Power
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | ANU Press (AU) |
| ISBN-13 | 9781760462802 |
| Open Library | OL20927892W |
| Total publications | 33 |
| Coverage period | 2019 - 2019 |
| Language | EN |
| Impact factor | 0.061 |
"In 2018, the People?s Republic of China (PRC) was, by most measures, more powerful than at any other time in its history and had become one of the most powerful countries in the world. Its economy faced serious challenges, including from the ongoing ?trade war? with the US, but still ranked as the world?s second largest. Its Belt and Road Initiative, meanwhile, continued to carve paths of influence and economic integration across several continents. A deft combination of policy, investment, and entrepreneurship has also turned the PRC into a global ?techno-power?. It aims, with a good chance of success, at becoming a global science and technology leader by 2049 ? one hundred years from the founding of the PRC. In surveying the various ways in which the Party-state wields its hard, soft, and sharp power, the China Story Yearbook: Power offers readers a sense of the diversity of power at work both in China and abroad. Citizens of the PRC have long negotiated the state?s influence; increasingly, diaspora communities and other actors are now being subject to its might. As with previous editions in the series, we place important developments in historical context, and adopt a cross-disciplinary approach: it is our view that economy and politics cannot be divorced from culture, history, and society. The Yearbook provides accessible analysis of the main events and trends of the year and is an essential tool for understanding China?s growing power and influence around the world. "
Soft Power, Hard Times
travelling exhibition Global Tour ofGolden Bridge on Silk Road opened that month in Florence
The Story of Yanxi Palace
Peer-reviewed
Internment and Indoctrination — Xi’s ‘New Era’ in Xinjiang
21 NOVEMBER 2018, Radio Free Asia announced that a court in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) had sentenced Abdughapar Abdurusul, a prominent Uyghur businessman and philanthropist, to death. His 'crime' was to have made an unsanctioned Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca rather than joining an officially sanctioned group. His wife and eldest son were also detained and dozens of his associates were taken into custody. Later, rumours spread that hi…
The State Advances, the Private Sector Retreats
State media called Xi's media blitz an 'anti-anxiety pill', an antidote to a growing sense of unease among China's business community about the rapid expansion of SOEs at the expense of the private sector. An online essay published by former investment banker Wu Xiaoping in September 2018 had added to entrepreneurs' alarm by suggesting that having helped advance China's economy, the private sector should now fade away. 2 Even though online commen…
China’s Base in Djibouti
Calling the Tunes in Cambodia
that the late gynaecologist-turnedactor Haing Ngor, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, describes that day in April 1975 when the victorious revolutionaries forced the whole population of Phnom Penh out of the city.The Chinese tunes he heard were only the latest testament of a close relationship between China and Cambodia that spanned several centuries.
Constantly Strive to Become Stronger
Power Surge
The Power of Giving
Power
"In 2018, the People?s Republic of China (PRC) was, by most measures, more powerful than at any other time in its history and had become one of the most powerful countries in the world. Its economy faced serious challenges, including from the ongoing ?trade war? with the US, but still ranked as the world?s second largest. Its Belt and Road Initiative, meanwhile, continued to carve paths of influence and economic integration across several contine…
Chinese Engagement in Africa
Buying Power
Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Raising the Flag
the priests of Tianshifu 天师府, a Daoist temple in Longhushan 龙虎山, Yingtan prefecture, Jiangxi province, carried out the first ever national flag-raising ceremony in their temple square.
Sharp Power, Youth Power, and the New Politics in Taiwan
I N 2018, the People's Republic of China (PRC) stepped up efforts to isolate Taiwan and hinder its quest for international recognition.Three countries formerly maintaining full diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC) -the Dominican Republic, Burkino Faso, and El Salvador -broke these ties to establish them with the PRC, reducing Taiwan's political allies to just seventeen worldwide.Not just a matter of chequebook diplomacy, this rep…
Girl Power
Gender Discrimination in Job Advertisements in China, 1 which analysed over 36,000 job advertisements posted in China between 2013 and 2018.Among their findings, nineteen per cent of national civil service jobs advertised in 2018 specified 'men only', 'men preferred' or 'suitable for men', compared with just one that preferred women applicants, at the National Bureau of Statistics, for a job requiring 'long-term communication with villagers'.A wh…
Technology
has arrived. China has launched manned space flights, constructed the world's largest radio telescope, and sent the world's first quantumcommunications satellite into space, among other achievements in recent years. Its pursuit of 'innovation-led development' -including such schemes as the 'Made in China 2025' program (for more on this, see Chapter 2 'Talking (Up) Power') and the Internet Plus initiative -promise more accomplishments to come. Pre…
China’s Power in Africa
President Xi emphasised the roles played by Chinese firms and capital in solving Africa's infrastructure and industrialisation problems. He also announced that China will provide African countries with US$60 billion between 2019 and 2021, in addition to $US60 billion promised during the Johannesburg FOCAC Summit in 2015, to address infrastructural, trade and investment, manufacturing, health, and education needs across the continent. After over f…
Power in Chinese Foreign Policy
ITH CHINA HAVING the world's second largest economy, increasingly sophisticated armed forces, deepening networks of foreign relations, and prominent participation in international institutions, discussions of its foreign policy increasingly involve the consideration of 'power'. 2 Yet 'power' can mean many things in the Chinese context.It may refer to China's identity in international politics: variously a 'rising power', a 'partial power', and a …
Towards a Healthier Future
Towards a ‘World Class’ Military
Protecting Citizens Overseas
On 18 December 2018, Xi Jinping 习近平, the most powerful man in an increasingly powerful People’s Republic of China (PRC), marked the fortieth anniversary of the Reform Era with a speech reaffirming China’s commitment to the path of economic reform and opening up to the outside world. Describing the reforms as a ‘great reawakening’ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi credited the Party, of which he is the chairman, with ‘the most profound and …
The Anthropomorphic City — Power and Planning
A CITY is powerful relies on some kind of anthropomorphism. A city is not a thing itself that constitutes and wields power. It lies on a map, inert and lifeless, staring back at us and rhetorically imploring, am I important? How big is my dot? Capital cities are always more important on the map: they get the star, like Beijing. Yet in a recent Party announcement about leading places in China, Beijing did not feature at all. Only three appeared -S…
Australia’s China Debate in 2018
Powering Up
Xi Jinping , the most powerful man in an increasingly powerful People's Republic of China (PRC), marked the fortieth anniversary of the Reform Era with a speech reaffirming China's commitment to the path of economic reform and opening up to the outside world.
Rapprochement with the Vatican
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Soft Power, Hard Times
travelling exhibition Global Tour ofGolden Bridge on Silk Road opened that month in Florence
The Story of Yanxi Palace
Peer-reviewed
Internment and Indoctrination — Xi’s ‘New Era’ in Xinjiang
21 NOVEMBER 2018, Radio Free Asia announced that a court in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) had sentenced Abdughapar Abdurusul, a prominent Uyghur businessman and philanthropist, to death. His 'crime' was to have made an unsanctioned Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca rather than joining an officially sanctioned group. His wife and eldest son were also detained and dozens of his associates were taken into custody. Later, rumours spread that hi…
The State Advances, the Private Sector Retreats
State media called Xi's media blitz an 'anti-anxiety pill', an antidote to a growing sense of unease among China's business community about the rapid expansion of SOEs at the expense of the private sector. An online essay published by former investment banker Wu Xiaoping in September 2018 had added to entrepreneurs' alarm by suggesting that having helped advance China's economy, the private sector should now fade away. 2 Even though online commen…
China’s Base in Djibouti
Calling the Tunes in Cambodia
that the late gynaecologist-turnedactor Haing Ngor, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, describes that day in April 1975 when the victorious revolutionaries forced the whole population of Phnom Penh out of the city.The Chinese tunes he heard were only the latest testament of a close relationship between China and Cambodia that spanned several centuries.
Constantly Strive to Become Stronger
Power Surge
The Power of Giving
Power
"In 2018, the People?s Republic of China (PRC) was, by most measures, more powerful than at any other time in its history and had become one of the most powerful countries in the world. Its economy faced serious challenges, including from the ongoing ?trade war? with the US, but still ranked as the world?s second largest. Its Belt and Road Initiative, meanwhile, continued to carve paths of influence and economic integration across several contine…
Chinese Engagement in Africa
Buying Power
Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Raising the Flag
the priests of Tianshifu 天师府, a Daoist temple in Longhushan 龙虎山, Yingtan prefecture, Jiangxi province, carried out the first ever national flag-raising ceremony in their temple square.
Sharp Power, Youth Power, and the New Politics in Taiwan
I N 2018, the People's Republic of China (PRC) stepped up efforts to isolate Taiwan and hinder its quest for international recognition.Three countries formerly maintaining full diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC) -the Dominican Republic, Burkino Faso, and El Salvador -broke these ties to establish them with the PRC, reducing Taiwan's political allies to just seventeen worldwide.Not just a matter of chequebook diplomacy, this rep…
Girl Power
Gender Discrimination in Job Advertisements in China, 1 which analysed over 36,000 job advertisements posted in China between 2013 and 2018.Among their findings, nineteen per cent of national civil service jobs advertised in 2018 specified 'men only', 'men preferred' or 'suitable for men', compared with just one that preferred women applicants, at the National Bureau of Statistics, for a job requiring 'long-term communication with villagers'.A wh…
Technology
has arrived. China has launched manned space flights, constructed the world's largest radio telescope, and sent the world's first quantumcommunications satellite into space, among other achievements in recent years. Its pursuit of 'innovation-led development' -including such schemes as the 'Made in China 2025' program (for more on this, see Chapter 2 'Talking (Up) Power') and the Internet Plus initiative -promise more accomplishments to come. Pre…
China’s Power in Africa
President Xi emphasised the roles played by Chinese firms and capital in solving Africa's infrastructure and industrialisation problems. He also announced that China will provide African countries with US$60 billion between 2019 and 2021, in addition to $US60 billion promised during the Johannesburg FOCAC Summit in 2015, to address infrastructural, trade and investment, manufacturing, health, and education needs across the continent. After over f…
Power in Chinese Foreign Policy
ITH CHINA HAVING the world's second largest economy, increasingly sophisticated armed forces, deepening networks of foreign relations, and prominent participation in international institutions, discussions of its foreign policy increasingly involve the consideration of 'power'. 2 Yet 'power' can mean many things in the Chinese context.It may refer to China's identity in international politics: variously a 'rising power', a 'partial power', and a …
Towards a Healthier Future
Towards a ‘World Class’ Military
Protecting Citizens Overseas
On 18 December 2018, Xi Jinping 习近平, the most powerful man in an increasingly powerful People’s Republic of China (PRC), marked the fortieth anniversary of the Reform Era with a speech reaffirming China’s commitment to the path of economic reform and opening up to the outside world. Describing the reforms as a ‘great reawakening’ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi credited the Party, of which he is the chairman, with ‘the most profound and …
The Anthropomorphic City — Power and Planning
A CITY is powerful relies on some kind of anthropomorphism. A city is not a thing itself that constitutes and wields power. It lies on a map, inert and lifeless, staring back at us and rhetorically imploring, am I important? How big is my dot? Capital cities are always more important on the map: they get the star, like Beijing. Yet in a recent Party announcement about leading places in China, Beijing did not feature at all. Only three appeared -S…
Australia’s China Debate in 2018
Powering Up
Xi Jinping , the most powerful man in an increasingly powerful People's Republic of China (PRC), marked the fortieth anniversary of the Reform Era with a speech reaffirming China's commitment to the path of economic reform and opening up to the outside world.
Rapprochement with the Vatican