Group 8 (China in the World) - 22 views
started by Michael Millard on 22 Oct 10
started by Michael Millard on 22 Oct 10
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started by Michael Millard on 22 Oct 10
China Changing its Economic Model : http://www.businessinsider.com/china-rebalance-2010-10
Chinese Debt Problems (Author is a little crazy) : http://www.businessinsider.com/vitaliy-katsenelson-china-presentation-2010-10
Chinese Industrial Consumption (2009 article) : http://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-taking-over-the-world-2009-8
China in the past could have influenced modern Chinese foreign policy:
Effects of Western Imperialism:
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/150-Years-Later-Destruction-of-Beijings-Summer-Palace-Still-Inspires-Patriotism-105168144.html
http://english.pravda.ru/history/21-10-2010/115465-chinese_dragon-0/
This website has a lot of links to other pages about this:
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/imperialism/china.cfm
And perhaps Japanese Imperialism:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11562973
For general information about China from a foreign point of view, we can draw information from the CIA Factbook on China:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
In terms of economic issues, the World Bank produces a number of statistics on the economic development of China:
http://data.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/section4.pdf
Important sections to a presentation on the Chinese Economy and the World would be the sections on "Current Account Balances" (net imports/exports), and GDP growth rates.
I think it also might be cool to include a small section on China's military actions in modern historical international military conflicts. For example, the following link provides an introduction to China's involvement in World War 2:
http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/china.htm
In many cases this might tie into some of the topics that Gareth mentioned.
For example, there is tension with China and the US regarding a "currency war" and China recently just turned down a proposal from the US to investigate their environmental issues within their factories.
We should look into answering the questions of:
1.) Why is it important to maintain a strong economic relationship with the US and other key nations?
2.) Where does China stand now economically in comparison to before? What are the challenges they are going to face and what do they look to improve upon in the upcoming years (ie. car industry and infastructure).
3.) Simply, what is all the hype with China? Alot of key events are going on now that I think we should mention and bring close attention to!
In my research for my individual project, I have also come across another interesting subject that we may want to add into our project, at least a little--Chinese Business Etiquette. I've found a number of different sources, on different aspects of the topic. I think if we were just going to talk about it a little, maybe we should go over what are defined as the eight "pillars" of chinese business culture. They are well discussed in the following article from Harvard Business School:
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/3714.html.
Anyway, I look forward to our presentation on Wednesday.
The first is a Coca-Cola commercial which aired in China. It features Liu Xiang, a popular Chinese Olympic track star:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=berhkqC2cY8&feature=related
The second is an introduction to some basic elements of Chinese Business Etiquette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XHioryoMes
Overall, I think the presentation was a definite success. One of our major strengths was the variety which we incorporated into our presentation--by varying the specific aspects of "China and the World" which we discussed, I think we successfully maintained the class's attention. Michael's introduction successfully used graphs and other graphics to keep the class engaged, and Gareth's discussion of foreign policy was very thorough. Donna's presentation brought in variety by talking about the environment, and I think the class enjoyed the video and other graphics in my section. While there are always areas for improvement (I could have ended a little earlier, for example), I think that our presentation was a great success overall.
I am very passionate about the ongoing environment issues in China and it was a great opportunity for me to share my research and opinion with the class. I especially enjoyed Francis' topic with the business etiquette because that was a topic that was brand new to me and very interesting as I look to do business abroad.
China is going through such a historical and important time right now with its relationships with Western powers brought to the forefront. There is still much to learn and we as a group hope that we were able to share a glimpse of that to the class.
Good work everyone, it was a pleasure working with you all.
Our given topic was an enjoyable and difficult one, given the contentious nature of many of the themes under discussion. Our presentation was a definite success considering that every member successfully addressed all of the nuances of their chosen aspect of the topic. We had superb organisation, laying the historical groundwork for the rise of Chinese political and economic power before analysing modern issues and finally providing thoughtful insights as to the possible direction of future Sino-Western relations.
I thoroughly enjoyed researching the changing historical nature of Chinese foreign policy as it is a subject I am very interested in, yet had not, until this project, had the opportunity to research in an academic context. I think the presentation was fantastic, yet one improvement I could have made was to incorporate more pictures into my presentation to make it more attractive and exciting.
The subject of China and the world is a vital topic to understand, as with China's growing power, its businessmen and politicians will play a greater role on the political and economic stages in the years to come. Understanding the history of Sino-Western relations, as well as understanding simple Chinese business etiquette, will facilitate political and economic good relations with China.