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| party = [[Communist Party of China]]
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| alma_mater = [[Beihang University]]
| alma_mater = [[Beihang University]]
| birth_place = [[Guangzhou]], [[China]]
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'''Wang Xiangsui''' (王湘穗, born October 1, 1954) is a professor at [[Beihang University]] in [[Beijing]], China<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.hss.buaa.edu.cn/szdw/msjs/21123.htm|title=WANG Xiang Sui}}</ref> and a retired senior [[Colonel]] in the [[People's Liberation Army]].<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=http://www.atimes.com/china/DC27Ad01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020406023548/http://www.atimes.com/china/DC27Ad01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=6 April 2002|title=Introduction: The smart colonels|date=27 March 2002|work=[[The Asia Times]]|access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref> He is also a co-[[author]] of ''[[Unrestricted Warfare]]'', a book which dictates that no [[country]] is capable of defeating a [[superpower]], such as the [[United States]], on its own terms. The book outlines steps that could weaken such superpowers, through unconventional means, including manipulation of [[bank|banking system]]s, control of the [[Mass media|media]] and [[natural resource]]s.<ref name="Times"/>
'''Wang Xiangsui''' (王湘穗, born October 1, 1954) is a professor at [[Beihang University]] in [[Beijing]], China<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.hss.buaa.edu.cn/szdw/msjs/21123.htm|title=WANG Xiang Sui}}</ref> and a retired senior [[Colonel]] in the [[People's Liberation Army]].<ref name="Times">{{cite news |date=27 March 2002 |title=Introduction: The smart colonels |url=http://www.atimes.com/china/DC27Ad01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020406023548/http://www.atimes.com/china/DC27Ad01.html |archive-date=6 April 2002 |access-date=27 May 2010 |work=[[Asia Times]]}}</ref> He is also a co-[[author]] of ''[[Unrestricted Warfare]]'', a book which dictates that no [[country]] is capable of defeating a [[superpower]], such as the [[United States]], on its own terms. The book outlines steps that could weaken such superpowers, through unconventional means, including manipulation of [[bank|banking system]]s, control of the [[Mass media|media]] and [[natural resource]]s.<ref name="Times"/>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Wang is a retired PLA colonel.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=69}}
Qiao joined the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] towards the end of 1970, serving successively as instructor, brigade [[political commissar]], deputy division chief, regimental political commissar, and division deputy political commissar and eventually retiring at the rank of Colonel.


As of at least 2024, he is the director of the Centre for Strategic Research at [[Beihang University]].<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=69}}
Qiao currently works as a professor at [[Beihang University]] as the director of the Center for Strategic Issues, and deputy secretary-general of the National Security Policy Committee and director of the Academic Research Department of the Chinese Society for Policy Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=王湘穗_学术_专栏作者_爱思想思想库_爱思想 |url=https://www.aisixiang.com/thinktank/WangXiangsui.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.aisixiang.com}}</ref>


He along with [[Qiao Liang (Author)|Qiao Liang]] is the co-author of numerous books of military theory, the most prominent of which being [[Unrestricted Warfare|''Unrestricted Warfare'']] which has influenced the strategic thinking of the People's Liberation Army as well as the United States in its policy towards China, Wang is also the author of numerous other books including: ''On the Quality of Officers, Exposition of the World's Military Powers, and Records of World Wars''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=王湘穗 |url=http://mcrp.macrochina.com.cn/mc/resumes/31.htm |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=mcrp.macrochina.com.cn}}</ref>
He along with [[Qiao Liang (Author)|Qiao Liang]] is the co-author of numerous books of military theory, the most prominent of which is ''[[Unrestricted Warfare]]'' which has influenced the strategic thinking of the People's Liberation Army as well as the United States in its policy towards China, Wang is also the author of numerous other books including: ''On the Quality of Officers, Exposition of the World's Military Powers, and Records of World Wars''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=王湘穗 |url=http://mcrp.macrochina.com.cn/mc/resumes/31.htm |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=mcrp.macrochina.com.cn}}</ref>

== Views ==
Wang's research and writing focuses on military strategy.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=69}}

In ''Unrestricted Warfare'', Wang and Qiao write that no superpower has ever been defeated on its own terms.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Bachulska |first1=Alicja |url=https://ecfr.eu/publication/idea-of-china/ |title=The Idea of China: Chinese Thinkers on Power, Progress, and People |last2=Leonard |first2=Mark |last3=Oertel |first3=Janka |date=2 July 2024 |publisher=[[European Council on Foreign Relations]] |isbn=978-1-916682-42-9 |location=Berlin, Germany |pages= |format=EPUB |access-date=22 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717120845/https://ecfr.eu/publication/idea-of-china/ |archive-date=17 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|page=69}} According to this view, those who wish to compete with superpowers must develop asymmetrical capabilities.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=69}}

According to Wang, China's most important [[Foreign relations of China|bilateral relationship]] is its [[China–Russia relations|relationship with Russia]], and that "only when China and Russia become the United States' undefeatable opponents will they become its most respected friends."<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=70}}

Wang views [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]] as advancing [[Polarity (international relations)|multi-polarity]] against [[U.S. hegemony|United States hegemony]].<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=70}} Wang describes Ukraine and Europe as having lost the most from the conflict.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=70}} Wang contends that although the U.S. has profited financially from the war, it is appearing unreliable to its partners in the West.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=70}}


== Published Works ==
== Published Works ==
{{Cite book |last=Xiangsui |first=Wang |title=Unrestricted Warfare |last2=Liang |first2=Qiao |date=1 February 1999 |publisher=People's Liberation Army Arts and Literature Press |year=1999 |isbn=9787540318871 |location=[[China]] |publication-date=1 February 1999 |language=zh}}
{{Cite book |last=Xiangsui |first=Wang |title=Unrestricted Warfare |last2=Liang |first2=Qiao |date=1 February 1999 |publisher=People's Liberation Army Arts and Literature Press |isbn=9787540318871 |location=[[China]] |publication-date=1 February 1999 |language=zh}}


{{Cite book |last=Xiangsui |first=Wang |title=Catch up and Contain |date=1 April 2012 |publisher=Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House |year=2012 |isbn=9787535456113 |location=[[China]] |publication-date=1 April 2012 |language=zh}}
{{Cite book |last=Xiangsui |first=Wang |title=Catch up and Contain |date=1 April 2012 |publisher=Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House |isbn=9787535456113 |location=[[China]] |publication-date=1 April 2012 |language=zh}}


{{Cite book |last=Xiangsui |first=Wang |title=On the Quality of Officers |last2=Liang |first2=Qiao |date=February 2017 |publisher=Beijing Yangtze River New Century Corporation |year=2017 |isbn=9787535456328 |location=[[China]] |publication-date=February 2017 |language=zh}}
{{Cite book |last=Xiangsui |first=Wang |title=On the Quality of Officers |last2=Liang |first2=Qiao |date=February 2017 |publisher=Beijing Yangtze River New Century Corporation |year=2017 |isbn=9787535456328 |location=[[China]] |publication-date=February 2017 |language=zh}}

== See also ==

* [[Three warfares]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 25 July 2024

Wang Xiangsui
王湘穗
Director of the Center for Strategic Issues
In office
2012–Present
Personal details
BornOctober 1954 (age 70)
Guangzhou, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materBeihang University
OccupationAuthor, Academic, Military Theorist
Military service
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service1970 - 2012
RankColonel (Retired)

Wang Xiangsui (王湘穗, born October 1, 1954) is a professor at Beihang University in Beijing, China[1] and a retired senior Colonel in the People's Liberation Army.[2] He is also a co-author of Unrestricted Warfare, a book which dictates that no country is capable of defeating a superpower, such as the United States, on its own terms. The book outlines steps that could weaken such superpowers, through unconventional means, including manipulation of banking systems, control of the media and natural resources.[2]

Biography

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Wang is a retired PLA colonel.[3]: 69 

As of at least 2024, he is the director of the Centre for Strategic Research at Beihang University.[3]: 69 

He along with Qiao Liang is the co-author of numerous books of military theory, the most prominent of which is Unrestricted Warfare which has influenced the strategic thinking of the People's Liberation Army as well as the United States in its policy towards China, Wang is also the author of numerous other books including: On the Quality of Officers, Exposition of the World's Military Powers, and Records of World Wars.[4]

Views

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Wang's research and writing focuses on military strategy.[3]: 69 

In Unrestricted Warfare, Wang and Qiao write that no superpower has ever been defeated on its own terms.[3]: 69  According to this view, those who wish to compete with superpowers must develop asymmetrical capabilities.[3]: 69 

According to Wang, China's most important bilateral relationship is its relationship with Russia, and that "only when China and Russia become the United States' undefeatable opponents will they become its most respected friends."[3]: 70 

Wang views Russia's invasion of Ukraine as advancing multi-polarity against United States hegemony.[3]: 70  Wang describes Ukraine and Europe as having lost the most from the conflict.[3]: 70  Wang contends that although the U.S. has profited financially from the war, it is appearing unreliable to its partners in the West.[3]: 70 

Published Works

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Xiangsui, Wang; Liang, Qiao (1 February 1999). Unrestricted Warfare (in Chinese). China: People's Liberation Army Arts and Literature Press. ISBN 9787540318871.

Xiangsui, Wang (1 April 2012). Catch up and Contain (in Chinese). China: Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House. ISBN 9787535456113.

Xiangsui, Wang; Liang, Qiao (February 2017). On the Quality of Officers (in Chinese). China: Beijing Yangtze River New Century Corporation. ISBN 9787535456328.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

See also

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References

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Scholia has an author profile for Wang Xiangsui.
  1. ^ WANG Xiang Sui
  2. ^ a b "Introduction: The smart colonels". Asia Times. 27 March 2002. Archived from the original on 6 April 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bachulska, Alicja; Leonard, Mark; Oertel, Janka (2 July 2024). The Idea of China: Chinese Thinkers on Power, Progress, and People (EPUB). Berlin, Germany: European Council on Foreign Relations. ISBN 978-1-916682-42-9. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ "王湘穗". mcrp.macrochina.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
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