The Rise of China forum

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We have recently introduced this new forum for the discussion of China's rise as a world power, with its massive economic growth, growing international influence, military expansion, and the strategic and geopolitical implications of this phenomenon for the East Asia region as well as the rest of the world. The forum is moderated by xinhui, who will be assisted in the endeavor by the forum staff.
 
Ironduke said:
We have recently introduced this new forum for the discussion of China's rise as a world power, with its massive economic growth, growing international influence, military expansion, and the strategic and geopolitical implications of this phenomenon for the East Asia region as well as the rest of the world. The forum is moderated by xinhui, who will be assisted in the endeavor by the forum staff.
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Both congratulations on becoming a forum moderator as well as a thanks to Xinhui for dedicating your time help provide and moderate quality discussion on China! :)
 
The Dragon Rises!!!

The Dragon Rises!!!

Congrats on a great move for WAB to create this window and on a perfect candidate to monitor and maintain it's serious flavor.

I look forward to my education here. I'm very pleased.

Way to go Xinhui and WAB!
 
Congratulations and question, who is Xinhui?

Suddenly found a new forum named as “rise of China”. Congratulations though I do not think “rise” is an appropriate word here. Question is who Xinhui is? May I know more about this Chinese expert? Many thanks.
 
Congratulations Xinhui. I couldn't find the PRC Economy thread in the international economy then I found this forum. I think I'll camp out here for a while. :))
 
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"...who is Xinhui?"

He's a Guatemalan...of Chinese descent!:biggrin:

...and possessing considerable experience/knowledge across a wide range of security-related issues within his home region and across the big blue in the PRC.

Oh! And a pretty cool guy.:cool:
 
Question for Xinhui:

Perhaps we could get a reading list sticky like there are in other forums like Iraq and Iran? Books, monographs, papers, on Chinese military, history, politics, economics, etc. When you have time, no rush though.
 
ying said:
Congratulations and question, who is Xinhui?

Suddenly found a new forum named as “rise of China”. Congratulations though I do not think “rise” is an appropriate word here. Question is who Xinhui is? May I know more about this Chinese expert? Many thanks.
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China watcher extraordinaire. The largest collection of open source material in his pocession. Andy and I were the ones who worked out exactly what War Zone Campaign and what was the view on this.

Andy was the one who identified how a PLA division was re-organized into a brigade, more specifically, which regiment within that division was tasked to be the core of the new brigade.

He has been invited to think tank forums sponsored by both government and private sponsors.

That is not to say that he knows everything about China ... but he will find out.
 
WoW, thanks everyone for the kind words and I am looking foreword to spirited debates here.


Herodotus
that is a great idea, I will see what I can do.
 
This is a great idea. China has already emerged though still developing. I want to see how they handle the islamic militancy within their borders & how they cooperate with us in US & in India containg the militant terrorists launching from Pakistan.

Sam
 
drsambansal said:
This is a great idea. China has already emerged though still developing. I want to see how they handle the islamic militancy within their borders & how they cooperate with us in US & in India containg the militant terrorists launching from Pakistan.

Sam
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Even if china can’t be categorised with good friends right now, successful china will give a pretty good advantage to india. Emergence of china as a dominating power will result in a power shift towards Asia and will provide a better space for india for political bargainings in future.

There is a need to give enough strength to India-Russia-China group. Enough work is needed to built a level of confidence between India and China, for a combined benefits for these two developing nations and for a confident war against terrorism.
 
This is one of the more fascinating aspects of international politics to me. China for whatever reason fascinates me. I'd like to visit there someday, but I wish they were a bit more "open" to various social events and things (music, games, etc). Our relationship with them will be a major component to 21st century international affairs imo. It's like the Heavyweight boxing champ watching an up and comer in a way.

Thanks for making this forum. This was one of the forums that made me want to register actually.
 
Oh a few weeks away saw such a big change in the forum, devoting a special column to China-related topics. COOOOOOOL!

Gongxi Xinhui!
Gongxi Gongxi!
:)):biggrin::tongue:
 
What about a general East Asia/Pacific forum? China's growth is important, but what about Russian Far East, ANZUS, Vietnam/Thailand & South East Asia, Taiwan and Japan/Korea.

Surely thats more important than looking at China's rise? Japan alone should have its own forum if its about big, potentially influential nation states.
 
I'm not sure if this the right place for this , but here goes.

Chinas economy has been a juggernaut for a while now. Her manufacturing industry has taken the world by storm. Here in Australia; almost everything is made in China. There is very little manufacturing done here now. It's impossible to make goods when the labour Dollar is so different. I see the price of things in the shops hear and wonder how they can sell things for the price they do.

An example is; I brought a 18 volt cordless drill a couple of months ago. It came with a spare battery and 85 piece drill and screwdriver set, all for $49.95. Now, I know you only get what you pay for, BUT, I've had numerous tools from this company in the past. They offer a 2 year REPLACEMENT WARRANTY on all their products. You can't beat that. Some of the tools I have bought have had issues and I have returned them for a brand new one.
I'm not a tradie, and I can't justify paying $375.00 for a brand name drill when I can buy one for $49.95.

The products coming out of China are getting better and better all the time. All the major manufacturers here source from China.

BUT, here's the kicker. The world wide finance issue that is sweeping the world is also effecting China in ways we may not be ready for. Because we have very little made here, I fear that Chinas economy is going to stumble and may even fall over. If it does, I believe the whole world will suffer dramatically dragging the world into an economic depressive.

But there may be a winner here. And that winner may be in the form of India. Both countries have massive populations to draw workers from. I've had dealings with Chinese businesses and found them extrenal difficult to do business with. India on the other hand is a dream to deal with.

Freddie
 
Freddie

Welcome to this corner of WAB and thanks for sharing your personal exp with us.
 
Freeloader said:
This is one of the more fascinating aspects of international politics to me. China for whatever reason fascinates me. I'd like to visit there someday, but I wish they were a bit more "open" to various social events and things (music, games, etc).
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Indeed. While I was studying in the US there were so many Chinese people on the university but non of them ever wanted to hang out with any Americans, nor some other international students. And considering how many Chinese are studying in the US (and in the world), I am surprised that there are barely any movement for more demoratization, freedom of speech and human rights. All the attempts that happened came from some ethnic minorities like in Tibet and the recent unrests with Uighur people.
 
furkensturker said:
BUT, here's the kicker. The world wide finance issue that is sweeping the world is also effecting China in ways we may not be ready for. Because we have very little made here, I fear that Chinas economy is going to stumble and may even fall over. If it does, I believe the whole world will suffer dramatically dragging the world into an economic depressive.
Freddie
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Well so far it is not affecting it too badly!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/business/global/17gdp.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=growth in china&st=cse
 
The name of this sub-forum is not suitable considering history.I think Renaissance of China is better.
 
Montenegrino said:
Well so far it is not affecting it too badly!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/business/global/17gdp.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=growth in china&st=cse
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The worlds economies seem to be weathering the global financial crisis better than expected. That has been brought about by governments spending great amounts of money to kick start their economies.

China has become a source of money to be borrowed, even by our Govt. This will have the effect to make China an even bigger world economy. I'm still not sure if this is a good thing or not. Only time will tell.

The Chinese manufacturing industry is spreading in different ways.

The Great Ute of China is here - SA220 & V240 Dual Cab Utes - Great Wall Motors, Australia

I believe they an offshoot of Toyota; They may be a good thing, but Aussies are very skeptical of imported vehicles vehicles. We have some of the hardest conditions on earth for vehicles. If they can survive here, they can survive anywhere. Does anyone have any info on them?

Freddie
 
furkensturker said:
The Chinese manufacturing industry is spreading in different ways.

The Great Ute of China is here - SA220 & V240 Dual Cab Utes - Great Wall Motors, Australia

I believe they an offshoot of Toyota; They may be a good thing, but Aussies are very skeptical of imported vehicles vehicles. We have some of the hardest conditions on earth for vehicles. If they can survive here, they can survive anywhere. Does anyone have any info on them?

Freddie
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I do not know about these cars in particular, but my friend from Russia told me that Russians were importing a lot of cars from China and that they were incredibly cheap but in the same time of very poor quality. BUT again I do not know about these cars in particular and they may have even improved quality of their cars... China even bought Hummer!!!
 
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