China’s Plans to rise as a superpower and its relations with foreign countries. By Ines Chiu
All about the future plans China has for it's political side, based off our predictions.
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Napoleon Bonaparte once said of China "Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world”
The United States still remains the sole superpower, but with the rise of other countries, particularly China, the present structure of world order will eventually be reconfigured. China is not rising - it is just returning to the position of regional sovereignty that it once held. However, before China can become a legitimate superpower, it must deal with its internal and external issues and make some political changes. China’s nine percent economic growth rate since 1990 has made it possible for it to expand its influence not only in Asia, but also in Africa and South America. This influence will probably continue to grow in the near future.
In Central Asia, China has invested billions of dollars in oil and natural gas companies to secure its long-term energy demands. China is also making large investments in South America and has become the largest trading partner of Brazil and South Africa.
The European Union and China are two of the biggest traders in the world. China is now the EU’s 2nd trading partner behind the United States and the EU is China’s biggest trading partner. EU-China trade has increased in recent years. China is the EU’s fastest growing export markets. EU imports from China are dominated by industrial and consumer goods: machinery and equipment, footwear and clothing, furniture and lamps and toys. EU exports to China are mainly machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, aircraft and chemicals. The EU relies greatly on China, as does china relay on the EU.
ASEAN-China Free Trade Area is a free trade signed by a number states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China including Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
A trade war with China is likely under Donald Trump. The relations between Washington and Beijing deteriorated after President Trump’s election and if Trump carries out his campaign threats, China’s exports to the U.S (worth 483 billion in 2015) could collapse. Donald Trump said “I will bring back jobs from China”, which means that China will suffer economic loss. However, a more powerful and assertive China is now employing its own methods to challenge U.S. leadership in Asia-Pacific, which has been in place since the end of World War II. This has caused the United States to be increasingly concerned over China’s rise. But the Obama administration’s “Pivot to Asia policy" or the Trump administration’s “America First” slogan, makes it clear that the United States in the 21st century has formed a national consensus in perceiving China as the greatest challenge to its superpower status. China has also signed trade agreements with different countries in South America like Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Argentina, to export minerals such as iron and agricultural goods. China and South Africa has signed an agreement to accelerate South Africa’s industrialisation, marine cooperation, infrastructure development, Human Resources cooperation as well as financial cooperation as well as renewable energy.
Nevertheless, all of these investments and China’s attempt to spread its power does not guarantee that China will become the next world superpower because it has major internal issues to deal with. It must deal with a growing population and gender imbalance, a result of the one-child policy. China must deal with water shortage problems, (which they might have come up with a successful solution) and with pollution. It must also find a way to produce millions of more jobs in order to continue its economic growth. China must also overcome internal ethnic issues, economy disparity, nationalistic movements and must be able to absorb six million people moving into the cities every year. It also has Taiwan to worry about, for Taiwan wants to break apart from China. However, despite these difficulties that China has to overcome, I think China will develop more innovative policies towards its economic development rather than wanting to be the world's factory floor. Although I think the US will remain to be the head of innovation for some time, I am confident that China will continue to rise and be a competitor.
The United States still remains the sole superpower, but with the rise of other countries, particularly China, the present structure of world order will eventually be reconfigured. China is not rising - it is just returning to the position of regional sovereignty that it once held. However, before China can become a legitimate superpower, it must deal with its internal and external issues and make some political changes. China’s nine percent economic growth rate since 1990 has made it possible for it to expand its influence not only in Asia, but also in Africa and South America. This influence will probably continue to grow in the near future.
In Central Asia, China has invested billions of dollars in oil and natural gas companies to secure its long-term energy demands. China is also making large investments in South America and has become the largest trading partner of Brazil and South Africa.
The European Union and China are two of the biggest traders in the world. China is now the EU’s 2nd trading partner behind the United States and the EU is China’s biggest trading partner. EU-China trade has increased in recent years. China is the EU’s fastest growing export markets. EU imports from China are dominated by industrial and consumer goods: machinery and equipment, footwear and clothing, furniture and lamps and toys. EU exports to China are mainly machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, aircraft and chemicals. The EU relies greatly on China, as does china relay on the EU.
ASEAN-China Free Trade Area is a free trade signed by a number states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China including Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
A trade war with China is likely under Donald Trump. The relations between Washington and Beijing deteriorated after President Trump’s election and if Trump carries out his campaign threats, China’s exports to the U.S (worth 483 billion in 2015) could collapse. Donald Trump said “I will bring back jobs from China”, which means that China will suffer economic loss. However, a more powerful and assertive China is now employing its own methods to challenge U.S. leadership in Asia-Pacific, which has been in place since the end of World War II. This has caused the United States to be increasingly concerned over China’s rise. But the Obama administration’s “Pivot to Asia policy" or the Trump administration’s “America First” slogan, makes it clear that the United States in the 21st century has formed a national consensus in perceiving China as the greatest challenge to its superpower status. China has also signed trade agreements with different countries in South America like Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Argentina, to export minerals such as iron and agricultural goods. China and South Africa has signed an agreement to accelerate South Africa’s industrialisation, marine cooperation, infrastructure development, Human Resources cooperation as well as financial cooperation as well as renewable energy.
Nevertheless, all of these investments and China’s attempt to spread its power does not guarantee that China will become the next world superpower because it has major internal issues to deal with. It must deal with a growing population and gender imbalance, a result of the one-child policy. China must deal with water shortage problems, (which they might have come up with a successful solution) and with pollution. It must also find a way to produce millions of more jobs in order to continue its economic growth. China must also overcome internal ethnic issues, economy disparity, nationalistic movements and must be able to absorb six million people moving into the cities every year. It also has Taiwan to worry about, for Taiwan wants to break apart from China. However, despite these difficulties that China has to overcome, I think China will develop more innovative policies towards its economic development rather than wanting to be the world's factory floor. Although I think the US will remain to be the head of innovation for some time, I am confident that China will continue to rise and be a competitor.
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At last year’s China-Africa forum in South Africa, Robert Mugabe described Chinese President Xi Jinping in glowing terms: “Here is a man representing a country once called poor, a country which was never our coloniser. He is doing to us what we expected those who colonised us yesterday to do… We will say he is a God-sent person.”
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