http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/18/china-equal-us-hu-jintao
Overall, the newspaper believes that China's inferiority in 'hard power' has turned to Beijing's advantage, and (that) signs of its growing 'soft power' abound...
The article is quite pragmatic, however: For all the talk of China's emergence as a nascent superpower, and discussion of apparent American weaknesses, uncertainty remains as to a future dependent on Beijing's determination and maintenance of current trends. There is still a long way for China to go!
"In terms of absolute size, China's economy is catching up fast with America's, and, according to data compiled by the University of Pennsylvania, may even have overtaken the US at some point over the past year." That is key, because it shows that China can now through their weight around...and may disrupt what the US want in the future.
ReplyDeleteThe BBC also published an article stating that China will move forward with human rights. Obviously it can only be a good thing if the US and China are working together.
ReplyDeleteThe article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12230982
Another article on Hu Jintao's visit to the USA: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12223965
Some political commentators state that this is the start of China officially becoming a Superpower. Nonetheless, there is much unrest within China on this issue, a possible cause for civil unrest.
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