The Post-American World - Fareed Zakaria [129]
Chaudhuri, Nirad, 171
Chávez, Hugo, 6, 19
Chechnya, 12
chemicals industry, 192
Cheney, Dick, 59, 247, 274
Chen Shuibian, 135
Chia, Rosalind, 211
Chicago, 103
“Chicago Boys,” 24
Chile, 3, 19, 24, 252
Chimerica, 140
China, 31, 100–144
African policy of, 129–32, 270
agriculture in, 65, 71–72, 100, 106, 112, 136
ancient civilization of, 73
Asian policy of, 132–36, 143, 173, 176–77, 267
as “asymmetrical superpower,” 142–44
automobiles in, 33, 110
banking system of, 106, 107, 109, 110, 127, 153
British influence in, 81
capitalism in, 105–7, 153
Central Bank of, 127
central planning in, 106–17, 149–50, 152
coal power in, 34
Communist regime of, 101, 102, 106–17, 119–20, 126–29, 135, 149–50, 167
Confucianism in, 73, 97–98, 122–27, 169
corruption in, 110, 114
Cultural Revolution in, 117, 129
culture of, 73, 91, 93, 95, 99, 121–27
currency of, 127
democratic reform in, 110, 112–17, 133, 274–75
as developing country, 102, 106, 108, 111, 118–19, 153
domestic market of, 48, 104–5, 111, 118, 130, 136, 138, 140, 144, 242
economic reforms in, 101–10, 115, 116–17, 118, 126–27, 159
economy of, xii, 2, 22, 38, 40, 48, 55, 65–67, 86, 100–110, 116–19, 126–27, 140, 144, 152, 153, 157, 159, 181, 200, 242
education in, 108–9, 134, 204–8, 211
as emerging market, 52–53, 118, 258, 281
energy needs of, 30, 34, 128, 130
engineers trained in, 204–8
environmental problems of, 111
fertility rate of, 148, 214
foreign aid by, 129–32, 133
foreign exchange reserves of, 105
foreign investment in, 104, 108, 202–3
foreign policy of, 118–36, 137
foreign trade of, 69, 77, 81, 102, 104–5, 129–32, 133
free-market approach in, 106–8, 115
geography of, 76
global influence of, 35, 52, 100–101, 117–44, 173, 193, 256–57, 259, 260–61, 266, 269, 281
Great Leap Forward in, 117, 129
Great Wall of, 76
gross domestic product (GDP) of, 2, 22, 49, 66, 104, 109, 111, 118–19, 139, 148n, 152, 157
growth rate for, 102–6, 110–12, 118, 126–27, 152, 157, 182, 242
“harmonious society” plan for, 111
human rights in, 97, 121–27, 274
Imperial, 62–74, 76, 77, 84, 86, 122–25
income levels in, 113–14
incremental approach of, 118–21
India compared with, 64, 108–9, 110–11, 113, 146, 147–51, 152, 157, 159, 167, 169, 175–78, 181–82, 257
Indian relations of, 133, 143, 165, 166, 169, 173, 257
industrialization of, 3, 106, 110
infrastructure of, 149–50, 152
Japan compared with, 104–5
Japan’s relations with, 101, 120, 134–35, 143
Korean relations of, 19
legal system of, 114
living conditions in, 66–67
manufacturing sector of, 22, 43, 102, 104–5, 138, 202–3, 229
middle class in, 115
China (continued)
military forces of, 86, 105, 117, 136, 140, 142–43, 174, 176, 260, 261
military spending of, 105, 142
modernization of, 102, 109, 114–15, 126–27
nationalism in, 35, 101, 134–35, 143
natural resources needed by, 129–32
naval forces of, 62–64, 70, 71, 72, 77, 142
nuclear weapons of, 140, 142, 174, 176, 260
oil needs of, 30, 128, 130
one-child policy of, 148, 214n
“peaceful rise” policy of, 119–20, 127–36
peasants of, 65–66, 100, 106, 112
population of, 23, 31, 65–66, 100, 110, 112, 144, 147, 214
poverty in, 3, 21n, 65–66, 100, 102, 106, 111, 113–14, 117, 121
privatization in, 107, 110, 151, 152, 153, 222
productivity in, 71–72
protests in, 110, 113, 134, 135
road safety in, 110
savings rate of, 104, 137–39
shopping malls in, 3
social change in, 110, 112–17
Soviet relations of, 133, 137, 142
Taiwan policy of, 118, 119, 132, 135–36, 137, 141, 142, 263
taxation in, 64, 107
technology sector of, 67–68, 69, 72, 101, 118, 201, 204–8
television in, 119–20
as UN member, 118, 131, 165n, 254
urbanization of, 102–3, 106, 110, 150
U.S. compared with, 100, 103, 108, 193, 200, 242, 263
U.S. relations with, 100, 104, 105–6, 107–8, 118, 136–44, 176–77, 190, 235–36, 254, 260–61, 263, 264, 266, 269, 280–82
wealth of, 65–67
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