Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Xi Jinping, John Ikenberry, John Mearsheimer
26 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
The Cold War featured which sort of world orderrrrrrrrrrbryrrrr?
Is unipolarity over
Has been predicted before in the 1970’s and 80’s
Sources of continued strength, military power, resilient and adaptive society
Attractiveness of American international order, challengers want in
The Rise of China
China
Revolution
Communist revolution led by Mao in 1949
A one party regime, centrally planned economy
Reforms
1978-79
Chinese Model
Limited political pluralism combined with economic Liberalism
Not enough capitalist incentives, property or privatization
Developmental state, drives the growth of the economy
Maintaining a good stock of state owned enterprise
Pursuit of export markets, they decided they don’t want to sell to
themselves but other people
No democratic pandering, (giving the voters what they want before an
election or to keep voters happy, no buying voters)
The Chinese Economic Miracle
Extraordinary Results
Over three decades of roughly 10% growth
Now world’s second largest economy, expected to overtake US within a
decade
From 1% (!978) TO 11.4% IN 2009 AND 18% IN 2016, of global output
75% of those lifted out of poverty in the last two decades are in China
Beyond Economic Power
Military, heightened spending, up to the level of second ranked power
Not chasing the US
Soft Power Confucius Institutes, global media, international aid debt
relief, and low cost loans
Structure power
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Document Summary
Has been predicted before in the 1970"s and 80"s. Sources of continued strength, military power, resilient and adaptive society. Attractiveness of american international order, challengers want in. Communist revolution led by mao in 1949. A one party regime, centrally planned economy. Limited political pluralism combined with economic liberalism. Not enough capitalist incentives, property or privatization. Developmental state, drives the growth of the economy. Maintaining a good stock of state owned enterprise. Pursuit of export markets, they decided they don"t want to sell to themselves but other people. No democratic pandering, (giving the voters what they want before an election or to keep voters happy, no buying voters) Over three decades of roughly 10% growth. Now world"s second largest economy, expected to overtake us within a decade. From 1% (!978) to 11. 4% in 2009 and 18% in 2016, of global output. 75% of those lifted out of poverty in the last two decades are in china.
