Discuss the forces and influences shaping Chinese strategic culture and security concerns at the turn of the twenty-first century. How will China's emerging power status impact on the region? From the introduction of Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms with the exhortation that "...to get rich is glorious…" in 1978 , China's primary concern has been to make itself a prosperous and secure nation by way of processes of economic reform. In current Chinese terminology the stated goal is …
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…size as a potential consumer market is already contributing to growth in the region. Forecasts on China don't always seem to take into account the gravity of China's domestic concerns. Regionalism, social and ideological concerns, a requirement for yet more reforms don't guarantee China's in the future. There is the possibility hat China may fall before it rises, thus in attempting to prevent this China has a vested interest in promoting regional and domestic stability.