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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
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