Ekonomski Vjesnik (Jul 2009)
The Republic Of China In The International Economy
Abstract
country, and one of its largest. A major part of the scientific and technical advancements of the human race have been accomplished within the cultural and ethnical space of China. China is a mixture of different nations and cultures upon which cooperation has been imposed through centuries of warfare. Coexisting together throughout a millennium, these nations and cultures have embraced coexistence as a historical imminence. This coexistence has provided the entire human race with important cultural, scientific and technical achievements. The development of China today is characterised by its specific economic and political system, which seeks to achieve cooperation between socialist and capitalist schools of philosophy. To understand the practises of China’s leaders, it must be kept in mind that China is a huge country with 1,314,480,000 people accounting for about 20 per cent of the planet’s population; it is a conglomerate of different religions and nations at various levels of development. It is well-known that China does not possess the potential, in terms of raw materials and energy, required for the prosperous life of its citizens, and in earlier times, widespread natural disasters would cause the deaths of millions of people through starvation. China’s abrupt transition to the capitalist system would result in a cataclysm of global proportions setting the stage for numerous coups, demands for secession, and the migration of many nations from the areas in which live today, as well as various forms of genocide. For a considerable time now, China has been achieving high growth rates, and it is gradually assuming a place among the leading economic world powers. Given that the spheres of interest on our planet are already established, China is seeking to spread its influence over countries that have yet to reach a certain level of development that would provide them with a higher level of sovereignty. These are the countries of Africa. Through these countries, China could realise its economic domination on a world scale. China has already taken its first steps to this effect at the economic conference held in China in 2006 between most of Africa’s important economic and political leaders and China’s highest leadership.
