Excerpt From Summary of Rush Doshi's The Long Game
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China’s leaders had always viewed the United States as a major threat to China’s security, and this mindset continued following the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. As a result, China developed a strategy to blunt American influence.
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China’s grand strategy under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping was to avoid conflict, and to do so, they had to avoid challenging the United States. This strategy was called Tao Guang Yang Hui, which means Peaceful Rise.
