- 期刊
China's World View and Policies Towards India
並列摘要
While China had not issued an explicit outline of its world view, several recent pronouncements by the Chinese leadership and other stakeholders indicate that certain interpretations could be made of these statements. Initially, as the Common Programme of September 1949 and subsequently the four constitutions (till 1982 and since amended) indicated China's objectives domestically are to enhance substantially gross domestic product (GDP) figures. In the early 1980s, Deng Xiaoping in his guidelines ”taoguang yanghui” emphasised on ”economic development at the centre” and advocated ”hiding capabilities and biding for time”. As the 16(superscript th) Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress in 2002 and reiterated by the 17(superscript th) CCP Congress in 2007, further emphasised, China's goal is to build a ”well-off society” [xiaogang shehui] by 2020-that of reaching the socio-economic standards of the developed western European countries. All these are to convert the nation into a ”rich country and strong army” [fuguo qianbing]. This broadly coincides with the Chinese interest in the concept and phenomenon of comprehensive national power (CNP) build-up from the 1980s. This is a key feature in China's world view today. Within this, relations with India, specifically as the latter's CNP are on the rise, become important, although we should note that China's world view is generally pitched at the then superpowers (United States and the Soviet Union) and currently on the United States. Although China currently sees itself rising, while that of the US declining, it still needs to work with other countries in the international system. As India's CNP is also on the rise, China's policies towards India were re-adjusted to include either active/controlled engagement, or balancing or hedging or even containment, if not status quo policies.