Peaceful Evolution’, ‘Regime Change’ and China's Political Security

Bibliographic Data

ID12421912
AuthorsRussell Ong (corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume16
Issue53
Pages717-727
Publication date2007-10-25
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670560701562408
OpenAlexW1979923629
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This article explores the enduring impact of the Western strategy of ‘peaceful evolution’ (heping yanbian) on China's political security. This non-military strategy is given an added significance in an era of the lone superpower, when American military might can provide the buttress. ‘Peaceful evolution’ can also overlap with the US notion of ‘regime change’, which often entails military intervention to bring about a desired political transformation in a particular state. Specifically, the strategy of ‘peaceful evolution’ still constitutes a serious threat to China because it needs to continue opening up to the West for the sake of economic modernisation

China · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Intervention (counseling · Modernization theory · Peaceful coexistence · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Superpower · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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