigeria Shifts to China Arms Financial Times, pp. 1. 2006
39. (2005) [Ma Jiali] [New Developments of the China-Russia-India Triangle] [Contemporary International Relations] (7).
40. McDevitt, Michael. (2006) Taiwan: The Tail that Wags Dogs Asia Policy (1).
41. Medeiros and Evan.(2005) A New Direction for China's Defense Industry. Santa Monica CA: RAND.
42. Medeiros, Evan. (2005-06) Strategic Hedging and the Future of Asia-Pacific Stability Washington Quarterly, pp. 145-167.
43. Observation Post of Military Situation,' HK Phoenix TV Military News. FBIS# CPP20060626715001, 21 June 2006
44. Office of the Secretary of Defense. Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/pdfs/ China%20Report%202006.pdf
45. [Our Country Successfully Launches Two Scientific Experiment Small Satellites] [Aerospace China 5 (2004)] http://www.space.cetin.net.cn/ docs/ht0405/ht0405zgbd01.htm
46. Pakistan Arrests 13 in Car Bomb Attack on Chinese Xinhua. 5 May 2004, http://www.china.org.cn/english/2004/May/94666.htm
47. Pala, Christopher. (2006) China Pays Dearly for Kazakhstan Oil New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/business/worldbusiness/ 17kazakh.html
48. Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations.Contribution to the UN Budgets. http://www.eda.admin.ch/newyork_miss/e/home/unbudg.html
49. (2003) Strategic Surprise? US-China Relations in the Early Twenty-First Century. Newport RI: Naval War College Press.
50. Ross, Robert. (2006) Taiwan's Fading Independence Movement Foreign Affairs, 85/2.
51. Senior Military Officer: China to Develop Its Own Aircraft Carrier Fleet Wen Wei Po 10 March 2006, FBIS document no. CPP20060310508004
52. Shelton, Clifford. (2005) Dragon Ascending: China's Growing Economic Relationship with Africa The Africa Journal.
53. Shichor, Yitzhak.The US Factor in Israel's Military Relations With China China Brief, The Jamestown Foundation. 5/12. 24 May 2005, http://www.jamestown.org/publications
54. [Small Satellite Development Attains Breakthroughs] [Spaceflight & Aviation]. [Armed Forces Dual Use Technology and Products 5 (2004)], http://www.space.cetin.net.cn/docs/mp0405/mp0405hthk.htm
55. (2006) Taiwan Politician Has Explaining to Do New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Taiwan-Weapon-Woes.html
56. 'The National Security Strategy of the United States of America', March 2006
57. (2004) [There is a GPS System with 'Chinese Characteristics - The Beidou Satellite System's Strategic Use] [World Outlook] (8).
58. Timberg, Craig.Militants Warn China Over Oil in Niger Delta Washington Post. pp. A15. 1 May 2006
59. US Dept. of Defense. (2000) Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2000/ china06222000.htm
60. US Dept. of Defense. 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review. http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/
61. Venezuela Buys Military Goods from China, Blasts US Taipei Times. 6 Aug. 2005, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/06/ 2003266653
62. Wachman, Alan. (2001) Challenges And Opportunities In The Taiwan Strait: Defining America's Role(17). National Council on US-China Relations, China Policy Series http://www.ncuscr.org/Publications/ Cross-Strait%20Report.pdf
63. [Wang Guifang] [National Interests and the Choice of Chinese Security Strategies] [China Military Science]. 19/1, pp. 76-83.
64. [Wang Jisi] [The Historic Lesson of the US-Soviet Contest for Hegemony and China's Peaceful Rise], essay. In China's Peaceful Rise: The New Path. Beijing: [Party School International Strategy Research Institute]. April 2004
65. Wohlforth, William. (1999) The Stability of a Unipolar World International Security, 24/1, pp. 5-41.
66. WZ-10 Attack Helicopter China Defense Today. http://www.sinodefence.com/ airforce/helicopter/wz10.asp
67. Xian, Wu.The Economic Incentives in the China-EU Partnership', essay. In China-EU Partnership: Possibilities and Limits. Beijing: China Social Sciences Publishing House.
68. 'Y-8, 'Balance Beam' Airborne Early Warning Aircraft',
69. Yardley, Jim and Keith, Bradsher. (2005) China Accuses US and Japan of Interfering on Taiwan New York Times.
70. Yardley, Jim and Thom, Shanker. (2005) Chinese Navy Buildup Gives Pentagon New Worries New York Times.
71. [Yang Yi] [Can Military Contacts Further US-China Relations], [Globe], pp. 22-24. 1 June 2006
72. [Res. Col. Ying Shaoji], [A Discussion of Chinese Communist Party Small Satellite Science and Technology Trends', [Air Force Science Monthly], Taiwan, retrieved from
73. (2005) [Yu Xiang] [Implementation of the EU's 'Galileo' Project Enters the Next Stage] [Aerospace Electronic Warfare], (2).
74. (2005) [Zhang Feng] [Nuclear Submarines and China's Navy] [Naval & Merchant Ships].
75. [Zhang Jie] [China's Anti-Terrorism Policy: Principle, Substance, and Measures] [Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies], pp. 31-37.
76. (2005) [Zhang Jingquan] [A Preliminary Probe of Japan's Maritime Rights Outlook and Maritime Strategy] [Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies], 5.
77. Zhang, Wenmu. (2003) China's Energy Security and Policy Choices Shijie Jingji Yu Zhengzhi [World Economics & International Politics] (5), pp. 11-16. FBIS# CPP20030528000169
78. Zhao, Huasheng.Can China, Russia, and the United States Cooperate in Central Asia? Zhanlue yu Guanli, March 2004, FBIS# CPP20040420000264
79. (2005) [Zheng Yisheng] [A New Change in America's Policy Toward Southeast Asia as Viewed Through Military Exercises] [Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies] (8), pp. 50-56.
80. (2002) [Zuo Saiqun] Sea Eye Looks Down on 10,000 Miles of Sea Dominion - Recording Our Country's First Ocean Satellite]; [People's Net] http://www.people.com.cn/GB/kejiao/42/155/20020516/729817.html