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Afghanistan Mosque Blast. Dutch Lockdown. Sri Lanka Rains. Taliban News. The Global Context. China is a major power global power first of all because of its size and strategic location.

As its economy as grown, its status as a major power has been strengthened by its globe-spanning economic influence as an importer, exporter, investor, and aid donor.

Its economic influence has been strengthened by the Belt and Road Initiative which is building infrastructure links between China and most of the rest of the world.

Economic growth has also enabled China to expand its navy, which has begun to have global reach. When there were two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, China found itself in a difficult position. From to about , China was able to maintain an uneasy alliance with the Soviet Union. But this alliance did not give it much protection against the containment policy of the U. From to , China maintained a relationship of antagonism with both superpowers, which required it to turn inward and rely on itself for economic development.

From until about , China enjoyed the benefits of the "strategic triangle" by which its support was courted by both the U. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in , China has had to deal with the pre-eminence of the United States as the "sole super-power. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in , China had to deal with the pre-eminence of the United States as the "sole super-power.

Chinese foreign policy favors "multi-polarity," by which China means that other countries should resist efforts by the United States to dominate the international system. China therefore often votes against the U. China has also resisted U. Yet in many aspects Chinese foreign policy interests overlap with those of the U. For example, China has cooperated with the U.

Like American foreign policy, Chinese foreign policy seeks to create a favorable global environment for economic growth. China favors stable world markets, opposes trading blocs, and works to improve its own access to developed-country markets. China has, however, delayed the full opening of its own markets, even after it joined the World Trade Organization.

In an international system that remains more influenced by the United States than any other power, China takes an ambivalent posture. It wishes to participate and enjoy the advantages of the system, but whenever it can it tries to prevent the Americans from using the system to enhance their own power. The consultant for this unit is Andrew J. Russia wanted a railway link to their new port and this required building the Trans-Siberian Railway through Chinese Manchuria.

At the same time the Russia-China border to the north-west was the scene of incursions by Chinese bandits. After the Russian revolution in the situation was transformed. The U. When a Peoples' Republic was founded in Mongolia in Russian influence to the north of China strengthened. This proved pivotal to the outcome of the following Civil War as Russians helped the Communists take over the area and pick up discarded Japanese military equipment.

After the foundation of the People's Republic in October Russian technical, military and economic support flowed into China. In the s Russia supported hostile regimes to China in Vietnam ; Laos and built up offensive capability along its long border with China particularly in Mongolia.

China built extensive military defenses on Hainan island as China feared invasion from Vietnam, and it was only with the break-up of the U. Mongolia takes a large bite out of the northern China. The exact border with China is still a matter of dispute as the border passes through open grassland and desert with no convenient geographical feature to mark a boundary. Over the last few thousand years China has had troubled relations with the Mongol people to the north and especially the Mongol Conquests under Genghiz Khan.

Although mainly flat desert in the west the eastern portion is a land of mountains and rivers. It was an integral part of China in Mongol Yuan and Qing dynasty times. The division of Mongolia as a separate sovereign nation is a little accident of history. After the fall of the Qing Manchu dynasty in Outer Mongolia declared itself independent. Then came the Russian Communist revolution of and the Russians supported revolution in Outer Mongolia and it became a Communist state in As part of a deal for support in China's war against Japan , China acknowledged Russian control of Mongolia.

It remained allied with Russia through the years of poor Sino-Soviet relations and served as the base for many Russian military outposts. With the break-up of the U. Although a large country in land area it is sparsely populated. Many Mongolian are still nomadic herdsmen like their ancestors centuries ago.

There are more ethnic Mongolians in northern China, particularly in Inner Mongolia than in Mongolia itself. China has seen the Korean people as part of the Chinese family for centuries. Korea had been a vassal state at various times from Han dynasty all the way through to the Qing dynasty. Korea's relations with China have been important for centuries particularly in the last hundred years and so we have dedicated a whole section to Chinese relations with Korea.

The modern state of Vietnam is a relatively recent invention after the break-up of French Indo-China. Vietnam has a vague border with Guangxi and Yunnan provinces running across mountain ranges. Northern Vietnam came under Han dynasty influence 2, years ago. After the French were ejected from Indo-China in as a result of internal revolts it soon became prey to the political ambitions of U. Also available in print form. Mozingo, David P. PDF file.