2012年2月5日日曜日

3-5 The paradox of prosperity from China


Leaders: China
For China’s rise to continue, the country needs to move away from the model that has served it so well

Why I picked up the article:
As you already know, China is the center of attention from the global world. The Economist launched China’s section and the article got 986 comments on the website. That is the only reason why I picked it up. Let’s talk about China and their future.

Discussion points:
[China’s spring?] Democratic movement spread the Arab world and recently anti-Putin movement in Russia is taken notice. How about China? The article mentions that the Arab spring had few echoes in China because of its economic success, but does the situation continue?   

[Is China united or separated?] China has huge population and landscape governed by the one big party. By looking China as one, it has a superpower but it has also diverse people who have various interest and culture. This characteristic is also paradoxical. I think we should more focus on each region in China.


The Economist point of view:
1) China is now an economic superpower and is fast becoming a military force capable of unsettling America. But our interest in China
lies also in its politics: it is governed by a system that is out of step with global norms.

2) China’s bloody past has taught the Communist Party to fear chaos above all. But history’s other lesson is that those who cling to absolute power end up with none. The paradox, as some within the party are coming to realize, is that for China to succeed it must move away from the formula that has served it so well.

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