POLI 2053 Chapter : China
Document Summary
Leadership and governance are major issues in china meaning it resembles russia, where leadership and governance seems to be strong. It"s for this reason that we compare the two in our discussion. Important actor in today"s world: politics, economy, and the international system: china is a system different from most of the countries we"ve covered. It qualifies as the only communist country we"re covering in our discussion: although it is still communist politically, china has flirted with economic capitalism, which would leave one to argue that in these two areas, politically and economically, Its governance of leadership is unique: today"s leader xi jinping plays multiple roles. He is the president of the country, general- Mao zedong: for this reason, many think he might stay in office forever, or much longer, than his 2 terms (like putin, china faces problems: identity/territorial, most chinese are known as a han.
