Finally, the author speculates on how Chinese thinking on IW could impact its future application.

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The rest of the international community therefore has an opportunity (both for good and for ill) to help shape Chinese thinking during this most significant time.

BBC: Viewpoint: China and the world

In an interview last year, Phillipe Boisseau, head of the gas and power division for French oil giant Total (which has a bunch of JVs with Chinese companies) explained the Chinese thinking.

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While not an exact scientific measure, a sampling of U.S. doctrinal writings on IW could provide a useful frame of reference and possibly some context for comparison between Chinese and American thinking.

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The Chinese may be thinking the same way.

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The article, unfortunately, appears to represent the thinking of Chinese strategists and has been widely circulated inside China.

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To compensate for this, he described a plan for 10, 000 Chinese students to train at U.S. universities to learn the basics of innovative thinking (and open Chinese universities to a like number of Americans).

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One Chinese organisation, at least, has been thinking about just that.

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If we are to have empathy for the Chinese, that should be our primary concern when thinking about Foxconn and Apple.

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