China and global security

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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

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)

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

Question Evidence

What is the author’s main point?

Did the author seem to have a particular perspective?

What primary evidence did the author provide?

What criticism can you levy against this argument?How did this author perceive the “rise of China”?If you had to come up with a bumper sticker/slogan for this article, what would it be?

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

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

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?

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?