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Power in the Asia Pacific: PRC (Types of power used (Hard power (Refers to…

- - - - Xi aims to "recall a world in which China was dominant and other states related to them as supplicants to a superior, as vassals that came to Beijing bearing tribute" (Lee)
  - - - BRI initiative to co-operate with states and gain clout
  - - - 1 million Uighur individuals in re-education camps
    - - Providing the party with legitimate power
  - - - Made in China 2025 plan: 10 year industrial development plan with investments in coming of age fields such as AI: $300 billion USD is the cost
- - - - The state is a "victim of geography" in the sense that she 1. fears isolation and 2. must defend her borders from the 14 states that she shares with
    - - Advocating for the "rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" and therefore holds emphasis on a strong, civilised, harmonious and beautiful China.
    - - "One China Policy": Tibet, Macau Hong Kong and Taiwan are under the rule of the PRC
    - - This period (Opium wars- Chinese revolution) is marked by conflict, corruption, and chaos, fragmented the Qing dynasty from one of the largest and most economically vibrant empires on Earth to shards of land under Western spheres of influence. This era is holistically associated with China's compliance to the US and Western powers
  - - - Note that an an economically prosperous state can invest more money into defence and establish trade relationships with other states
    - - Expanding their trading power with other states
        
        Belt Road Initiative: 115 states as of April, 2019
  - - - Global power shifts: Trump's era
- - - - Panda diplomacy: the PRC loans pandas to states she believes will benefit her politically or economically. In 2011, China's panda loan to Edinburgh coincided with $4 million worth of trade deals
  - - - Belt Road Initiative
        
        For Pakistan, it is projected that by June, 2019, Pakistan will owe the PRC $19 billion.In return she has gained significant benefits from the initiative, witha terminal in Gwadar. Therefore, not only does this open up Gwadar to the world of trade, it allows the PRC to seek an alternative trading route through Pakistan
- - - - The PRC’s showcase of 10,000 military personnel, 48 naval vessels and their first aircraft carrier in the South China Sea in April 2018
  - - - GDP: 12.01 trillion USD
  - - - 2000 ballistic missiles pointed at Taiwan
  - - - Influence in Australian domestic politics: "Foreign actors covertly attempt to influence and shape the views of members of the Australian public, the Australian media, officials in the Australian government (Duncan Lewis)
  - - - Chinese Communist Party remains with single party rule
  - - - Confucius Institutes: By the end of 2017, a total of 525 Confucius Institutes and 1,113 Confucius Classrooms were established in the world.
  - - - Holds 1/5 veto powers in the UNSC