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Contrary to numerous reports, China's military strategy is not "asymmetric" because China's military doctrine and strategy are the same as those of its major rivals. The main reason of this misperception is China's unique conception of power as "strategies ". Based on its unique conception of power, China concentrates its limited resources on developing "asymmetric capabilities" so that it can control certain "key areas" of the military operation in a "local war under conditions of informatization ", neutralizing the conventional military advantages of its rivals to win a limited conflict either by deterring, denying or destroying the adversary's war-fighting capabilities. This operational asymmetry guides China's efforts of military modernization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many models have been proposed to generalize China's economic reform, but the most popular "Beijing Consensus" model is not a proper description of China's development experience. It is more accurate to portray this experience as a "path" instead of a "model" or a "paradigm ". The Chinese Path of development can be seen as a gradual' experimental and simultaneous process of industrialization, marketization and globalization under the guidance of the market-preserving state, a process of economic liberalization without political liberalization. Industrialization is propelled by capital, labor and technology, marketization is implemented by the creation of a market outside of the plan, and globalization is achieved through a export-oriented strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]