2. Content Japan, Korea, Australia, Singapore becoming more interdependent with China Japan alliance with US America’s view of Japan: bulwark of “free world” Technological sophisticated Largest humanitarian aid Missile-defense program
3. Content South Korea’s economic growth dependent on China China owns South Korea’s mines & railroads China alliance with Australia China is Australia’s largest consumer of uranium, iron ore, manganese, & liquid natural gas China will dominate Asia “Co-prosperity Share” future capital of China
4. Content The Inner Triangle: Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Burma (Myanmar) world’s only militant Buddhist state Thailand- China carving a canal across Thailand Vietnam- China believe it is in its civilization boundaries China’s strategy: acquire resources & build friendly relations to support its eventual blue-water navy China overtaken Japan as largest aid donor
5. Content China’s southern & central: seasonal cyclones& flooding Northeast: heavy snowfall West: deserts & mountains China: world’s widest & deepest self-contained cultural space: own literature, philosophies, and dramatic forms, TV shows Asia’s cultural magnet China’s peaceful rise=birth of Beijing Consensus
6. Source Slide The Second World Author: ParagKhanna Title: China’s First-World Seduction Section V Chapter 28
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Post a Power Point presentation to the Site - April 141. Check which section of The Second World your group should be reading.2. Select one chapter from that section, skim it this weekend.3. Create a Power Point presentation: 1 Title Slide (with graphics); 2 content slides (with graphics) on any themes, topic, event, from that chapter; 1 sources slide that lists the source for your presentation: author, title, section, chapter.4. Post this presentation in your Blackboard Drop Box and have it ready for our meeting on 4-21.5. Create a Slide Share account; try it our with your new Power Point presentation.Dr. AYou can earn up to 10 bonus points for posting an outline or summary of the lecture that you attend for Political Economy Days at Palomar College this Wednesday and/or Thursday. See the schedule here. BTW, here is a description of Political Economy at Wikipedia.Just post your summary in the Text Box on your My Page.Deadline for this posting is Wednesday, April 14.Dr. A
