BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The Information Office of the State Council on Tuesday published a white paper on China's military strategy.
Preface
The world today is
undergoing unprecedented changes, and China is at a critical stage of reform
and development. In their endeavor to realize the Chinese Dream of great
national rejuvenation, the Chinese people aspire to join hands with the rest of
the world to maintain peace, pursue development and share prosperity.
China's destiny is
vitally interrelated with that of the world as a whole. A prosperous and stable
world would provide China with opportunities, while China's peaceful
development also offers an opportunity for the whole world. China will
unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development, pursue an independent
foreign policy of peace and a national defense policy that is defensive in
nature, oppose hegemonism and power politics in all forms, and will never seek
hegemony or expansion. China's armed forces will remain a staunch force in
maintaining world peace.
Building a strong
national defense and powerful armed forces is a strategic task of China's
modernization drive and a security guarantee for China's peaceful development.
Subordinate to and serving the national strategic goal, China's military
strategy is an overarching guidance for blueprinting and directing the building
and employment of the country's armed forces. At this new historical starting
point, China's armed forces will adapt themselves to new changes in the
national security environment, firmly follow the goal of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) to build a strong military for the new situation, implement the
military strategic guideline of active defense in the new situation, accelerate
the modernization of national defense and armed forces, resolutely safeguard
China's sovereignty, security and development interests, and provide a strong
guarantee for achieving the national strategic goal of the "two
centenaries" and for realizing the Chinese Dream of achieving the great
rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
I. National Security Situation
In today's world, the
global trends toward multi-polarity and economic globalization are intensifying,
and an information society is rapidly coming into being. Countries are
increasingly bound together in a community of shared destiny. Peace,
development, cooperation and mutual benefit have become an irresistible tide of
the times.
Profound changes are
taking place in the international situation, as manifested in the historic
changes in the balance of power, global governance structure, Asia-Pacific
geostrategic landscape, and international competition in the economic,
scientific and technological, and military fields. The forces for world peace
are on the rise, so are the factors against war. In the foreseeable future, a
world war is unlikely, and the international situation is expected to remain
generally peaceful. There are, however, new threats from hegemonism, power
politics and neo-interventionism. International competition for the
redistribution of power, rights and interests is tending to intensify.
Terrorist activities are growing increasingly worrisome. Hotspot issues, such
as ethnic, religious, border and territorial disputes, are complex and
volatile. Small-scale wars, conflicts and crises are recurrent in some regions.
Therefore, the world still faces both immediate and potential threats of local
wars.
With a generally
favorable external environment, China will remain in an important period of
strategic opportunities for its development, a period in which much can be
achieved. China's comprehensive national strength, core competitiveness and
risk-resistance capacity are notably increasing, and China enjoys growing
international standing and influence. Domestically, the Chinese people's
standard of living has remarkably improved, and Chinese society remains stable.
China, as a large developing country, still faces multiple and complex security
threats, as well as increasing external impediments and challenges. Subsistence
and development security concerns, as well as traditional and non-traditional
security threats are interwoven. Therefore, China has an arduous task to
safeguard its national unification, territorial integrity and development
interests.
As the world economic
and strategic center of gravity is shifting ever more rapidly to the
Asia-Pacific region, the US carries on its "rebalancing" strategy and
enhances its military presence and its military alliances in this region. Japan
is sparing no effort to dodge the post-war mechanism, overhauling its military
and security policies. Such development has caused grave concerns among other
countries in the region. On the issues concerning China's territorial
sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, some of its offshore neighbors
take provocative actions and reinforce their military presence on China's reefs
and islands that they have illegally occupied. Some external countries are also
busy meddling in South China Sea affairs; a tiny few maintain constant close-in
air and sea surveillance and reconnaissance against China. It is thus a
long-standing task for China to safeguard its maritime rights and interests.
Certain disputes over land territory are still smoldering. The Korean Peninsula
and Northeast Asia are shrouded in instability and uncertainty. Regional
terrorism, separatism and extremism are rampant. All these have a negative
impact on the security and stability along China's periphery.
The Taiwan issue bears
on China's reunification and long-term development, and reunification is an
inevitable trend in the course of national rejuvenation. In recent years,
cross-Taiwan Straits relations have sustained a sound momentum of peaceful
development, but the root cause of instability has not yet been removed, and
the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and their activities are
still the biggest threat to the peaceful development of cross-Straits
relations. Further, China faces a formidable task to maintain political
security and social stability. Separatist forces for "East Turkistan
independence" and "Tibet independence" have inflicted serious
damage, particularly with escalating violent terrorist activities by "East
Turkistan independence" forces. Besides, anti-China forces have never
given up their attempt to instigate a "color revolution" in this
country. Consequently, China faces more challenges in terms of national
security and social stability. With the growth of China's national interests,
its national security is more vulnerable to international and regional turmoil,
terrorism, piracy, serious natural disasters and epidemics, and the security of
overseas interests concerning energy and resources, strategic sea lines of
communication (SLOCs), as well as institutions, personnel and assets abroad,
has become an imminent issue.
The world revolution in
military affairs (RMA) is proceeding to a new stage. Long-range, precise,
smart, stealthy and unmanned weapons and equipment are becoming increasingly
sophisticated. Outer space and cyber space have become new commanding heights
in strategic competition among all parties. The form of war is accelerating its
evolution to informationization. World major powers are actively adjusting their
national security strategies and defense policies, and speeding up their
military transformation and force restructuring. The aforementioned
revolutionary changes in military technologies and the form of war have not
only had a significant impact on the international political and military
landscapes, but also posed new and severe challenges to China's military
security.
II. Missions and Strategic Tasks of China's Armed Forces
China's national
strategic goal is to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society
in all respects by 2021 when the CPC celebrates its centenary; and the building
of a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic,
culturally advanced and harmonious by 2049 when the People's Republic of China
(PRC) marks its centenary. It is a Chinese Dream of achieving the great
rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Chinese Dream is to make the country
strong. China's armed forces take their dream of making the military strong as
part of the Chinese Dream. Without a strong military, a country can be neither
safe nor strong. In the new historical period, aiming at the CPC's goal of
building a strong military in the new situation, China's armed forces will
unswervingly adhere to the principle of the CPC's absolute leadership, uphold
combat effectiveness as the sole and fundamental standard, carry on their
glorious traditions, and work to build themselves into a people's military that
follows the CPC's commands, can fight and win, and boasts a fine style of work.
In the new circumstances,
the national security issues facing China encompass far more subjects, extend
over a greater range, and cover a longer time span than at any time in the
country's history. Internally and externally, the factors at play are more
complex than ever before. Therefore, it is necessary to uphold a holistic view
of national security, balance internal and external security, homeland and
citizen security, traditional and non-traditional security, subsistence and
development security, and China's own security and the common security of the
world.
To realize China's
national strategic goal and implement the holistic view of national security,
new requirements have been raised for innovative development of China's
military strategy and the accomplishment of military missions and tasks. In
response to the new requirement of safeguarding national security and
development interests, China's armed forces will work harder to create a
favorable strategic posture with more emphasis on the employment of military forces
and means, and provide a solid security guarantee for the country's peaceful
development. In response to the new requirement arising from the changing
security situation, the armed forces will constantly innovate strategic
guidance and operational thoughts so as to ensure the capabilities of fighting
and winning. In response to the new requirement arising from the worldwide RMA,
the armed forces will pay close attention to the challenges in new security
domains, and work hard to seize the strategic initiative in military
competition. In response to the new requirement coming from the country's
growing strategic interests, the armed forces will actively participate in both
regional and international security cooperation and effectively secure China's
overseas interests. And in response to the new requirement arising from China's
all-round and deepening reform, the armed forces will continue to follow the
path of civil-military integration (CMI), actively participate in the country's
economic and social construction, and firmly maintain social stability, so as
to remain a staunch force for upholding the CPC's ruling position and a
reliable force for developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.
China's armed forces
will effectively perform their missions in the new historical period,
resolutely uphold the leadership of the CPC and the socialist system with
Chinese characteristics, safeguard China's sovereignty, security and
development interests, safeguard the important period of strategic opportunities
for China's development, maintain regional and world peace, and strive to
provide a strong guarantee for completing the building of a moderately
prosperous society in all respects and achieving the great rejuvenation of the
Chinese nation.
China's armed forces
mainly shoulder the following strategic tasks:
-- To deal with a wide
range of emergencies and military threats, and effectively safeguard the
sovereignty and security of China's territorial land, air and sea;
-- To resolutely
safeguard the unification of the motherland;
-- To safeguard China's
security and interests in new domains;
-- To safeguard the
security of China's overseas interests;
-- To maintain strategic
deterrence and carry out nuclear counterattack;
-- To participate in
regional and international security cooperation and maintain regional and world
peace;
-- To strengthen efforts
in operations against infiltration, separatism and terrorism so as to maintain
China's political security and social stability; and
-- To perform such tasks
as emergency rescue and disaster relief, rights and interests protection, guard
duties, and support for national economic and social development.
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rhyme
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Oh sometimes you can hear them sing
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But it also, it also heals your soul
[Chorus:]
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Oh if someone plays piano with some simple chords
So melodic and endearing too
And oh if someone plays guitar with the old piano
And maybe you can hear them sing
Music gives you happiness or sadness
But it also heals your soul
[Chorus]
Oh yeah
Let the music heal you soul
Let the music take control
Let the music heal you soul
Oh, oh yes
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Let the music take control
[6x]
Just a song where is feeling show
And if someone feels the same about the simple song
Oh sometimes you can hear them sing
Music gives you happiness or sadness
But it also, it also heals your soul
[Chorus:]
Let the music heal your soul
Let the music take control
Let the music give you the power to move any mountain
Oh if someone plays piano with some simple chords
So melodic and endearing too
And oh if someone plays guitar with the old piano
And maybe you can hear them sing
Music gives you happiness or sadness
But it also heals your soul
[Chorus]
Oh yeah
Let the music heal you soul
Let the music take control
Let the music heal you soul
Oh, oh yes
Let the music heal your soul
Let the music take control
[6x]
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