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Topics
● China as a Region-State
● China as a Multiregional Power
○ ASEAN
○ Spratly Islands
○ 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
■ Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation
● US-China Relations
○ Asymmetric Parity
● Chinese Global Presence
○ Belt-and Road Initiative
■ Part of an effort to expand Chinese influence abroad and improve
markets
■ Infrastructure is developed through Chinese investments or loans in
its westward overland market through Central Asia
○ Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
■ Utilizes China’s resources to expand its international influence
● Currently, China has an excess capacity problem with its
resources so its diverting these extra resources to try to
improve westward markets (One Belt, One Road) and
southern maritime routes (AIIB)
● Total factor productivity has been declining and the marginal
product of capital has also been declining while consumption
makes up only ⅓ of GDP with investment accounting for
over 50% of GDP so expansion of markets should increase
GDP since excess investment with a lack of adequate
consumption has culminated in lost productivity/inefficient
use of abundant resources
■ It expands the markets for Chinese products
■ Was created due to frustration with US-dominated global
institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF
■ Aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific
region and currently has 87 member states throughout the world
○ Grand Strategy of Cold/Warm Peaceful Rising
● Taiwan
○ One China Policy
○ DPP vs. KMT
○ Nixon
○ 1979 shift from liberation to peaceful reunification

● China-Korea-Japan
○ Stability of North Korea
■ Serves as a buffer state; protection from US incursion
○ Japan
■ Treatment of China during the war
■ US nuclear and naval umbrella
● Russia
○ Shift from ally to enemy after Stalin’s death
○ Shanghai Cooperation Organization
● New normal for Chinese Politics
○ Growth has slowed down but still rapid
○ China itself has become organized (stable market, transportation
infrastructure, etc.)
Terms
Reading Summaries
Week 10
● China, Region, and the world
○ Womack 2009
■ - What are the three dimensions of China’s position in the world?
What does each dimension mean?
● China as more than a “formal China” - external relations
○ The conception of external politics differs between
regions in China
● China as a regional actor
● China as a region-state
○ Xi Jinping 2014
■ - Six characteristics that “security” should have
1. Security must be universal
2. Security must be inclusive
3. Security must be equal
4. Comprehensive security
5. Cooperative security
6. Sustainable security
● Taiwan and Triangles
○ What are the two main political parties in Taiwan?