China

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses how due to the many political, economic and military problems facing China at the moment, China poses no real threat of displacing the United States as the world's greatest power. The paper then goes on to discuss the opinion of some, that disagrees with the idea that China is no threat.

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"Of even more concern than the Chinese economy or their political systems could be the "three nation debate." China has a "one China" mentality that the United States and its citizens have no difficulty in understanding, but they also empathize with the citizens of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet who protest against such a policy as being part of mainland China. Most important to the United States is to probably support each of these areas economically but not militarily.
This policy does lend itself to questioning in regards to Taiwan, since the US has already stated that it would do more than support that country economically if China were to attack there. So far, that situation has not reared its ugly head, and improved communications between China and the US should keep it from doing so. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• America's Role in Asia. San Francisco: The Asia Foundation 2001
• "Americans Think China will be a Superpower before India." http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/nov/16survey.htm, accessed May 10, 2006
• Mahbubani, Kishore. Can Asians Think? (3rd ed). Singapore: Utopia Press Ltd. 2004
• "Points Against the Rise of a Chinese Superpower." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerging_Superpowers%E2%80%94People%27s_Republic_of_China", accessed May 11, 2006
• Vogel, Ezra F. (ed), Living With China. New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1997

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