Follow up to Increase Military Spending in China
Despite increasing spending on military, U.S.-China relations will remain stable. Because of strong economic incentives, Chinese foreign policy will remain “pragmatic and diplomatic.”[1] China’s survival rests on economic growth which is largely dependent on trade, foreign investments, and access to natural resources and foreign technology. Lake Wang, Senior Editor of the Harvard International Review, said, “It is unlikely that the Chinese government will stray form its path of cooperation and accommodation. If the Chinese relationships with the rest of the world diminish, then the Chinese economy could diverge from its current economic trajectory of growth and stability.”[2]
[1] Wang, L. (Fall 2007). “The Good Neighbor: Why China Cooperates.” Harvard International Review.
[2] Ibid.
[1] Wang, L. (Fall 2007). “The Good Neighbor: Why China Cooperates.” Harvard International Review.
[2] Ibid.
posted by Maria Teresa de la Cruz at 8:03 PM
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As China’s economy booms and its military grow, the United States will seek to curb China’s growth and influences, creating hostility between the two countries. Optimist contend that economic dependence will pacify hostility and conflict between China and the United States because each country has an arsenal of nuclear weapons war, and the fear of mutual nuclear annihilation creates a stabilizing effect. Just as the danger of mutual nuclear annihilation deterred a war between the Soviet Union and the United States, tensions between the United States and China has tempered.
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