Location
Global Economic and Legal Challenges
Level of Education
Undergraduate
Keywords
China, economic reforms, market reforms, foreign investment, CCP, threats, hegemon, infrastructure, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), BRICS, Taiwan, conflict
Presenter Names and Speeches.
Adam Opp - Navigating the Threat Posed by the Chinese Communist Party
Abstract
For decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the economic growth of China has become a threat to the United States. Beginning in 1978, the CCP issued a series of economic, market-oriented reforms which led to a period of economic growth and productivity increase in China. The CCP turned to diplomacy with the United States and other nations to increase foreign investment and implemented the Belt and Road initiative. The impressive scale of Chinese economic growth poses an economic and hegemonic threat to the United States, as China’s economy is projected to outpace the United States and the CCP has expressed interest to replace the United States as a global hegemon by 2049. Economic and military tensions between the United States and China have increased, especially regarding the BRICS alliance, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the South China Sea. The CCP seeks reunification with Taiwan, but the growth of the Taiwanese semiconductor industry makes the nation an economic interest and ally of the United States. The United States should seek to avoid conflict with the CCP by identifying and agreeing on procedures to navigate redlines between the two nations, while also identifying areas of strategic cooperation and competition.
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Navigating the Threat Posed by the Chinese Communist Party
Global Economic and Legal Challenges
For decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the economic growth of China has become a threat to the United States. Beginning in 1978, the CCP issued a series of economic, market-oriented reforms which led to a period of economic growth and productivity increase in China. The CCP turned to diplomacy with the United States and other nations to increase foreign investment and implemented the Belt and Road initiative. The impressive scale of Chinese economic growth poses an economic and hegemonic threat to the United States, as China’s economy is projected to outpace the United States and the CCP has expressed interest to replace the United States as a global hegemon by 2049. Economic and military tensions between the United States and China have increased, especially regarding the BRICS alliance, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the South China Sea. The CCP seeks reunification with Taiwan, but the growth of the Taiwanese semiconductor industry makes the nation an economic interest and ally of the United States. The United States should seek to avoid conflict with the CCP by identifying and agreeing on procedures to navigate redlines between the two nations, while also identifying areas of strategic cooperation and competition.
