The Projection of Classical Chinese Military Strategies onto Politics and Corporate Relations: A Multi-Case Study Analysis

Abstract

Classical Chinese military strategies constitute an integral and invaluable component of global philosophical and literary thought, offering profound insights into the evolution of military, political, and diplomatic reasoning within one of the world’s oldest and most end­uring civilizations. Given their substantive diversity and universal applicability, this article examines four seminal classical strategic trea­tises—The Art of War, The Thirty-Six Stratagems, The Methods of Sima, and The Six Secret Teachings—and their application in con­temporary Chinese political and corporate relations. Employing a case-study methodology, the analysis focuses on the practical imp­lem­entation of specific stratagems from these texts and their adaptation to modern Chinese political and corporate interactions. This investigation represents a novel contribution to Georgian academic discourse, und­erscoring the enduring significance of traditional philosophical tho­ught and its modern reinterpretation in shaping contemporary Chinese business and geopolitical strategies. The case studies encompass an examination of Chinese corporate and political maneuvers within global processes over recent decades, aiming to elucidate the causal relationship between these practices and their classical strategic foun­dations.