China 's Economic And Military Power

China has become a perceived threat to the U.S. economy because of the increasing trade deficit between the two countries, their ability to undercut production costs of similar products produced in the United States, and the amount of leverage that China has over the United States due to amount of money that has been lent by China. Although the United States has taken steps to close the trade deficit, such as convincing China to raise prices on their exports, there is still a considerable gap (Prasad). The United States government continues to print money that they simply can’t afford, therefore, relying even more heavily on China sustaining the value of their currency. Unless the United States is able to close the trade deficit and regain control of our economic flexibility, the problems caused by foreign countries owning our debt will remain eminent.

The rising of China will be America’s greatest long-term threat because it breaks the world power balance. The relative power logic shows that the increase in the China’s power will make the America’s power decrease. Chinese defense budget grows from $100 billion in 2011 to $215 billion in 2017 while American defense budget decline from $708 billion to $611 billion in the same period. Although the America’s military investment still remarkably higher than China’s, the gap is closer. Once China achieves the regional hegemon, it will attempt to expand its influence on other regions. Moreover, the benefits form institution liberalism system such as the role in UN will encourage China’s desire to replace American’s position. Therefore, when China reaching higher dominating position, it will do not want a peer. In other words, China will gain more power and reach regional hegemon to overcome America, and America will seek to prevent their great powers or, so the predictable outcome may be war.

Today’s China is the most populous country in the world and is so one of the most important political and economical forces in the world.

As every day passes China grows stronger in every aspect and eventually they will be knocking on America’s doorstep in each of those categories. Economically, China is closing rapidly, but even the sleeping giant as Napoleon Bonaparte called it, has its limits. To be blunt, China is resource hungry and who knows what their country will do next. With the level of nationalism that their people have, China could go in multiple directions. For example, let us look at both China attempting to exert control over the South China Sea and also with the Senkaku Islands. Both of these areas are becoming more and more hostile, which ultimately could lead to deadly military engagements. With that being said, Blij also proposes an argument that I have been pondering for a while and that is a potential cold war between the U.S.A. and China. On the outside it seems as if there is a potential collision course to that conclusion. However, Blij does offer an interesting solution to this possibility and it is one that I believe should be the strongest takeaway. Blij suggests that trade, scientific, cultural and educational links and exchanges can be the solution to this issue. After all, China is responsible for many of the essential aspects to our life. Therefore, the least we as Americans can do is learn the various geographical aspects that encircle

The United States will suffer an economic catastrophe when China stops purchasing U.S. government bonds because the U.S. government will not be able to pay its bills. According to Morgan Housel of the investment community, “China has indeed been a prolific buyer of U.S. debt over the past decade; in 2000, Mainland China owned less than $60 billion of Treasury debt [and] by 2010, it owned more than $1 trillion, surpassing Japan as America 's largest foreign creditor.” It is hard to imagine that such a world power like the United States needs any assistance from others. For years it has been speculated that without the help of China buying U.S debt, they will be in a huge deal of problems. That is extremely exaggerated being that the U.S. have many other investors but it is important to note that China is a very huge part of our economic success. Without the help of China we can truly look forward to higher interest rates, higher inflation and crowding out private investment. I do agree that the United States needs China in order to maintain a stable economy. With out the help of China’s investments the America’s economy will become weaken by the impending high interest rates, inflation, high unemployment rates, decrease in productivity, a decline in the stock market and a country where its citizens highly rely on their help of the government.

China’s economical strength comes from its international trades as the economy has grown to a rate of 10.3% in 2010. It has become the world’s largest exporter in the global economy. In the

China is also one of our most important, yet threatening, allies in the complex world of international

The influence China is having on the United States is extraordinary. As America continues to drastically import and purchase from China, China is purchasing and investing in valuable American assets. Some of these assets include energy, entertainment, food, aviation, minerals, land and other businesses. Although we operate in a global economy, the positive short-term gains by American companies selling to foreign investors may lead to negative long-term consequences. Countries such as China are literally buying tangible assets on American soil. This trend could affect commercial prices, resources, supply and demand. When a foreign company or individual owns rights to assets in the Unites States, American citizens could be subject to their conditions. Americans could be at the mercy of market conditions set forth by an entity to whom we are directly competing with on a global scale. For better or worse, China has great influence on inflation, monetary policy and acquisition within our own borders.

China has long since been recognized in the world for its natural and man-made products such as its silks, satins, and its delectable cuisine. During post classical China, China’s influence was not only spreading across the country, but was spreading across the world. Economically the Chinese ideas and innovations began taking full affect across Eurasia. The Chinese art of producing salt by solar evaporation soon spread to the Islamic people, as they began using the technique for themselves. Other Chinese innovations such as papermaking, printing, and gunpowder all began to spread to other civilizations such as Korea, Vietnam and Europe. With the creation of canals, networks commerce, waterways, and technological achievements, the Grand Canal,

China, the second leading exporter in the world, is known for their immense role in the United States economy. Without China’s contribution to the U.S. economy, the United States would suffers tremendously. This is the same case for China, the contributions from foreign companies is a big reasons for China's success. The relationship between these two superpowers were not always very strong. For years the United States trade system was not a very compelling situation for other countries to do trade. As the United States evolved into the superpower country they faced a lot of complications. For the United States of America to remain one of the world’s most powerful countries a strong relationship with China is a necessity. The continuation of

Another case can illustrate how strong China is should be the fact that China has become the biggest creditor nation to the U.S. By simplifying this abstract “biggest creditor nation” definition, a mathematic analysis may provide a lot of help: China has an estimated number of 1.4 billion people in its territory, while the government loan China has brought from the U.S in late 2011 was summed about 1.148 trillion dollars. That is to say, every single Chinese has an amount of 820 dollars of the American government loan. Statistics are always the most persuasive evidences. To some extents, a normal American middle class worker can hardly ever afford a home by asking for a loan without China’s help. China’s rapidly economic development strengthens its international position and even somewhat has improved the average quality of the whole world. Nobody can live without China.

The amount of debt issued to state-owned industries in China is escalating at levels that are not sustainable. In 2015, the debt was valued at $26.6 trillion, which is significantly higher than what it was valued only a decade ago (Schuman). When debt rises to high levels, it can cause ripple effects throughout an entire country. However, China is important on a global scale and could cause massive destruction throughout many different countries. According to Neil Shearing, a chief emerging markets economist, the debt that China incurs has accumulated too quick to keep up with. The importance of stopping the amount of debt in the country is key to preventing a crisis. Factors that need to be addressed within the country of China are the economy’s reliance on credit, slow economic growth, accounting methods used by Chinese banks, loose bank regulation and the inability of the government to continue to back the debt owed by the country.

China is revolutionizing its economic standards to be able to compete head to head with the advanced industrial countries in the world. China’s domestic market growth potential is a topic of concern for many people in business and government all over the world. The rising friction between China and its major trading partners, the United States and the European Union, over China’s currency policy and the safety of China’s exports have caused China to do some intense house cleaning. It is

In the past five years, however, China’s outbound direct investment has entered a “new era” as Chinese investment interest has shifted from targeting resource-rich developing countries to advanced economies (Hanemann & Huotari, 2015). Though energy is still a targeted industry, “Chinese firms are eager to acquire advanced manufacturing assets that allow them to modernize technology and move up the value chain” (Hanemann & Lysenko, 2013, p.1). This has led to increased Chinese investment in developed economies, including the United States and Europe, in sectors like high tech, modern service assets and infrastructure (Hanemann & Lysenko, 2013). Chinese direct investment in the United States

The Chinese are an extremely clever people and unlike the old USSR, saw that communism failed everywhere it was tried. They therefore changed their economy to a capitalist one, but kept the communist party leadership. Those who think a revolution is in the offing fail to realize that every person in China might not love the system they live under, but would fight to the death to defend it. No anti-war protests here, they’d lose 500 million and not even blink – and if it ever comes to it, they will.