...Sino-Indian relationship is based on powerful basics and there is a big potential as well to develop and strengthen the ties between the two. There is no doubt that India and China are both strongest countries in Asia in terms of Economy. Moreover both of them are developing at a rapid pace. The rest of the world has started to take these two countries seriously and the day might come when they will be the ones to drive the world. Even the economy is growing rapidly and with consistency. Both of them today are world’s fastest growing nations. In recent years, India and China are constantly on fourth and second leading economies respectively. They have left back other huge economies like few European countries and also countries like Japan, Russia, etc. The other fact is that both of them are world’s most populous countries, so it might be the case that in terms of per capita income they are at lower rank, but in terms of total GDP, they are constantly on the leading positions. These two countries are responsible for a big part of world’s total GDP. If we look at India, there is a huge number of people living below poverty line and also the basic needs are not available for the whole population, it is surprising that it still occupies its place in the world’s top five economies. It is the same case with China where excluding the big cities; most of the population suffers from poverty. The infrastructure is better than that of India but the problem of sufficient basic needs supply...
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...How has China managed to promote its stature in the international financial market? The environmental analysis for the development of China’s international financial market 1.1 Enabling environment: The rapid rise in emerging markets. It changes the structure of global economic strength. On multiple economic and financial indicators, emerging countries can rank into the top 10, and they can challenged the developed countries on aspect of the international financial governance and international financial rules in international financial system. For instance, In 2010, the economic growth of emerging markets took up 72% to world economic growth, and among them, the BRIC is up to 49.1%. The international rankings of main economic indicators(2012) |Ranking |Nominal GDP |Purchasing power |Total volume of trade |Total foreign reserves | | | |parity(PPP) | | | |1 |USA |USA |USA |China | |2 |China |China |China |Japan | |3 |Japan |India |Germany |Eurozone | |4 |Germany |Japan |Japan |Saudi Arabia ...
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...reconstruction of Japan after WWII, applied liberalism approaches leverage diplomacy and build relationships that provide Obama a successful roadmap, despite his realist aspirations. Although the President did take a decidedly realist approach to relations with China and the “pivot to Asia”, U.S. interests are better served through liberalists method. What follows is a detailed analysis of President Obama as a realist, the shortfalls of his approach, where other approaches may be more appropriate, and lessons from a past President. The first tenet of Realism supports that history is a sequence of cause and effects. At the 2014 speech at West Point (USMA), President Obama illustrated this tenet with the...
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...Crisis in Darfur: An Educational Simulation July 10, 2009 U.S. Diplomacy Center Department of State PARTICIPANT BACKGROUND GUIDE INTRODUCTION: “CRISIS IN DARFUR” Whether the murder, rape, pillage, and displacement of tens of thousands in the Darfur region of Sudan is labeled a tragedy, or civil war, or ethnic cleansing, or genocide “in slow motion” 1, the world can’t ignore what is going on in western Sudan. According to the UN, over 2.1 million people are believed to have left their homes, and up to 70,000 have been killed. Other estimates put the death toll higher, up to 400,000. International media has only limited access due to the remoteness and instability in this vast region the size of France. So we don’t see all the day to day details of suffering as we did, for example, in late 1998 in Kosovo. Those images and reports helped trigger UN ultimatums and eventual NATO intervention in 1999. After the Holocaust, the world said “never again” should we stand by and watch while millions are slaughtered. After the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, after the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and after the mass killings in Srebrenica in Bosnia in 1995, the world also stood by, and then said “never again.” And now we have Darfur. Thus Darfur can be seen as a profound test of the credibility of the international community: the United Nations, the international NGO community, the African Union, and citizens and governments around the world. Is there the will to act in Darfur or will we stand...
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...BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION NAME EUNICE MAKUVIRE REG B1337262 (BLOCK RELEASE) YEAR 1:1 PROGRAM MSc INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FACULTY SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COURSE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS LECTURER Mr. CHIPAIKE DUE DATE 03 MARCH 2014 QUESTION CHINESE RESOURCE DIPLOMACY IS DETRIMENTAL TO LONG TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA.DISCUSS COMMENTS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….......................................................................................................................................... Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese activity in Africa has been seen and has grown exponentially in the past decade. China’s enhanced role within the global economy has profound political implications across the world, but takes a particular form in Africa. Recently, there has been an ongoing move by the Chinese to tap in and secure natural resources in Africa through the Chinese-African trade and diplomatic relations. Though its growing interest in Africa has resulted in huge capital flows into the continent and increased exports of natural resources from Africa, it is the purpose of this paper to determine if this relationship is creating shared prosperity for both countries. It is also vital to outline the contexts of African crisis and Chinese expansionisms. The paper also...
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...Chinese First Lady, Peng Liyuan wore. Yahoo.com downplayed the visit by stating that Michelle Obama would use “soft diplomacy” to focus on building “goodwill” between China and the United States. The articles continue through explanation of the places that The First Lady, her children, and Mother will visit, but does not go into any detail on the good will that Michelle Obama expressed. The article reported by The Washington Post contained an informational description of the visit, which did not include a description of what the two women wore. This article focused more on the purpose of the visit, which was to concentrate on educating young people, obesity, youth empowerment, all of these issues remain a consistent theme for Mrs. Obama. The Washington Post also describes our First Lady with using “soft diplomacy,” but goes on to explain her reasons for doing so. In the article posted on Yahoo.com, the description of “soft diplomacy” made it sound as if Mrs. Obama was on vacation rather than her exact purpose for the trip to China, which was in fact, to speak to the younger generation on specific topics. Using the critical thinking and reading skills that I am beginning to develop, I was able to evaluate each article separately and differently. Although the article posted on Yahoo.com provided less significant information on Mrs. Obama’s visit to China, it did include some background information...
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...Chinas Opium War By: Zachary Kern In this paper, I will discuss Chinas opium problem within the 1830’s. At this point, the British Empire has established a routine shipping triangle between ports in England to ports in India; here British merchants would pick up large shipments of opium. From India, the merchants headed towards China, Canton in particular. From here the large shipments were sold to merchants using large British clipper ships, who distributed the large shipments of opium to smaller smuggling ships called “fast dragons” to be dispersed amongst the vast provinces of China. I will discuss the impact of this trade triangle for both the British and the Chinese. Also to be discussed is Imperial Commissioner Lin and his anti-opium campaign in China as well as on the British front. The Chinese and British had contrasting views on Lin and his campaign to end the mass profits the British were collecting from poisoning the Chinese community. Ultimately the opium war would conclude with the Nanjing treaty signed by the Chinese in 1842. Britain forced China to sign via threat of military and naval conquest, a tactic called gunboat diplomacy. Before we delve too far into the characters that were directly involved in the diplomacy regarding the opium situation in China, we must get a better understanding of the market conditions that the situation arose from. There is a very clear line that separates the two types of trade between the British and Chinese empires respectively...
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...Dollar diplomacy was one of William Howard Taft’s major plans to increase the American influence around the world. While Taft , teddy Roosevelts successor continued most of the big stick diplomacy he also inserted a momentum in enhancing great integration between United States and Central America in the world through the dollar diplomacy policy. The policy majorly encouraged the American businesses to invest in various countries in an effort to convince the governments of those countries an Ally of the United States. Taft greatly believe that once those countries have received American investment would realize the profits of those investments and would dearly make sure that the American Businesses enhance their markets for long period of...
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...Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute 6 Issue Linkage and Coercive Diplomacy 6 Sino-Japanese political-economic relations 8 Cold Politics and Hot Economics 8 References13 Abstract: The Senkaku Diaoyu crisis is a territorial dispute between China and Japan over a group of islands know as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. The Sino-Japanese dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dates back to as early as 1895 when Japan annexed the islands. It was not until the 1960’s and early 1970’s that the dispute becomes a major topic of Sino-Japanese relations due to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East that suggested possible large hydrocarbon deposit in the waters off Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands (Zhongqi, P. 2007). China however, has clearly stated that the islands have been its territory for the last five centuries (Yuan 2013). There are many disputes in regards to the ownership of the islands. Firstly, China believes that Japans claim of sovereignty over the islands in 1895 holds no meaning, leaving the lands unclaimed. Second, China and Japan disagree over whether Japan returned the islands to China after the Japanese defeat in World War II. Lastly, China and Japan debate over how their maritime boundary in the East China Sea should be demarcated according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which came into effect in 1994 (Zhongqi, P. 2007). China asserts that its Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) considered the islets...
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...There are several concepts from the Contemporary International Problems text that we will be reviewing. We will examine several inaugural excerpts to see the correlation between the actual concept and reviewing the historical context. We will examine how all of these things affect today and have affected the U.S. in the past. Several concepts we will review are as follows: defense, deterrence, détente diplomacy, national interest and globalization. The excerpts for this study are from our current president, Barack Obama, and former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. All three of our presidents addressed defense and deterrence; however we shall only focus on two. “Defense is blocking an enemy’s attack” (Roskin & Berry, 2008, p. 200). “Deterrence is dissuading attack by showing its high cost” (Roskin & Berry, 2008, p. 200). In 2001 former President George W. Bush spoke about defending the U.S., and tried to deter other countries from attacking the U.S. and our allies. He stated “...we will defend ourselves and our friends by force of arms when necessary.” He later stated “My most solemn duty is to protect this nation and its people against further attacks and emerging threats.” During the time he gave this address the U.S. had been through the attacks of 9/11, Iraq was threatening allies and the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction, Bin Laden would release video or voice recordings stating how America would suffer or pay. These reasons are why we still...
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... Beijing Consensus Since China economic reform started in 1980s, China has been actively engaged establishing foreign relationship. The Chinese has done far more investments than the west today. However, the China effect in international relationships is viewed as a global concern due to China’s profit based foreign policy. China aimed Africa in 1970s as the first diplomatic target due to its rich natural resources. Up till today, the Chinese investment occupies 44% of all areas combined in Africa.1 In Angola, Chinese investors own 37% of the investments, and they benefit from these investments by earning millions of dollars. Seen from the outside, The Chinese seems is making a significant effort of making a win-win situation between China and Africa. In fact, China is often dealing its investment with the rouge governments and even, dictators. Example has been given in the book The Beijing Consensus. “Beijing has maintained strong economic relations with Khartoum since 2002, focusing on Sudan’s considerable natural resources.”1 A year later the genocide broke out between the Khartoum’s government and the Darfur region in Sudan. The conflict killed over two hundred thousand Darfurians and millions were displaced. The UN Security Council failed on intervene the violence because China’s diplomatic protection of Sudan. Interestingly, China did all these publically. China today is not afraid of public opinions any more, it shows more...
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...Economic Diplomacy – The Case of China and Zambia Marcov Alexandru Cristian Economic Diplomacy – The Case of China and Zambia Introduction Former Indian diplomat, Kishan S Rana defines Economic Diplomacy as “the process through which countries tackle the outside world, to maximize their national gain in all the fields of activity including trade, investment and other forms of economically beneficial exchanges, where they enjoy comparative advantage.; it has bilateral, regional and multilateral dimensions, each of which is important”.[1] China has emphatically registered its presence on the African economic and political landscape in the last decade. Among other things, the volume of trade between China and Africa has risen steadily from USD 10 billion a year in 2000 to over USD 40 billion in 2005, and is projected to cross USD 100 billion by 2010. To celebrate and cement these growing ties, thirty five heads of state from Africa assembled in Beijing at the invitation of the Chinese president Hu Jintao for the inaugural China-Africa Summit (referred to as the Summit henceforth) in November 2006. More than 2000 trade deals were signed in Beijing as China promised USD 5 billion in aid and credit to African countries in the next few years, and vowed to train thousands of its young men and women.[2] Zambia is a land-locked country in Southern Africa with a population of 13 460 305. Zambia’s natural resources include copper, cobalt, zinc, lead...
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...Accelerated Social Studies: American Imperialism and Foreign Affairs 5 Paragraph Essay Writing Prompt: Through American imperialism and involvement in World War I, how does the United States emerge as a world power. The United States established itself as a world power in the early 20th century, America’s economic dynamism enabled it to become world power. America started to grow in imperialist power, US gained influence in international diplomacy, influencing global events. The naval and military victories in the Spanish-American War, were crucial in the creation of enthusiasm in both the public and Congress enabling America to annex Hawaii as a necessary military and naval base. The Open Door” policy created by American Imperialist Involvement in WWI established America in a prominent position among world powers. Wilson’s brilliant planning and successful...
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...INDIA’S REGIONAL DIPLOMACY: NEW IMPERATIVES “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War “Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.” -Winston Churchill Introduction 1. India's regional policy, like its economic and international policies, has been facing continuous adverse criticism. Without well-defined and transparent national interests, a national aim and a proper doctrine to support these, it has ended up with vague and blurred goals. Besides, it has remained geared to the doctrine of nonalignment- a philosophy based on wishful thinking, self righteousness, a convenient substitute for hard thinking and decisions. 2. The old order based on a bipolar world achieved the objective of peace, or limiting the extent of conflicts after the Second World War. However, justice and prosperity eluded the old order because of international interests of superpowers. Presently, the world is experiencing transition to a New World Order, with no super power as the centre of the power hub. What then will the new order seek, now that ‘geo-economics’ has overtaken geo-politics. It is therefore imperative for us to know as to what is the role of India in Asian context, and how India’s regional diplomacy will affect the overall politico-military role of the country. Background 3. India being the largest democracy and the second most populous nation in the...
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...Communist fighter. "Then onJuly 15, 1971, Nixon announced on national television that he would become the first president ever to visit the People's Republic of China, a nation which had remained isolated from the West since the Communist revolution in 1949." ( PBS) Nixon wanted to have a cordial relationship with all of the major world powers. The thought was it would reduce the possibility of future wars. Kissinger and Nixon like to act without the permission or the knowledge of the State Department and play power politics. ( PBS) At this time, they were playing Russia against China. Nixon knew that he had to do make concessions if wanted China to loosened trade and visa restrictions. "On July 25, on a stopover in Guam, the president announced what would become known as the Nixon Doctrine, a cornerstone of his foreign policy.(PBS) Tensions decreased with China with the Ping-Pong players travel to China this started "Ping-pong diplomacy", Which delighted the Americans. During this time the tension between Russia and The U.S increased because of the atomic bomb and nuclear weapons that both side had and though it could be used at any time. With Russia seeing that China was becoming more open to the U.S. Russia agreed to work out an agreement. "Just a month after the excitement of ping-pong diplomacy, Nixon announced another victory -- the Soviets had agreed to work out an antiballistic missile treaty within one year."( PBS) This was a pivotal move to the Nixon...
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