3. WHY CHINA IS IMPORTANT?
• #2 world largest economy
• Comine contitental and maritime character
• Most poluated country of world
• Becoming more active globally
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Geography of Chinese dynasties
•Warring kingdoms
•Dates back to 221BC (qin shi haung first unified
dynasty).
•qin shi haung first unified dynasty
•Much smaller and focused on easten part
•Era of dynasties
•20th century the contemporary government
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Regional relative location
➢ Many borders with steppes & mountains b/w
china and foreign states
➢ low population density in neighboring countries
in north ( magnolia and Russian federation )
➢ Relatively weak neighbor in south
➢ Vulnurability of coast line in east (trading
power)
➢ islands
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Unique geography __both in heartland and rimland
access to heartland’s space and rsources and rimland’s trade
possibilities
island-locked location, lack of control over trade routes
Surrounded by two historically strong geopolitical powers
World relative location
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Maritime expidition
➢Investment in fleet building
➢Reason: to meet the threat from eastern side
➢Paracel and spatly islands(more closer and main trade
route go through)
➢Dispute between china , philippies vietnam and other in
east asia
Build air craftmilitary bases and navy to have control over
there
12. Location of china
Chinas geopolitical global influence
2nd largest economy
Achievement of Gwadar port
Territorial power and population market
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How it acts geopolitically?
Peaceful foreign policy
Major role of china in this globalized
world
Veto power
Will to achieve economic dominancy
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Effective participation in world affairs
China maintains peace in region
China in the search of global power
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2nd largest economy in the world
Largest innovative labor market
Most developed country in the region south Asia
Trade routes
Largest economy in 2030
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Annual GDP of china is 13.6 billion us dollar
Labor market of china in foreign countries
Global influence
Remittances
Agricultural and tourist country
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China economic power (regional &global)
STRENGTHS
Economy#2
High rates of growth
core of biggest economic region( from Europe to Asia)
Go global
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Factore driving go global strategy
1. massive accumulation of foreign
exchange reserves
2. To obtain natural resources(oil,
minerals) to sustain rapid
economic growth
3. Develop global copetitive firms
with their own brands
25. WHY CHINA LOOK GEOPOLITICAL
➢ China as a state:
➢ Huge economic capability
➢ Growing military power
➢ No hstory of geopolitical planning
➢ On the other hand:
➢ Lives in international geopolitical environment
➢ New global initiavtive( any action disturb other geopolitical
powers)
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28. Belt & road initiative
Main component:
➢ Lending
➢ Infrastructure
➢ trade
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29. Approach to belt and road initiavtive
➢ Only trade relations
➢ Economic project without any geopolitical
diamension
➢ Critical geopolitics( foreign policiy is not only
what they aim at but how it is percieved by other
countries
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30. Approach to belt and road initiavtive con.
➢ China is like a adolescent
➢ No delcearation of their geopolitical ambition( no
geopolitical influence on other countries
➢ Hard to believe that china donot have geopolitical
amibitions
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