Pepe Escobar: Why American Worries about “Containing China” Are Off the Mark. Yves here. As China has become more powerful economically, and is building up its navy (a substantial navy is a precondition of being a true superpower), some pundits have taken to anticipating a world where US cedes dominance to China over a protracted and likely unstable transition period, using the decline of the British Empire and the rise of American influence as a guide.
That’s unlikely to be the right frame of reference. As Tom Engelhardt writes in his intro to Pepe Escobar’s piece: As Escobar explains, to spur the staggering levels of growth that keep the country and the Party afloat, the Chinese leadership is embarking on a kind of forced urbanization program that may have no historical precedent. It is guaranteed to destabilize the countryside, while yet more peasants flood into the cities. Yves again. By Pepe Escobar, a roving correspondent for Asia Times, an analyst for the Russian network RT and al-Jazeera English. It’s the (State) Economy, Stupid Dreaming of What? INET's Complete Interview with Orville Schell, China Expert.
China in world politics - curators... Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750. 23 Jan 2012 Time: 13:30 - 15:30 Place: Chr. Michelsen Institute The seminar will assess the rise of China and the current Chinese engagement in Africa in a broader perspective – China’s foreign affairs since 1750. Are we witnessing a power shift from the West to the East? Odd Arne Westad is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Discussant: Stein Tønnesson, Research Professor at PRIO and leader of the East Asia peace program, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University Moderator: Camilla Brautaset, Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen Seminar series: Emerging South Powers and Africa China, India, Brazil, South Africa and other rising economic powers in the South have become increasingly important actors in international politics and the global economy.
China_analysis_the_new_great_game_in_central_asia_september2011. IR446 Chinese Foreign and Security Policy.