China’s World Strategy Thoughts in “Three Historical Resolutions”: Ideological Metaphors and Foreign Policies
The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between ideological metaphors and foreign policy in traditional Chinese history and modern diplomacy. Since the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Beijing has gone through three revolutionary stages under the leadership of Mao Zedong (1943-1976), Deng Xiaoping (1973- 1989) and Xi Jinping (2012 - present). In particular, under the leadership of the current leader of China, Xi Jinping, since November 2012, the most striking feature of China’s foreign policy is the implementation of an active world strategy aimed at becoming a global power. Clearly, China is attempting a creative transformation in the modern sense, inheriting a traditional cultural heritage and ideology that was great in the past. Using the ideological tradition of its unique history, China invents modern diplomatic discourses as metaphors for Beijing’s global strategy and develops corresponding political, economic and cultural institutions at the global level.