Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
China's neighbors
How should the US view China's developing relations with her neighbors? Should the US modify its foreign policy towards these same nations in light of their changing relations with China?
I believe that the US should view China's developing relations with their neighbors in the most cautious yet realistic way possible. It seems that China truly has an agenda as well as a reasoning behind everything it does. It always has its best interest at heart and economics on the brain. It seems to be written on the wall what is going on, even though China won't or won't ever directly admit to it. China has the means to help smaller countries get on the map economically speaking, while exploiting them for their natural resources so they can fuel their need to grow, build and expand. China also is using the money from these trade deals to finance military growth and weapons purchasing (to the tune of 1 billion dollars according to the essay by Yom. We all also know that the SCO was founded with the Anti Western slant that China is trying to impose on the ASEAN through spins on current affairs or views on other topics.
I believe that the US should view China's developing relations with their neighbors in the most cautious yet realistic way possible. It seems that China truly has an agenda as well as a reasoning behind everything it does. It always has its best interest at heart and economics on the brain. It seems to be written on the wall what is going on, even though China won't or won't ever directly admit to it. China has the means to help smaller countries get on the map economically speaking, while exploiting them for their natural resources so they can fuel their need to grow, build and expand. China also is using the money from these trade deals to finance military growth and weapons purchasing (to the tune of 1 billion dollars according to the essay by Yom. We all also know that the SCO was founded with the Anti Western slant that China is trying to impose on the ASEAN through spins on current affairs or views on other topics.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
the discussion session with Dr. Anderson
I just wanted to bring up one point that I made while on the phone with Dr. Anderson after missing the elluminate session. I was thinking about the economy and its role related to culture in these terms- Mao induced the first Cultural Revolution in an effort to give the masses a diverse life experience and therefor a better understanding of it. I told the professor that a new cultural revolution had occured, this time it is at the hands of the economy (due to politics) and the ability to "market" yourself and make a living (since the central writer's association of China no longer pays very well at all and movie producers can't hope to make money unless they get foreign investors at the risk of losing cultural integrity or are banned by the government which still prevents domestic distribution and/or recognition.) I found that to be a rather interesting point.
China's world status
With all that you have learned from these recent reports about China's current internal problems, do you think that its world power status should be reconsidered? Can China successfully overcome these difficulties to achieve such status on the world stage? I do believe that China's world power status should be reconsidered but maybe not for the most obvious reasons. It seems to me that anyone without any regard for interational opinion or "external conflicts" paired with a singular desire for only economic prosperity should be questioned. Furthermore, when the desired economic prosperity doesn't stem from a desire to see your people succeed or a sense of pride for your country but from a fear of political tyranny at the hands of social unrest, more concern develops. You have a people who have no problems pacifying others in the name of being left alone to do what they wish, but then turn around and persecute and threaten a group of people who wish for nothing more than a formal declaration of the independence that have been, in essence, living for the better part of two decades. This fact really bothers me considering the fact that China was a long time victim of Japan's bullying and they seem to have finally reached the long term stability that they had desired for so long. I believe the government is hypocritical and immoral.
I do however have to use this next paragraph to state that I believe that China can overcome the obstacles to take it's place on the world stage only because they have managed to do so thus far, in the face of opposition and some pretty uncertain circumstances. With all of the possibilites for social unrest and all of the taxing issues constantly on the mind's of China's leaders and students and media (i.e. the environment, public health, unemployment) they have still managed to keep on track with the necessary predicted algorithms and raise the per capita successfully. I do not believe though that China will be able to maintain the same rate of success due to the global economy but I feel by that time, China will have taken it's place in the world, and it may be too late. The rest of the world will be sure to feel the effects of an economic collapse just like I am sure they would if the same thing were to happen in the U.S. A large number of countries are very interrelated with imports/exports, and foreign investments so that statement could be made with confidence about the collapse of many countries in relationship to the rest of the world and its economy.
I do however have to use this next paragraph to state that I believe that China can overcome the obstacles to take it's place on the world stage only because they have managed to do so thus far, in the face of opposition and some pretty uncertain circumstances. With all of the possibilites for social unrest and all of the taxing issues constantly on the mind's of China's leaders and students and media (i.e. the environment, public health, unemployment) they have still managed to keep on track with the necessary predicted algorithms and raise the per capita successfully. I do not believe though that China will be able to maintain the same rate of success due to the global economy but I feel by that time, China will have taken it's place in the world, and it may be too late. The rest of the world will be sure to feel the effects of an economic collapse just like I am sure they would if the same thing were to happen in the U.S. A large number of countries are very interrelated with imports/exports, and foreign investments so that statement could be made with confidence about the collapse of many countries in relationship to the rest of the world and its economy.
Friday, March 6, 2009
A very scary statement
The last statement made by the Premier was what scared me most about the article. It might seem too vague or general but I believe this sums the entire environmental controversy up. How scary it is.
No need for new China stimulus: stats office adviser
Fri Mar 6, 2009 4:41am EST
(Reuters) - China has no need for a huge new economic stimulus, not least because the government has already taken extra steps to boost growth, the former head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. Li Deshui, who still...";
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has no need for a huge new economic stimulus, not least because the government has already taken extra steps to boost growth, the former head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday.
Li Deshui, who still advises the NBS, said market talk of a package that could be twice as large as the 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) stimulus announced in November was groundless.
Although Wen Jiabao did not announce a second stimulus in his annual address to parliament on Thursday, disappointing overseas investors, the premier did list a series of pro-growth policies that have already been implemented, Li told a news conference.
These included a 500 billion yuan ($73 billion) reduction in the tax burden on firms and individuals; subsidies for affordable housing and for farmers; and help for unemployed migrant workers and college graduates.
"There are so many detailed, feasible measures in Premier Wen's work report. Why are so many people just blind to that?" Li said.
The key risk facing the Chinese economy was slowing external demand, not problems at home, Li said.
But he said China would have no problem hitting the government's goal of 8 percent growth this year and dismissed the possibility that China might ever suffer back-to-back quarters of negative growth.
The economy expanded 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 from a year earlier, a pace that no other country could match, Li noted. "China's economy does not have and will not have a recession," he said.
Nor was China's financial system facing a crisis.
"Our money will not be spent on dealing with bubbles or cleaning up trash like Western countries; our money will be spent exclusively on promoting economic growth," he said.
(Reporting by Zhou Xin; Writing by Alan Wheatley, Editing by Jacqueline Wong))
No need for new China stimulus: stats office adviser
Fri Mar 6, 2009 4:41am EST
(Reuters) - China has no need for a huge new economic stimulus, not least because the government has already taken extra steps to boost growth, the former head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. Li Deshui, who still...";
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has no need for a huge new economic stimulus, not least because the government has already taken extra steps to boost growth, the former head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday.
Li Deshui, who still advises the NBS, said market talk of a package that could be twice as large as the 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) stimulus announced in November was groundless.
Although Wen Jiabao did not announce a second stimulus in his annual address to parliament on Thursday, disappointing overseas investors, the premier did list a series of pro-growth policies that have already been implemented, Li told a news conference.
These included a 500 billion yuan ($73 billion) reduction in the tax burden on firms and individuals; subsidies for affordable housing and for farmers; and help for unemployed migrant workers and college graduates.
"There are so many detailed, feasible measures in Premier Wen's work report. Why are so many people just blind to that?" Li said.
The key risk facing the Chinese economy was slowing external demand, not problems at home, Li said.
But he said China would have no problem hitting the government's goal of 8 percent growth this year and dismissed the possibility that China might ever suffer back-to-back quarters of negative growth.
The economy expanded 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 from a year earlier, a pace that no other country could match, Li noted. "China's economy does not have and will not have a recession," he said.
Nor was China's financial system facing a crisis.
"Our money will not be spent on dealing with bubbles or cleaning up trash like Western countries; our money will be spent exclusively on promoting economic growth," he said.
(Reporting by Zhou Xin; Writing by Alan Wheatley, Editing by Jacqueline Wong))
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
China is really making an effort to create global economic ties
China set to boost Venezuela ties
Vice President Xi Jinping has already visited Jamaica, Mexico and Colombia
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is due in Venezuela as part of a visit to boost Chinese ties in the region.
Mr Xi is expected to sign agreements including joint ventures with Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said.
China is also set to inject $4bn (£2.8bn) into a joint investment fund that was set up in 2007 with $6bn.
Mr Xi and Vice Premier Hui Liangyu are both touring Latin America - a sign of the region's importance to Beijing.
Mr Xi would be signing accords on joint ventures for "the exploration, exploitation, processing, refining and transportation of crude oil," a Venezuelan foreign ministry statement said.
"Today we have a long-term strategic alliance for the next 100 years for the joint production of oil," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said.
The two sides are also expected to formalise an increase in a joint investment fund set up in 2007 with initial capital of $4bn from China and $2bn from Venezuela, with Beijing now injecting a further $4bn.
"This fund will provide Venezuela with sources of financing for development projects and to maintain economic growth for the next two or three years, amid the global crisis," Mr Maduro said.
Export markets
Mr Xi has visited Jamaica, Mexico and Colombia, and is due to travel on to Brazil, while Vice Premier Hui Liangyu's itinerary includes Argentina, Ecuador, Barbados and the Bahamas.
It is rare for two of China's top leaders to descend on the region almost at the same time, and indicates China's ongoing efforts to strengthen ties with and develop its influence on Latin America and the Caribbean, says BBC China analyst Shirong Chen.
China's export markets in Europe and North America have shrunk substantially in the global financial crisis, so Beijing is desperate to open up and maintain markets in Latin America.
Beijing published its first ever policy document on the region last November before President Hu Jintao visited Costa Rica, Cuba and Peru.
I found this to be interesting because as they stated it is rare for both of China's top leaders to be gone together but I think it is very obvious that China is on track with a specific mission. I believe this is how they are becoming and will remain a global superpower. If you are running out of something, invest with another country to sustain import systems.
Vice President Xi Jinping has already visited Jamaica, Mexico and Colombia
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is due in Venezuela as part of a visit to boost Chinese ties in the region.
Mr Xi is expected to sign agreements including joint ventures with Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said.
China is also set to inject $4bn (£2.8bn) into a joint investment fund that was set up in 2007 with $6bn.
Mr Xi and Vice Premier Hui Liangyu are both touring Latin America - a sign of the region's importance to Beijing.
Mr Xi would be signing accords on joint ventures for "the exploration, exploitation, processing, refining and transportation of crude oil," a Venezuelan foreign ministry statement said.
"Today we have a long-term strategic alliance for the next 100 years for the joint production of oil," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said.
The two sides are also expected to formalise an increase in a joint investment fund set up in 2007 with initial capital of $4bn from China and $2bn from Venezuela, with Beijing now injecting a further $4bn.
"This fund will provide Venezuela with sources of financing for development projects and to maintain economic growth for the next two or three years, amid the global crisis," Mr Maduro said.
Export markets
Mr Xi has visited Jamaica, Mexico and Colombia, and is due to travel on to Brazil, while Vice Premier Hui Liangyu's itinerary includes Argentina, Ecuador, Barbados and the Bahamas.
It is rare for two of China's top leaders to descend on the region almost at the same time, and indicates China's ongoing efforts to strengthen ties with and develop its influence on Latin America and the Caribbean, says BBC China analyst Shirong Chen.
China's export markets in Europe and North America have shrunk substantially in the global financial crisis, so Beijing is desperate to open up and maintain markets in Latin America.
Beijing published its first ever policy document on the region last November before President Hu Jintao visited Costa Rica, Cuba and Peru.
I found this to be interesting because as they stated it is rare for both of China's top leaders to be gone together but I think it is very obvious that China is on track with a specific mission. I believe this is how they are becoming and will remain a global superpower. If you are running out of something, invest with another country to sustain import systems.
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