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China’s Future

China's Global Role - Given its population, resources, and economic growth rates, China will be a great power by the middle of this century. GREGORY J. MOORE. World and I Oct 2001 v16 i10 p30


1. Why might China and the United States come into serious conflict in coming decades? Is this inevitable? Why or why not?




2. What factors point to the likelihood that China will be a great power in the latter half of the twenty-first century?




3. How has China’s human rights record affected its relationship with the United States?




4. Why is the status of Taiwan an important foreign policy issue for China and the United States?




5. What does the author think should be American policy toward China? Do you agree with this? Why or why not?