2017 asia economic forum on “the one-belt one …...source: parag khanna, connectography, 2016 12...
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2017 Asia Economic Forum on “The One-Belt One-Road Initiative: Impact and Implications”
Mr K. Shanmugam
Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law, Singapore
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OBOR in the context of…
1. Geopolitical trends
2. History
3. Current international situation
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CONTEXT: (1) GEOPOLITICAL TRENDS
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1. The rise of China
2. Change of relative power between America and China
What are the trends?
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“It is quite untenable to speak in terms of the “containment” ofChina. China with a population of 1.3 billion people is determined toprogress in all fields and take its rightful place in the community ofnations. It will succeed in that. Its people are bright andtechnologically savvy. The country and its people are not going to becontained.
From Singapore’s perspective, the relationship between the US andChina is not a zero-sum game. The rise of China does not imply thedecline of the US. Competition between both countries can takeplace within a stable framework, with both countries playing aconstructive role in world and regional affairs.”
– Minister K Shanmugam,
Speech at The Center for Strategic and International Studies Singapore Conference, 8 February 2012
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Income and poverty in China
Source: Geopolitical Futures, 2016
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China and the US make up about 40% of the global economy in GDP terms (nominal).
1980US: 25.7%China: 2.7%
2017US: 24.7%China: 14.9%
Source: Business Insider, 2014and World Bank data
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China has overtaken the US in GDP (PPP).
8Source: Statistics Times
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China’s rate of GDP growth is about double that of the US – albeit from a lower level.
9Source: Statistics Times
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China’s population is four times that of the US.
10Source: South China Morning Post, 2015
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China is the world’s largest trading nation.
11Source: Bloomberg, 2016
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China is the largest trading partner for most countries.
12Source: Parag Khanna, Connectography, 2016
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13Source: The Guardian, 2015
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CONTEXT: (2) HISTORY
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The Silk Route was the lifeline of world trade in the past.
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Global trade routes, c. 1650
Source: Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan, 2015
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Samarkand Silk routeOther routes
Bukhara
Merv
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Qinghai-Tibet Permafrost Railway
Drawing of the HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam ship lift
High-speed railway network
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CONTEXT: (3) CURRENT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
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Three developments that will impact geopolitical trends
1. China’s strategic economic engagement
2. China’s ability to bring together its resources and focus relentlessly on the desired outcome
3. Possible redefining of America’s interests
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China’s foreign investment outflows in 2013
Source: The World According to China, The New York Times.
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China’s FDI in Africa
Source: Financial Times, 2017
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23Source: South China Morning Post, Jan 2016 Source: The Economist, Jan 2017
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Innovation
“In the UK we broke through into themarket not as we had in other countries– through budget devices – but throughthe premium tier of devices. Our biggestseller in the UK is the P9, so the UK is aspecial market, so it must have a specialstrategy… I think if you can be numberone in China, in the most competitivedevices market in the world, we can havethe confidence of success elsewhere aswell.”
– Huawei UK Consumer Business Group MD James Jie, interview with Mobile Today in 2017
Source: London Evening Standard
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Source (top): CNBC, 2017Source (right): BBC, 2017
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“America First signals the restoration of American leadership and ourgovernment’s traditional role overseas – to use the diplomatic, economicand military resources of the US to enhance American security, promoteAmerican prosperity, and extend American influence around the world.”
– General McMaster, US National Security Advisor
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“The times when we could completely count on others, they are over toa certain extent. I have experienced this in the last few days.
And that is why I can only say that we Europeans must really take ourfate into our own hands, of course in friendship with the United States, infriendship with Great Britain and as good neighbours wherever that ispossible, also with other countries, even with Russia.
But we have to know that we must fight for our future on our own, forour destiny as Europeans, and that’s what I want to do together withyou.”
– Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
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One-Belt One-Road
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One-Belt One-Road initiatives
Source: MERICS
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Rudyard Kipling – The Young British Soldier (extract)
If your officer’s dead and the sergeants look white,
Remember it’s ruin to run from a fight:
So take open order, lie down, and sit tight,
And wait for supports like a soldier.
Wait, wait, wait like a soldier…
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier…
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34Source: Terra
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Implications, Impact
1. Economics
2. Security architecture
3. Geopolitical impact
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20 fastest growing trade routes (2005-2012)
Source: Goldman Sachs
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ASEAN: US$2.6 trillion
Source: World Economic Forum, based on World Bank data
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Singapore: What does all this mean for us?
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Source: The Straits Times, Jun 2017
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“A small state that is united, very clear in its purpose, focused in findinggood sets of relationships, can be very powerful and exert a lot ofinfluence.”
– Prof Wang Gungwu, Chairman of the East Asian Institute
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6.5 million
16 million
0.4 million
52.6 million
93.6 million
106.3 million
32.2 million
3.9 million
69 million
262.0 million
Population
Laos
Cambodia
Brunei
Myanmar
Vietnam
Philippines
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
Indonesia
ASEAN Countries' relative GDP and population
$12.3 billion
$15 billion
$21 billion
$72.4 billion
$215.8 billion
$291.9 billion
$309.9 billion
$328.6 billion
$432.9 billion
$1020 billion
GDP
Burnei
Laos
Cambodia
Myanmar
Vietnam
Singapore
Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Indonesia
ASEAN: Comparative GDP - Population
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42Source: The Straits Times, Aug 2017
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Thank you
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