BY: CHRISTIAN LYON AND YIXIN SHEN. General Information Population : 1.3 billion Currency : Yuan / Ren Min Bi(RMB) 6.5580 RMB = 1 Dollar Official Language.

BY: CHRISTIAN LYON AND

YIXIN SHEN

The Peoples Republic of China

General Information

Population : 1.3 billion Currency : Yuan / Ren

Min Bi(RMB)6.5580 RMB = 1 DollarOfficial Language :

Mandarin Chinese

Important Events

1949- founding of the People’s Republic of China

1949 – 1975 Reign of Mao Ze Dong1953- Chairman Mao’s five year plan1958- Great Leap Forward1976- Death of Chairman Mao1978 – 1991 Reign of Den Xiao Ping1989- Tiananmen Square Protests

Government Today

3 Branches of Government

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the dominating party

China is divided into 23 provinces, each electing their own regional leader

Branch: Executive

Vice President: Xi JinPingPresident: Hu Jintao

Leaders of China

Premier: Wen JiaBao

Executive Vice Premier: Li KeQiang

Vice Premiers

Hui LiangYu

Zhang DeJiang

Wang QiShan

Branch: Judicial

China has a four-level court systemAt the top is the Supreme People’s Court in

BeijingLower courts are the higher people’s courts

in provinces, autonomous regions, and special municipalities

intermediate people’s courts at the prefecture level

Special courts handle matters affecting the military, railroad transportation, water transportation, and forestry.

Branch: Legislative

Deputies serve five-year terms and meet annually for two or three weeks in March or April

2,979 deputies were elected in 2011

Legitimacy

the perceived right to exercise power the belief of a country's citizens that the

government has the right to rule and exercise authority.

China's legitimacy does not solely reside in one sector, but comes from many of the sources of legitimacy that have been defined by political scientists.

China is perceived as a legitimate country by other Constitution Leader

Dynasties

The Chinese polity was first consolidated and proclaimed an empire during the Qin Dynasty

 Qin Dynasty set lasting unifying structures, such as forms of writing, coinage, and a pattern of thought for scholars 

Relationship with United States

Some say that the relationship between China and the United States is "the most important" bilateral relationship in the world

China hold about $2 trillion foreign reservesChinese cooperation is required for the success of the

United States economyChina has no desire to be an enemy of the United States"Both China and the United States need to give each

other due respect and need to incentivize each other. And then we can work together towards a better peace and better world.” said by Victor Zhikai Gao, the director of the Beijing Private Equity Association

Olympics

"One World, One Dream”Promoted a green and high-tech OlympicsAfter winning its 2001 bid to host the

Olympic Games, China launched a massive seven-year effort to prepare for the event

The 2008 Olympics will be among the most expansive ever held

China invested nearly $40 billion in infrastructure

Current Event

The article from the Wall Street Journal, Asia’s New Arms Race, discusses simply the arms race currently in Asia.

Even though the article talks about Asia as a whole it is important to know that China is one of the catalysts of the arms race, and in my opinion the most important one.

While China’s current spending does not come close to the United States’, China’s was roughly $78 billion in 2010, while the United States’ was $150 billion in 2009.

The defense budget of China, has increased by 358%, part of which has been invested into the design of the J-20 stealth jet fighter, which is said to rival the U.S.’ F-22.

Current Event

The military buildup that China is undergoing is a component of nationalism, China is letting its providences, Tibet for example that they will be staying part of China.

More interesting is weather China will test its military power and attempt annex parts of India, Russia, Japan or Korea in an attempt posses enough natural resources to continue to feed its economic growth.

Video about current event

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Jzi4Ut0tY

Discussion Questions

What do you think defines a superpower?Do you think china will be a superpowerDo you think china will be a democracy?will the middle class growth help or hurt the

democracy growth?Is the major thing people think about when

you say china communism or that they are a powerful country

Discussion Questions

Is the major thing people think about when you say china communism or that they are a powerful country

China makes the most pollution if you think people will care about the environment.

Sources

http://www.chinese-outpost.com/chinapedia/http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Chinese_history#Republic_of_China

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704881304576094173297995198.html?KEYWORDS=asia%27s+new+arms+race

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/constitution/constitution.htm

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-11-16/world/china.us.relations_1_chinese-foreign-ministry-official-chinese-president-hu-jintao-china?_s=PM:WORLD

http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/public/0807/sands.html