China’s evolving geopolitical role and its participation in the WTO.
Critically analyze China’s evolving geopolitical role and its participation in the WTO.
China’s evolving Geopolitical Role:
Introduction:
In terms of geopolitics, it was been observed that China is among the three great powers, beside the United States and the European Union. According to O. Tuathail, 1996; Agnew, 2009, critical geopolitics intends to understand world politics in terms of the ways in which elites and publics actively construct the spaces of political action that are then the medium for the policies of states and other factors. At its current rate of economic growth, China, though still considered a developing country as it’s GDP per capita is still far lower than the world average (Fig.1), is climbing up the latter in terms of economic strength and according to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao: ”China will Keep its door open forever!”
About corruption:
According to the Corruption Index of the Guardian, 2012, China was ranked as the 80th least corrupt country, with a Corruption Perceptions Index score of 39. Since 2008, China has experienced a fall of 10 places and ranks even lower to e.g. New Zealand, with a CPI score of 90. China is involved in one specific type of corruption, which, according to Wedeman, 2012 is predatory corruption. Predatory corruption helps forge political machines and often provides incentive for economic growth. Although suitable for China, it is difficult to say whether or not China’s corruption can be considered as an economic pillage, as its economy grew for decades while, at the same time, corruption was becoming more intensified. Ting Gong (2012). One of the greatest challenges in fighting China’s corruption, which has the potential to undermine the Communist Party, is to check for it within the society, especially when Chinese politicians claim that “to get rich is glorious” Deng Xiaoping, 1984. An article in The Economist, 2012 emphasizes the corruption in China. After the publishing of a
China’s evolving Geopolitical Role:
Introduction:
In terms of geopolitics, it was been observed that China is among the three great powers, beside the United States and the European Union. According to O. Tuathail, 1996; Agnew, 2009, critical geopolitics intends to understand world politics in terms of the ways in which elites and publics actively construct the spaces of political action that are then the medium for the policies of states and other factors. At its current rate of economic growth, China, though still considered a developing country as it’s GDP per capita is still far lower than the world average (Fig.1), is climbing up the latter in terms of economic strength and according to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao: ”China will Keep its door open forever!”
About corruption:
According to the Corruption Index of the Guardian, 2012, China was ranked as the 80th least corrupt country, with a Corruption Perceptions Index score of 39. Since 2008, China has experienced a fall of 10 places and ranks even lower to e.g. New Zealand, with a CPI score of 90. China is involved in one specific type of corruption, which, according to Wedeman, 2012 is predatory corruption. Predatory corruption helps forge political machines and often provides incentive for economic growth. Although suitable for China, it is difficult to say whether or not China’s corruption can be considered as an economic pillage, as its economy grew for decades while, at the same time, corruption was becoming more intensified. Ting Gong (2012). One of the greatest challenges in fighting China’s corruption, which has the potential to undermine the Communist Party, is to check for it within the society, especially when Chinese politicians claim that “to get rich is glorious” Deng Xiaoping, 1984. An article in The Economist, 2012 emphasizes the corruption in China. After the publishing of a
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