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    CHINA’S GRAND STRATEGY EVOLVING WITH CONCEPT OF SCEINTIFIC DEVELOPMENT By Francis C. W. Fung, PH.D. Under the impact of Western science and civilization, China for more than two hundred years was searching for a development direction of her own, which would not entail giving up her tradition and identity. The period of search began at the end of Qing dynasty, when China suffered humiliations one after the other under the reigning colonial powers of the time. This continuing process of development struggle lasted through foreign domination, invasions and domestic upheavals until the end of the twentieth century. China’s history of trial and tribulations during this time period is well documented in literature. From it, the Chinese nation collectively paid dearly and learned the hard lessons necessary to move forward like all great national revivals of the past. Human civilization as a whole cannot afford to neglect the over 5000 years of valuable Chinese culture and tradition. That will be most regrettable. China is moving into the 21st Century with impressive economic development unprecedented in human history for such a large nation which began with the reform and open up policy initiated by the late Deng Xiaoping. It occurred during the last 30 years of relative peace and stability after the end of the cold war era. It is understandable that the nation of China as a whole looked back at the involuntary isolation of the cold war era with a great deal of misgiving. For all nations to progress with the world it must be given the level field to interact with the outside. For great powers to exercise its naval power to contain other nation’s development is inhumane. Having achieved relative economic successes, China is now looking to sustainable development. Great debates are occurring in China especially during the last five years on its continuing path of development and modernization. From the debates, the Chinese Central government has launched two ground breaking concepts that can open the flood gate of innovative sustainable thinking. The 2004 Concept of Scientific development led eventually to the 2006 “Decisions for the building of a harmony society”. Can China develop according to this approach? What other factors must occur in China? What are the other necessary conditions for China to stay the course? Is this the direction for socialism building with Chinese characteristics of which we so often hear? Has China finally found its unique direction of development? It is important for both the developed and the developing countries to find out. It will affect the destiny of almost one quarter of world’s population and perhaps other developing countries’ development. Will this lead to the so called Beijing Consensus? More important, will it finally take hold in China and last? The essence of ancient Chinese culture is reverence of the “Great Way” (Dao) as taught by Laotze, and pursuit of Harmony with humility as a belief system handed down by Confucius and her other sages. Simply put, Chinese culture reveres the Great Way and has strong affinity for harmony. This affinity is reflected with prominence in the Chinese ceremonial way of life, landscaping, building design, Fengshui practices and moral codes and values. Dao is the highest order of belief and is the origin of the universe. It is nature’s order and is the unification of the scientific spirit and human spirit. It is the soul and roots of Chinese culture. A culture can never deny its own heritage. A culture which looses its own roots is devoid of its own soul. The ultimate goal of practicing Dao is to reach inner peace and live in harmony with the universe (Tien Ren He Yi). This includes harmony with nature, harmony within the family, the society, the country and harmony among nations. To reach broad harmony, Dao must lead us to harmony through trust, justice, equity, forgiveness, tolerance and humility. Human development so far has been dominated by “

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    CHINA’S GRAND STRATEGY EVOLVING WITH CONCEPT OF SCEINTIFIC DEVELOPMENT By Francis C. W. Fung, PH.D. Under the impact of Western science and civilization, China for more than two hundred years was searching for a development direction of her own, which would not entail giving up her tradition and identity. The period of search began at the end of Qing dynasty, when China suffered humiliations one after the other under the reigning colonial powers of the time. This continuing process of development struggle lasted through foreign domination, invasions and domestic upheavals until the end of the twentieth century. China’s history of trial and tribulations during this time period is well documented in literature. From it, the Chinese nation collectively paid dearly and learned the hard lessons necessary to move forward like all great national revivals of the past. Human civilization as a whole cannot afford to neglect the over 5000 years of valuable Chinese culture and tradition. That will be most regrettable. China is moving into the 21st Century with impressive economic development unprecedented in human history for such a large nation which began with the reform and open up policy initiated by the late Deng Xiaoping. It occurred during the last 30 years of relative peace and stability after the end of the cold war era. It is understandable that the nation of China as a whole looked back at the involuntary isolation of the cold war era with a great deal of misgiving. For all nations to progress with the world it must be given the level field to interact with the outside. For great powers to exercise its naval power to contain other nation’s development is inhumane. Having achieved relative economic successes, China is now looking to sustainable development. Great debates are occurring in China especially during the last five years on its continuing path of development and modernization. From the debates, the Chinese Central government has launched two ground breaking concepts that can open the flood gate of innovative sustainable thinking. The 2004 Concept of Scientific development led eventually to the 2006 “Decisions for the building of a harmony society”. Can China develop according to this approach? What other factors must occur in China? What are the other necessary conditions for China to stay the course? Is this the direction for socialism building with Chinese characteristics of which we so often hear? Has China finally found its unique direction of development? It is important for both the developed and the developing countries to find out. It will affect the destiny of almost one quarter of world’s population and perhaps other developing countries’ development. Will this lead to the so called Beijing Consensus? More important, will it finally take hold in China and last? The essence of ancient Chinese culture is reverence of the “Great Way” (Dao) as taught by Laotze, and pursuit of Harmony with humility as a belief system handed down by Confucius and her other sages. Simply put, Chinese culture reveres the Great Way and has strong affinity for harmony. This affinity is reflected with prominence in the Chinese ceremonial way of life, landscaping, building design, Fengshui practices and moral codes and values. Dao is the highest order of belief and is the origin of the universe. It is nature’s order and is the unification of the scientific spirit and human spirit. It is the soul and roots of Chinese culture. A culture can never deny its own heritage. A culture which looses its own roots is devoid of its own soul. The ultimate goal of practicing Dao is to reach inner peace and live in harmony with the universe (Tien Ren He Yi). This includes harmony with nature, harmony within the family, the society, the country and harmony among nations. To reach broad harmony, Dao must lead us to harmony through trust, justice, equity, forgiveness, tolerance and humility. Human development so far has been dominated by “

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    CHINA’S GRAND STRATEGY EVOLVING WITH CONCEPT OF SCEINTIFIC DEVELOPMENT By Francis C. W. Fung, PH.D. Under the impact of Western science and civilization, China for more than two hundred years was searching for a development direction of her own, which would not entail giving up her tradition and identity. The period of search began at the end of Qing dynasty, when China suffered humiliations one after the other under the reigning colonial powers of the time. This continuing process of development struggle lasted through foreign domination, invasions and domestic upheavals until the end of the twentieth century. China’s history of trial and tribulations during this time period is well documented in literature. From it, the Chinese nation collectively paid dearly and learned the hard lessons necessary to move forward like all great national revivals of the past. Human civilization as a whole cannot afford to neglect the over 5000 years of valuable Chinese culture and tradition. That will be most regrettable. China is moving into the 21st Century with impressive economic development unprecedented in human history for such a large nation which began with the reform and open up policy initiated by the late Deng Xiaoping. It occurred during the last 30 years of relative peace and stability after the end of the cold war era. It is understandable that the nation of China as a whole looked back at the involuntary isolation of the cold war era with a great deal of misgiving. For all nations to progress with the world it must be given the level field to interact with the outside. For great powers to exercise its naval power to contain other nation’s development is inhumane. Having achieved relative economic successes, China is now looking to sustainable development. Great debates are occurring in China especially during the last five years on its continuing path of development and modernization. From the debates, the Chinese Central government has launched two ground breaking concepts that can open the flood gate of innovative sustainable thinking. The 2004 Concept of Scientific development led eventually to the 2006 “Decisions for the building of a harmony society”. Can China develop according to this approach? What other factors must occur in China? What are the other necessary conditions for China to stay the course? Is this the direction for socialism building with Chinese characteristics of which we so often hear? Has China finally found its unique direction of development? It is important for both the developed and the developing countries to find out. It will affect the destiny of almost one quarter of world’s population and perhaps other developing countries’ development. Will this lead to the so called Beijing Consensus? More important, will it finally take hold in China and last? The essence of ancient Chinese culture is reverence of the “Great Way” (Dao) as taught by Laotze, and pursuit of Harmony with humility as a belief system handed down by Confucius and her other sages. Simply put, Chinese culture reveres the Great Way and has strong affinity for harmony. This affinity is reflected with prominence in the Chinese ceremonial way of life, landscaping, building design, Fengshui practices and moral codes and values. Dao is the highest order of belief and is the origin of the universe. It is nature’s order and is the unification of the scientific spirit and human spirit. It is the soul and roots of Chinese culture. A culture can never deny its own heritage. A culture which looses its own roots is devoid of its own soul. The ultimate goal of practicing Dao is to reach inner peace and live in harmony with the universe (Tien Ren He Yi). This includes harmony with nature, harmony within the family, the society, the country and harmony among nations. To reach broad harmony, Dao must lead us to harmony through trust, justice, equity, forgiveness, tolerance and humility. Human development so far has been dominated by “

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    CHINA'S GRAND STRATEGY EVOLVING WITH CONCEPT

    OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTT

    CHINA’S GRAND STRATEGY EVOLVING WITH CONCEPT OF SCEINTIFIC


    DEVELOPMENT
    By Francis C. W. Fung, PH.D.
    www.worldharmonyorg.net

    Under the impact of Western science and civilization, China for more
    than two hundred years was searching for a development direction of
    her own, which would not entail giving up her tradition and identity.
    The period of search began at the end of Qing dynasty, when China
    suffered humiliations one after the other under the reigning colonial
    powers of the time. This continuing process of development struggle
    lasted through foreign domination, invasions and domestic upheavals
    until the end of the twentieth century. China’s history of trial and
    tribulations during this time period is well documented in literature.
    From it, the Chinese nation collectively paid dearly and learned the
    hard lessons necessary to move forward like all great national revivals
    of the past. Human civilization as a whole cannot afford to neglect the
    over 5000 years of valuable Chinese culture and tradition. That will be
    most regrettable.

    China is moving into the 21st Century with impressive economic


    development unprecedented in human history for such a large nation
    which began with the reform and open up policy initiated by the late
    Deng Xiaoping. It occurred during the last 30 years of relative peace
    and stability after the end of the cold war era. It is understandable
    that the nation of China as a whole looked back at the involuntary
    isolation of the cold war era with a great deal of misgiving. For all
    nations to progress with the world it must be given the level field to
    interact with the outside. For great powers to exercise its naval power
    to contain other nation’s development is inhumane.

    Having achieved relative economic successes, China is now looking to


    sustainable development. Great debates are occurring in China
    especially during the last five years on its continuing path of
    development and modernization. From the debates, the Chinese
    Central government has launched two ground breaking concepts that
    can open the flood gate of innovative sustainable thinking. The 2004
    Concept of Scientific development led eventually to the 2006
    “Decisions for the building of a harmony society”. Can China develop
    according to this approach? What other factors must occur in China?
    What are the other necessary conditions for China to stay the course?
    Is this the direction for socialism building with Chinese characteristics
    of which we so often hear? Has China finally found its unique direction
    of development? It is important for both the developed and the
    developing countries to find out. It will affect the destiny of almost one
    quarter of world’s population and perhaps other developing countries’
    development. Will this lead to the so called Beijing Consensus? More
    important, will it finally take hold in China and last?

    The essence of ancient Chinese culture is reverence of the “Great Way”


    (Dao) as taught by Laotze, and pursuit of Harmony with humility as a
    belief system handed down by Confucius and her other sages. Simply
    put, Chinese culture reveres the Great Way and has strong affinity for
    harmony. This affinity is reflected with prominence in the Chinese
    ceremonial way of life, landscaping, building design, Fengshui practices
    and moral codes and values. Dao is the highest order of belief and is
    the origin of the universe. It is nature’s order and is the unification of
    the scientific spirit and human spirit. It is the soul and roots of Chinese
    culture. A culture can never deny its own heritage. A culture which
    looses its own roots is devoid of its own soul.

    The ultimate goal of practicing Dao is to reach inner peace and live in
    harmony with the universe (Tien Ren He Yi). This includes harmony
    with nature, harmony within the family, the society, the country and
    harmony among nations. To reach broad harmony, Dao must lead us
    to harmony through trust, justice, equity, forgiveness, tolerance and
    humility. Human development so far has been dominated by “Survival
    Aggression” with the strong overwhelming the weak, the worst
    examples were military conquests, colonialism and forcing one’s
    development model on others by force. China as a traditional
    agriculture, as opposed to a predominantly nomadic society, has been
    an exceptionally peaceful major nation that did not have a history of
    foreign conquest. Because of the last two hundred years of domination
    and humiliation by foreign imperialistic nations China today has a
    strong distaste to the practice of “Survival Aggression”. That is why
    China today is advocating harmony society and world harmony
    through harmony renaissance (see “China’s Harmony Renaissance-
    What the World Must Know” by the author).

    Today the inevitable tide of harmony with nature is also beginning to


    catch on. The world consensus of harmony with nature will lead to the
    recognition of the need for harmony among nations also. Mutual
    development, win-win development will gradually replace the past
    blind zero sum mentality of world development. World harmony
    renaissance will release humans from the bondage of destructive-
    survival confrontations. It will release our collective creative energy for
    constructive mutual development. Human history has gone through
    two major phases of development. Approximately two thousand years
    ago, the world saw a burst of philosophical ideas spreading through
    the world for universal love and order. Five hundred years or so ago,
    the age of enlightenment and European Renaissance gave us
    democracy and today’s modern science. Harmony Renaissance is the
    third phase of development that will yield a level playing field for all
    nations to enjoy the fruits of common human innovation. Our collective
    accomplishments will far surpass the achievements of European
    Renaissance (see “World harmony Renaissance- Promise for a Better
    World” by the author).

    Having achieved relative economic success during the last 30 years of


    reform and opening up the new China of today is faced with the
    dilemmas of uneven development, reconciliation of the old and new
    caused by breakneck speed of change. The new China of 58 years is
    going through unprecedented upheavals relative to its entire recorded
    history of over 5000 years. As a matter of fact the tumult caused by
    unprecedented rapid change experienced by China today, also has no
    parallel in human history of any major nation. At times, China
    overwhelmed by the impact of Western culture, appeared to be lost.

    As meritorious as the philosophies of DAO and harmony as universal


    common values, they will not become the grand strategy of
    development for China. There also needs to be no fear for the so called
    “Beijing Consensus” that will be exported to the developing world. The
    future world is fast becoming a multilateral world. Just as we witness
    how the world conflicts brought on by attempts to claim religious
    superiority led to cultural clashes, the disastrous aftermath of
    America’s enforcing of its own democratic system on Iraq is for all to
    see. Religion, democracy, Dao and harmony philosophies are essential
    to teach us common values for our hearts to reach peace within
    ourselves. They are beliefs for each person to strive for according to
    his cultural heritage. On the other hand the grand strategy of
    development for any nation must develop from within and not to be
    forced from the outside. In a multilateral world no nation wishes to be
    preached at either.

    So for China, its grand strategy for development must be “socialism


    with Chinese characteristics” as wisely announced by the consensus
    conclusion reached by the 17 CPC National Congress that just ended
    October 21st, 2007. According to the headlines, China’s grand strategy
    will evolve from the concept of scientific development with the
    objective of building a relatively prosperous, just, and harmonious
    society for all. And the grand strategy incorporating the objective of
    harmony will be the result of a comprehensive master plan of
    executable engineering system analysis, comprising the following
    critical pieces. The order of importance of each element in the
    following outline is not fixed, but will sure be subject to the dynamic
    evolvement of a complex and fluid society in its development. But the
    harmony spirit of the great Dao of discovering the new and old must
    remain intact as put forth by the author in the following summary:

    ALL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS MUST BE CONTINULY EVOLVING AND


    IN TOUCH WITH WORLD DEVELOPMENT. ONCE DISTURBED FORCIBLY
    BY OUTSIDE FORCE INSTABILITY WILL SET IN.

    CHINESE GRAND STRATEGY IS EVOLVING FROM THE 2004 CONCEPT


    OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT. IT IS, ACCORDING TO THE CPC, A
    SYSTEM OF CHINESE SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS

    CHINESE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT SHALL CONSISTS OF ECONOMIC,


    POLITICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL ELEMENTS

    CONTINUE THE CURRENT MOMENTUM OF REFORM AND OPENING UP,


    FINE TUNE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE
    DEVELOPMENT

    EXPAND CONCEPT OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT INTO SYSTEM


    ENGINEERING GUIDE LINES

    GRADUALLY INTRODUCE POLITICAL REFORM TO INTRODUCE MORE


    PARTICIPATION TO SUIT MODERN DEVELOPMENT

    PROMULGATE LAWS TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL


    REFORMS. DEVELOPMENT MUST BE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE

    SOCIALISM IN THE INITIAL STAGE MUST BUILD A STRONG ECONOMIC


    FOUNDATION. CHINA IS STILL AT THE EARLY STAGE OF SOCIALIST
    DEVELOPMENT

    MARXISM MUST BE EVOLUTIONARY AND IN TOUCH WITH WORLD


    DEVELOPMENT

    CHINA WILL BE FOREVER AGAINST HEGEMONY AND WILL PROMOTE


    MUTUAL AND WIN-WIN DEVELOPMENT
    ADVOCATE DAO AND HARMONY RENAISSANCE AS NATIONAL REVIVAL

    ADVOCATE HARMONY DIPLOMACY AS THE GOLDEN RULE OF WORLD


    GOVERNANCE

    SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS IS SOCIALISM WITH


    HARMONY

    BUILD HARMONY SOCIETY WITH HARMONY BETWEEN TRADITIONAL


    VALUE, MODERN HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIALISTIC DEVELOPMENT

    MAINTAIN HARMONY BETWEEN STATE AND DIFFERENT FORMS OF


    PRIVATE AND MARKET ECONOMY

    PROMOTE WORLD HARMONY THROUGH ECOLOGY CONSENSUS AND


    UNITY OF MAN WITH NATURE. IN CHINA THE SAYING IS TIEN REN HE
    YI.
    IN ENGLISH, LACKING A TRADITIONAL TERM PERHAPS THE APT
    DESCRIPITION IS COLLECTIVELY BUILDING A GREEN WORLD.

    Francis C. W. Fung, PH.D.


    Director General
    World Harmony Organization

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