Chapter 18 Professor-style all-round strategist

In November 1992, Xiong Guangkai served as the assistant chief of the general staff, in January 1996 as the deputy chief of the general staff, and was awarded the rank of general in 2000. Although Xiong Guangkai holds an important official position and his identity is mysterious, he is easy-going and relatively civilian.A Hong Kong reporter once published a feature for him: During the Two Sessions in March 2003, Minister of State Security Xu Yongyue took a photo with six ministers from other departments in the lounge of the Great Hall. When reporters surrounded him for interviews, Xu Yongyue was very vigilant: "I am a non-voting attendant, so I have nothing to say! Then the reporters asked about succession, and the ministers said in unison: "It's hard to rest, give us a relaxed rest environment!" Wherever he went, guards saluted him. It turned out that he was Xiong Guangkai, the well-known chief of the country's military intelligence and deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army.Like Minister Xu, he had a friendly and easy-going attitude. He didn't mind reporters taking pictures. He just smiled and waved his hands and said, "I'm a non-voting representative, so it's not convenient for me to speak."

Speaking of identity, Xiong Guangkai likes his identity as a professor the most, because he is an adjunct professor at the National Defense University and the Nanjing Institute of International Relations of the People's Liberation Army.He seems to prefer such an identity.When explaining his identity, he often uses US Secretary of State Powell as a comparison.Before becoming Secretary of State, Powell served as the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and was a four-star general. Zuckerman, the editor-in-chief of U.S. News and World Report, knew that Xiong Guangkai had a corresponding relationship with Powell before he became Secretary of State, so he gave Xiong Guangkai a copy of Powell's autobiography "My Road to America", in which Zuckerman wrote He wrote such a passage, "The author of this book is a general, but deep down he is a politician; he is willing to give this book to a general, but deep down he is a statesman. professor".

Xiong Guangkai said that what Zuckerman said hit his heart. Although Xiong Guangkai prefers his status as a professor, the outside world still regards him as an out-and-out military strategist.Not to mention his status as a high-level strategist such as the deputy chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, even the title of president of the China International Strategic Society is completely the role of a strategist. Founded in 1979, the China Institute for International Strategic Studies is known as a "Chinese military think tank" and its members are composed of many veteran diplomats and retired generals.Probably because most of the members of the academy are Chinese military officers, and Xiong Guangkai has full control over it. Foreign countries have always suspected that it is an institution of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army.Western sociologist A. Duke Bennett said in his book "The Formulation of China's Foreign Policy: Structure and Steps": "The main responsibility of the Beijing Institute of International Strategic Studies is to develop and cooperate with those who study foreign strategy and national security. contact with an expert on the issue.”

In fact, the China Society for International Strategic Studies is a national non-governmental academic organization that studies international strategic issues in China. Over the past 20 years, it has made positive contributions to China's national security, economic construction, and social stability. An important window for international exchanges in China's diplomatic and military fields, it has established academic exchange relations with more than 100 international research institutions in more than 50 countries in the world, and many foreign politicians, military strategists and military scientific researchers have visited the meeting . On April 17, 2001, Pakistani Foreign Minister Sattar, who visited China at the invitation of Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, delivered a speech at the China Institute for International Strategic Studies; on February 27, 2002, former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto was invited by the China International Strategic Institute Invited by the Institute, a speech titled "On the Importance of Japan-China Relations in the New Era" was held in Beijing; Discussions with Xiong Guangkai and others on issues such as changes in the international situation and the fight against terrorism.

The China Society for International Strategic Studies holds an annual meeting every year to summarize the work of the year and propose research topics. At the annual meeting held in Beijing on December 24, 2002, more than 100 veteran diplomats, veteran generals, experts and scholars on international strategy, economics, and scientific and technological issues who had worked in the diplomatic front and the military for a long time attended.Chairman Xiong Guangkai looked radiant, and with his unique thinking, he analyzed the current international situation from multiple angles. How to use the spirit of the "16th National Congress" to deepen the understanding of the current international situation, and was highly praised by the participants.

As a senior official of the Chinese military and a strategist, Xiong Guangkai, while presiding over the China Institute for International Strategic Studies, has made frequent appearances on the international stage as the deputy chief of the People's Liberation Army. On January 22, 2000, Xiong Guangkai went to the United States for the third defense consultation between the defense ministries of China and the United States, which resumed the regular military consultations between China and the United States that had been interrupted since the bombing of the embassy in South Africa in 1999.Xiong Guangkai personally led the team for the third to fifth defense consultations between China and the United States.He also led several delegations to Australia to participate in China-Australia defense consultations. On May 22, 2002, Xiong Guangkai visited the UK and held the first defense consultation between China and the UK with Air Force Admiral Bagger, the deputy chief of staff of the British army. The International Institute for Strategic Studies made a speech entitled "China's New Security Concept and National Defense Policy".

Xiong Guangkai is both a strategist and a professor. Many of his speeches at universities are rational and vivid, and have received rave reviews.He likes to sing poems and sing, full of spirituality.