China in the 21st Century: Regional or World Power?

Abstract

This topical survey of mainland China's growing extra-regional hegemony opens with the definition of a world power, and ends with China as "too weak to engage itself actively, but also too big to be overlooked" (1 33). This conclusion comes from the careful scrutiny of the nation's inner power factors, cultural activity, international popularity, military firepower, and economic weight. Within the almost rigidly overstructured analysis, the United States naturally figures as the model to which China might aspire. As such, the preponderance of English-language sources begets many untranslated quotes, but the German text itself is strewn with English jargon and idiom.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA407880

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  • Stefan Meder

Organizations

  • Bundeswehr University Munich

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Commerce
  • Economic Systems
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intellectual Property
  • Military Forces (Foreign)
  • Military Modernization
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
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  • Political Systems
  • South Asia
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Asian Economic Studies
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