10/26/2015

China’s discomfort in an American world

Pupils stand to form a giant Chinese national flag to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at a primary school in Dexing, Jiangxi province September 22, 2009. Reuters

Key Points:
  • China has reemerged as a great power in a world order created and dominated by the United States, and that order has had a profound effect on China’s development.
  • China possesses three personalities. It acts as a civilizational empire, a nation-state, and a globally integrated economic power. The Chinese Communist Party struggles to manage these often-conflicting identities.
  • A multitude of identities is not unique to China. The United States is both a classical nation-state and an “empire of liberty,” and the interaction between the three Chinas and the two Americas will shape the future of Asia.  Read more

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