ВНЕШНЕПОЛИТИЧЕСКАЯ СТРАТЕГИЯ ДЭН СЯОПИНА В ПЕРИОД ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИХ РЕФОРМ И ОТКРЫТОСТИ (КОНЕЦ 1970-Х - 1990-Е ГГ.)

Abstract

The study of the diplomatic art of Chinese leadership proceeds to attract more and more attention of Russian and foreign researchers. The paper analyzes the foreign policy strategies and concepts of the second leader of the People’s Republic of China Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s – 1990s. Undoubtedly, the first China’s leader Mao Zedong and then Deng Xiaoping both had a significant impact on the evolution of Chinese foreign relations strategy. It was these leaders who set their own models in the spirit of the era, effectively dividing the history of China’s foreign policy into two periods. The famous concept “Taking low profile and trying not to show yourself in any way” strategy proposed by Deng Xiaoping leads to the formulation and development by Jiang Zemin, the Chinese leaders of the third generation, the concept of “peaceful rise”, which then became “peaceful development”, Hu Jintao’s “soft power” and “harmonious world” and other modern concepts of foreign policy. The leading approach to the study of the issue is the historical and comparative method. It appears that not all foreign policy strategies or theories of Deng Xiaoping have moved from simplistic generalizations, hypotheses to reliable analytical conclusions or solid concepts. Only Xi Jinping is beginning to shape holistic concepts in the full sense of the word. The main task of foreign policy concepts is to generalize and reveal the general patterns of international life and China’s foreign policy.