Analytical critique of The Chinese Century

Docs en anglais | 15 pages | 25-08-2006 | Format : | Note : Non noté |

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Résumé

In his book "The Chinese Century" Oded Shenkar makes the argument that “China's rise has more in common with the rise of the United States a century earlier than with the progress of its modern-day predecessors and followers,” which is very ambitious to say the least. He goes on to claim that “China's advance is not cyclical and temporary but represents fundamental restructuring of the global business system and a repositioning of its key constituencies” If one were to take Shenkar at his words then we are witnessing the birth of a new superpower rivaling the influence exhibited by the United States today. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on which side of the China fence one finds oneself) the arguments put forth by Shenkar in the book are not immune to critique, and the focus of this essay will be to put light on Shenkar's lack of political analysis which can be problematic when dealing with any country, much less a developing country under one-party rule.

Shenkar seems to take political stability as a given and that economic progress will continue forward in China without any negative cultural and military consequences or consequences. This is naive to say the least considering China's turbulent history during the 20th Century. The essay will be divided in such a way that I will begin by giving a brief summary of the points Shenkar makes in his book and then I will continue on to the critique, which will be divided into two greater problems, that of problems that arise directly from economic factors, and also problems that arise indirectly from cultural and military conflicts that are caused by economic progress. The main point of the arguments is that while the threat of outsourcing is still legitimate, the economic development of China will not cause a paradigm shift in power towards the east ...

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