ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Credit Suisse, Anthropocene, Free Market

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Max Friesen

Document Summary

China was an underdeveloped nation than somehow became a power global force. Perhaps it became what it is now because of market liberalization and government involvement. They are trying to become powerful by using the new silk road s. China as an investor or provider of aid. China offers aid and direct involvement in less wealthy countries. China is a major foreign investor in many african countries. Belt and road initiative reaches unto europe: east central european countries, Criticism: human rights are not discussed by chinese investors or agencies. Political aims: rivalry with the us and the eu. The study realized that the world is not run today by one power. Globalization is no longer that america and its allies were interconnected in a network of domination. It is still a force in the world, but it is met with counteraction by other powers. Russians after the collapse of communism would not let.