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POLITICAL (ECONOMIC PROSPERITY (UNSUCCESSFUL (Great Firewall of China…

- - - - blocking access to potential markets
  - - - Chinese communist party used political power to shift people out of the way and political will
      - The world's largest power station in terms of capacity
      - As well as producing electricity, the dam is intended to increase the Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reduce the potential for floods downstream by providing flood storage space
      - Displaced some 1.3 million people (relocation was considered justified by the flood protection), increased risk of land slides
      - China’s political power allowed for rapid development of the dam, including forcing population out of the affected areas.
      - in 2010, 300,000 thousands more removed out of concerns of a landslide
- - - - "Just like being in jail"
      - Increase national sentiment
      - Chinese authorities are enticing Han people from outside Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to relocate there, promising generous compensation, however most refuse because of the harsh prison-like conditions they are subjected to
      - Urgher terrorist have killed dozens of Han Chinese due to the constant repression felt in the community
  - - - Bans certain films and censors internet and art content
      - Internet censorship in China is to block access to selected foreign websites and to slow down cross-border internet traffic
      - Limiting access to foreign information, blocking foreign internet tools, mobile apps, requiring foreign companies to adapt to domestic regulations
      - Nurtures domestic companies and reduces the effectiveness of products from foreign internet companies
      - China has a longstanding quota system allowing for only 34 non-Chinese films per year
      - On average 95% of Chinese hold positive views of China and in 2011 it was surveyed that 97% believed that China had a positive impact on the region.
      - According to a 2017 BBC poll, 88% of Chinese that China is a positive influence in the world
    - - Prevent secessionist movement
      - Heavily armed police outnumber pedestrians
      - Chinese authorities are disguising the persecution and mistreatment of Xinjiang Muslims as counter-terrorism measures for "maintaining stability"
      - Population of 10.1 million people; which over half is muslim, live in fear of being locked up in re-education camps or transformation through education camps
      - The government says it must eliminate terrorist threats by "eradicating ideological viruses" of some "incorrect" Islamic beliefs and non-Chinese identities
- - - - Only films that shed a positive light on China are allowed to air in the state
      - Limiting access to foreign information, blocking foreign internet tools, mobile apps, requiring foreign companies to adapt to domestic regulations
      - Nurtures domestic companies and reduces the effectiveness of products from foreign internet companies
  - - - Shows that China is an authoritarian regime
        
        Principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action
        
        Individual freedoms are subordinate to the state and there is no constitutional accountability and rule of law under an authoritarian regime.
    - - Authoritarian regime
        
        Individual freedoms are subordinate to the state and there is no constitutional accountability and rule of law under an authoritarian regime.
        
        Principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action
        
        One-party state and centralised control
        
        Crackdown on protests against the government
      - Chinese officials banned journalists from investigating terror events and crime, telling them to use only information “released from authorities”- Restriction of free press
      - The state is subservient to the Communist Party, which allows some degree of criticism but not beyond a kind of “red line” level that will fluctuate with the times.
    - - China has the world's largest carbon footprint since 2004 and was responsible for 28.3% of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2017
      - Has faced widespread criticism from the international community. Beijing also faces domestic pressure to address environmental concerns while maintaining economic growth
      - China's biggest energy consumption is majority coal (over 60%)
      - China has a priority of economic development over health and pollution
- - - - Through a campaign of fear and intimidation, Beijing is hindering free speech in the United States and in other Western countries
      - Anyone exercising public authority for up to six months without fair trial procedures
      - "In an interconnected world, an attack on one nation's networks can be an attack on all," - Hillary Clinton 2010
      - Clinton likened online censorship by countries such as China, Vietnam and Iran to the rise of communist Europe, warning that a new "information curtain" threatened to descend on the world unless action to protect internet freedoms was taken
  - - - Is the world's leading country in electricity production from renewable energy sources, with over double the generation of the second-ranking country, the US
      - As Chinese renewable manufacturing has grown, the costs of renewable energy technologies have dropped dramatically
      - in 2015, China became the world's largest producer of photovoltaic power
      - China is also moving to have one fifth of it energy supply sourced from renewable energy by 2030
      - Having pledged to reduce its emissions intensity by 60 to 65% as part of the Paris Agreement
    - - China has declared war on air, water and land pollution in 2014 and is deploying more stringent regulations, expanded air and freshwater monitoring systems, and tougher pollution enforcement action.
      - In late 2017, China launched the world's largest climate market
      - Is one of the most polluted countries and pollution contributes to 1.6 million people annually
      - Pollution particles in the air in China's major cities have fallen by a third in the last 5 years