Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Deng Xiaoping, John Ikenberry, Mao Zedong
21 Oct 2015
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Communist revolution in 1949 led by mao zedong. Wanted to transform economy: centrally planned or collectivized. From 1% (1978) to 11. 4% (209) of global output. 75% of those lifted out of poverty in last 2 decades live in china. Fdi still in early stages, china a fairly new player. Now world"s second largest economy, expected to overtake usa w/in decade (by 2018-2026) More low end manufactured goods than financial services and knowledge intensive industries. Military power: heightened spending (2nd most important on the world, still only barely a quarter of usa"s spending) "soft" power: making significant moves, explicitly putting more emphasis on soft power. Structural power: focus on national interest over global governance. John mearsheimer: (a) china cannot rise peacefully (b) is not arguing that chinese behaviour alone will drive the security comp. that lies ahead: the us is also likely to behave aggressively. Early 20th c rise of germany and japan led to total wars.
