"China is the next world power". That's what everyone says these days, but is it true?
Well, when I was looking for imperialism articles in the internet I found one this article that focused mainly on that. It talks about how although China has extended its political and economical influence in Asia and outside of Asia, it still can't surpass the United States military or economically. According to this article the United States put China as a threat to them so that they have a pretext for military expansion in that region. The article also focus on saying that China as a super power would balance the power of the U.S and help third-world countries. China, supposedly, is not interested in mutual benefits economic relationships but in rapidly increasing their GDP growth. China is inferior to the United States in economical matters such as the accumulated investments of companies. Also, China depends on many other economies for their own economical stability. The powerful people in China have exploited China's workers and resources to an undesirable point. China may behave like an imperialist country but truly it is weak imperialist country. They have signed trade pacts, investment deals, and other kind of economic cooperation but none are in a mutual plataform.
At the begininng when I read this I didn't really found a strong connection to imperialism but then as I went on to part II. US Imperialism and its hegemony over Asia, and after reading the following quote I realized that it has a lot to do.
"We are now at the beginning of the 21st Century. On the one hand as the capitalist economic crisis has deepened, the imperialist powers will be competing with one another more fiercely for resources, for investment opportunities, and for markets. On the other hand, the US has further expanded its military forces in Asia targeting China as its potential threat." (Ching, Pao-Yu)
See the connection?
At the begininng when I read this I didn't really found a strong connection to imperialism but then as I went on to part II. US Imperialism and its hegemony over Asia, and after reading the following quote I realized that it has a lot to do.
"We are now at the beginning of the 21st Century. On the one hand as the capitalist economic crisis has deepened, the imperialist powers will be competing with one another more fiercely for resources, for investment opportunities, and for markets. On the other hand, the US has further expanded its military forces in Asia targeting China as its potential threat." (Ching, Pao-Yu)
See the connection?
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