CHINESE COMMUNIST PATTERNS OF STRATEGY AND NEGOTIATION

Abstract

The report discusses the potential significance for United States- China relations of a better understanding of Chinese Communist patterns of strategy and negotiation. These patterns are clarified by considering strategic maneuvering in relation to interaction and influence generally, and by viewing Chinese Communist behavior against the background of Chinese models of cooperative and antagonistic relationships. Major strategic themes discerned include avoidance of clinches, keeping the initiative, and utilization of contradictory opposites. Chinese negotiation emphasizes either assumptions of harmony, or struggle between adversaries; the premises of Western diplomacy clash with both.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0707736

Entities

People

  • John H. Weakland

Organizations

  • Mental Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Communists
  • Diplomacy
  • Families (Human)
  • Foreign Languages
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • International Relations
  • Language
  • Military Strategy
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • United States

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Educational Psychology