This book analyses China’s long march from poverty to world power. In 1949 China had just emerged from one century of foreign aggressions, a threedecade-long civil war, and a dramatic decline in economic, political, cultural and military resources. When in October 1949 Mao proudly declares to the world: ‘Ours will no longer be a nation subject to insult and humiliation; we have stood up’, the country is in no position to compete with foreign countries on any of the abovementioned resources. But the Chinese leadership had the will to make the China dream, of becoming again a great power, come true. By building upon its plurisecular long history, its fundamental values, and by integrating into its thinking the Western values that were compatible with its culture, China has succeeded in realizing that dream, little by little, following its traditional way of conceiving and implementing the strategy.

这本书分析了中国从贫穷走向世界强国的漫长历程。1949年，中国刚刚从一个世纪的外国侵略、长达三十年的内战、经济、政治、文化和军事资源的急剧减少中走出来。1949年10月，毛泽东自豪地向世界宣布：“我们的国家将不再是一个受侮辱和羞辱的国家，我们已经站起来了”，在上述任何一种资源上，中国都没有资格与外国竞争。但中国领导层有决心实现中国梦，即再次成为大国。通过建立多元化的悠久历史和基本价值观，并将与中国文化相适应的西方价值观融入到中国的思维中，中国按照传统的战略构想和实施方式，一点一点地成功地实现了这一梦想。