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Global and Regional Geo‐strategic Implications of China's Emergence
Author(s) -
TANAKA Akihiko
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
asian economic policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-3131
pISSN - 1832-8105
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-3131.2006.00020.x
Subject(s) - china , competition (biology) , east asia , political science , development economics , nothing , international trade , economics , economy , law , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
Now that China's “re‐emergence” as a world center of production is obvious, concerns about its implications are being raised throughout the world, in general, and particularly in East Asia. China's economic growth is nothing but spectacular. If all parties are rational, however, a peaceful rise for China is possible. Peaceful management of the Taiwan Strait is critical in this respect. There are two possible scenarios for the peaceful rise of China: a unilateralist China in the multipolar world of competition, and a multilateralist, postmodern China embedded in an East Asian community. It is in the interest of Japan, the United States and other countries in the international society to induce China to take the latter scenario. To realize this goal, efforts on the part of China are critical, but the efforts of other countries such as the United States and Japan are also very important.