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Haunted by Chaos Haunted by CHaos China’s Grand Strategy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping sulmaan Wasif KHan Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2018 Haunted by CHaos China’s Grand Strategy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping sulmaan Wasif KHan Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2018 Copyright © 2018 by Sulmaan Wasif Khan All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Khan, Sulmaan Wasif, author. Title: Haunted by chaos : China’s grand strategy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping / Sulmaan Wasif Khan. Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017052653 | ISBN 9780674977099 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: China— History—1949– | China— Foreign relations— 1949– | China— Economic policy—1949– | Power (Social sciences)— China— History. | Nationalism— China— History. Classification: LCC DS777.56 K53 2018 | DDC 327.51— dc23 LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2017052653 Jacket design: Graciela Galup Jacket image: Photograph of Xi Jinping: Nicolas Asfouri/Pool Photo via AP; Mao Zedong: Universal History Archive/UIG/Bridgeman Images For the Gang of Three at Yale: John Gaddis, Charles Hill, and Paul Kennedy CONTENTS Introduction · 1 . Forging Great China · 1 9 . Mao Zedong and the Balance of Power · 2 53 . Deng Xiaoping and Seeking Truth from Facts · 3 127 . Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and the Virtue of Dullness · 4 170 . Xi Jinping and the Insecurity of Power · 5 209 Conclusion · 236 · Notes 249 · Further Reading 293 · Acknowle dgments 297 · Index 303 CHINA 1949 RUSSIAN S.F.S.R. Heilong Jia Zhenbao Hsingan ng Island U.S.S.R. Heilong- jiang Hejiang Jiamusi Hulunbuir Qiqihar So n ghuSa KAZAKH S.S.R. Nenjiang Harbino n Tacheng g Jilin jia MONGOLIA Liaobei Jilin ng KYRGYZ Yili TAJI S.S.R. Urumqi Liao Liaoyuan o d o n g Sea of K S.S. Tarim Chahar Rehe Liaoxi Lia NORTH Japan R. Chengde Dandong KOREA Suiyuan Zhangjiakou Xinjiang PAKISTAN Hohhot Beijing SOUTH JAPAN Gansu Tianjin KOREA Ningxia Baoding Yinchuan Taiyuan Hebei CHINA Jinan Yellow Shanxi Shandong Sea Xining Pingyuan Lanzhou Qinghai Jiangsu Kaifeng Gansu Xian Henan Tibet Area Shaanxi Nanjing Shanghai Hefei NEHPALIM A L A Y ALhasa ChamdoXBikataanngg KanGgadniznig CShiecnhgduuan ChangH Jaiann Sgh uiHWuuhbaeni ANnanhcuhaingZWhenezjhHioaaunnggzhoDuZahcohuesnSheannEkaaksutS/ Ceahina Chongqing Diaoyu Changsha Jiangxi INDIA Ganges BHUTAN Hunan Fuzhou Mazu Xichang Fujian Taipei PAKEAISSTTAN Brahmaputra Kunming GuizGhuoiyaung Guangdong XiaJimneNmneannriTaiwan ddy Yunnan Guangxi Guangzhou Bay of BIrraUwaRMA weleaSn RedVNIEOTRNTAHM XiN Jainannigng XiachSuhaaMnngAcHhCuAOaOnNG KOSNoGutSh eCahina Bengal LAOS Haikou PHILIPPINES Disputed boundary Hainan THAILAND viii CHINA 1949 RUSSIAN S.F.S.R. Heilong Jia Zhenbao Hsingan ng Island U.S.S.R. Heilong- jiang Hejiang Jiamusi Hulunbuir Qiqihar So n ghuSa KAZAKH S.S.R. Nenjiang Harbino n Tacheng g Jilin jia MONGOLIA Liaobei Jilin ng KYRGYZ Yili TAJI S.S.R. Urumqi Liao Liaoyuan o d o n g Sea of K S.S. Tarim Chahar Rehe Liaoxi Lia NORTH Japan R. Chengde Dandong KOREA Suiyuan Zhangjiakou Xinjiang PAKISTAN Hohhot Beijing SOUTH JAPAN Gansu Tianjin KOREA Ningxia Baoding Yinchuan Taiyuan Hebei CHINA Jinan Yellow Shanxi Shandong Sea Xining Pingyuan Lanzhou Qinghai Jiangsu Kaifeng Gansu Xian Henan Tibet Area Shaanxi Nanjing Shanghai Hefei NEHPALIM A L A Y ALhasa ChamdoXBikataanngg KanGgadniznig CShiecnhgduuan ChangH Jaiann Sgh uiHWuuhbaeni ANnanhcuhaingZWhenezjhHioaaunnggzhoDuZahcohuesnSheannEkaaksutS/ Ceahina Chongqing Diaoyu Changsha Jiangxi INDIA Ganges BHUTAN Hunan Fuzhou Mazu Xichang Fujian Taipei PAKEAISSTTAN Brahmaputra Kunming GuizGhuoiyaung Guangdong XiaJimneNmneannriTaiwan ddy Yunnan Guangxi Guangzhou Bay of BIrraUwaRMA weleaSn RedVNIEOTRNTAHM XiN Jainannigng XiachSuhaaMnngAcHhCuAOaOnNG KOSNoGutSh eCahina Bengal LAOS Haikou PHILIPPINES Disputed boundary Hainan THAILAND ix
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