this is a very good summary of China's strategy, short and sweet.
China Takes on America in a 'Zero-Sum Game'
22 November 2011

In “How China Can Defeat America,” Yan, perhaps Beijing’s leading international relations analyst, argues that, even without democracy, China can present a more attractive model to the world than the United States and therefore win over allies around the globe. “It is the battle for people’s hearts and minds that will determine who eventually prevails,” Yan writes. “As China’s ancient philosophers predicted, the country that displays more humane authority will win.”
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http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/gordon-g-chang/china-takes-america-zero-sum-game?utm_source=World+Affairs+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0c00c6597c-November_23_2011_Blog_Aswany_Zantovsky_Chang&utm_medium=email