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China and global security

China and global security. http://globalsecuritypolicy.wordpress.com/ | Paper Drafts Due Tuesday! Hard Copies! . China: A snapshot. PRC founded in 1949 Geography and Demographics Slightly smaller than US Han: 91.5% Most live on the East Coast (“Inner China”)

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China and global security

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  1. China and global security http://globalsecuritypolicy.wordpress.com/ | Paper Drafts Due Tuesday! Hard Copies!

  2. China: A snapshot • PRC founded in 1949 • Geography and Demographics • Slightly smaller than US • Han: 91.5% • Most live on the East Coast (“Inner China”) • Population: 1.33 B, low population growth (-.63%) • HDI: Life expectancy- 73 years • Adult literacy (96% male, 89% female) • PPP: $8,400 10K for a weekend course anyone? Rural v. urban divide

  3. China and Global Security • Points of contention • “China is a threat to global security” • Being vague about what “threat” and “global security” actually means. • Get up and go to different sides of the room (or continuum)

  4. Readings • Six groups (each article will be done 2 times) • Use space on the board to fill in these boxes/categories • ALSO- come up with one question about this article

  5. history of US/Sino relations-in Two slides • 1949- PRC Established • 1950- Korean War • 1954- Taiwan Straights • 1959-Tibetan Uprising • 1964-China has the bomb • 1971- Ping Pong Diplomacy • 1972-Nixon visits China

  6. Slide two • 1979- Formal recognition and “One China” Policy • 1989 Tiananmen Square • 1996 Taiwan’s first free and fair election • 1999 NATO accidentally bombs Embassy in Belgrade • 2001 US spy plane detained • 2008 China is US’s largest foreign creditor • 2010 China is world’s 2nd largest economy

  7. Documents • Who is the author? • Who is the intended audience? • How might these documents appear to “outsiders” (the “unintended audience)? • What interests might “they” have? • Are these documents truthful?

  8. Confidence? • NYTimes Videos • What does confidence do? Do other superpowers have this confidence? • Power and responsibility? • What does “the Chinese” mean? • Is CCP going away?

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