Wang Xiangsui
{{Short description|Chinese military writer (born 1954)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Wang Xiangsui
| native_name_lang = zh
| rank = Colonel (Retired)
| branch = {{air force|China}}
| party = Chinese Communist Party
| alma_mater = Beihang University
| birth_place = Guangzhou, China
| serviceyears = 1970 - 2012
| occupation = Author, Academic, Military Theorist
| office = Director of the Center for Strategic Issues
| term_start = 2012
| term_end = Present
| native_name = {{nobold|王湘穗}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954|10}}
}}
Wang Xiangsui (王湘穗, born October 1, 1954) is a professor at Beihang University in Beijing, China{{citation|url=http://www.hss.buaa.edu.cn/szdw/msjs/21123.htm|title=WANG Xiang Sui}} and a retired senior Colonel in the People's Liberation Army.{{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}} 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.
Biography
Wang is a retired PLA colonel.{{Rp|page=69}}
As of at least 2024, he is the director of the Centre for Strategic Research at Beihang University.{{Rp|page=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.{{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}}
Views
Wang's research and writing focuses on military strategy.{{Rp|page=69}}
In Unrestricted Warfare, Wang and Qiao write that no superpower has ever been defeated on its own terms.{{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}}{{Rp|page=69}} According to this view, those who wish to compete with superpowers must develop asymmetrical capabilities.{{Rp|page=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."{{Rp|page=70}}
Wang views Russia's invasion of Ukraine as advancing multi-polarity against United States hegemony.{{Rp|page=70}} Wang describes Ukraine and Europe as having lost the most from the conflict.{{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.{{Rp|page=70}}
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 |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 |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 |isbn=9787535456328 |location=China |publication-date=February 2017 |language=zh}}
See also
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Category:People's Liberation Army officers
Category:Chinese military writers
Category:20th-century Chinese writers