Pacyfik w myśli strategicznej przywódców Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej
The Pacific in the strategic thought of the leaders of the People’s Republic of China

Summary/Abstract: The idea of a Chinese political presence in the Pacific region, andthus in the seas and oceans, is relatively young. Before the reign of Deng Xiaoping, i.e. until 1978, and since the naval expeditions of Chinese Admiral ZhengHe in the 15th century, China was not focused on activity in the Pacific region. Thismaritime absence of China thus lasted about 550 years. At that time, China wasnot striving for naval power. Only the Chinese revolution and the establishmentof the People’s Republic of China in 1949 became the cornerstone of the Chinesepresence in the open seas and small island states of Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia. The reformer Deng Xiaoping was the first to recognize the necessityof Chinese policy entering the oceans, but the three leaders who followed him mademilestones, which resulted in the real and hegemonic presence of the PRC in the region. This article presents the evolution of Chinese strategic thought in the faceof four Chinese political leaders Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and XiJinping in the Pacific region.

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