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  • China & USThe New Geopolitical Equation

  • The Chinese World Order

    • 15 yrs ago journalist James Mann published The China Fantasy.

    • Criticized US policymakers using “Soothing Scenario” regarding China. In this view, China’s exposure to benefits of globalization would lead it to embrace democratic institutions & support US-led world order.

    • Instead Mann predicted, China would remain authoritarian, & its success would encourage other authoritarian regimes to resist pressures to change.

    • Mann was right.

  • China & USThe New Geopolitical Equation

    • Last 30 yrs China implemented a wide-ranging modernization strategy of economic, military and diplomatic expansion/outreach to the world.

    • China’s pursuit of a larger role in the world coincides with America’s pursuit of a smaller one.

  • China & US GeopoliticsPart 1• Geography• History

    • Background Issues: Taiwan, Japan, India, Russia• Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)• South China Sea

    • Emerging China• China’s National Strategy

    • Economic Modernization: Trade, “OBOR”• Military Modernization “Off Shore Defense”

    • US-China Relations Chronology

  • China & US GeopoliticsPart 2• Great Decisions Video• US-China Relations

    Chronology (cont)• Trump era• Misc Viewpoints

  • YELLOWSEA

    EAST CHINASEA

    SOUTH CHINASEA

    Korea Japan

    Taiwan

    PRC

    India

    Russia

  • TAJ

    MYANMAR

    AFGTibet

    Plateau

    RUSSIA

    Yellow

    Yangtze

    Pearl

    Population:China 1.4 BUS 326 M

    US 3.8 m sq miCh 3.7 m sq mi

  • Economic, IndustrialCenters

  • Chinese Autonomous Regions

    • Like a province, an Autonomous Region has own local government, but has more legislative rights.

    • A minority entity which has a higher population of a particular minority ethnic group.

    XinjiangUighur45/40%

    TibetTibetan93/6%

    Mongol17/79%

    NingxiaHui34/65%

    Guangxi Zhuang32/62%

    Inner Mongolia

    Han91%

  • • Up to 1 million people, or 7% of Muslim population in Xinjiang, are incarcerated in expanding network of “political re-education” camps, per US & UN

    Sep 3, 2018East Turkestan

  • Hundred Years of National Humiliation• Intervention: West powers & Japan 1839-1949• Opium Wars UK (1839-42, 1856-60); Taiping

    Rebellion (1850-64); Sino-French War (1884–1885); Sino-Japanese Wars (1894–95, 1937-45); Boxer uprising (1899–1901); British invasion Tibet (1903–1904); 21 Demands (1915) by Japan

    • Loss of sovereignty to foreign “Spheres of Influence" after military defeats & Unequal Treaties

    • Reparations, open trade ports, lease or cede territory (Manchuria & NW China to Russia, Jiaozhou Bay to Germany, Hong Kong to UK, Zhanjiang to France, Taiwan & Liaodong Peninsula to Japan)

    • US “Open Door” Policy• Anti-West Sentiment, China Xenophobia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_worldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_of_influencehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Manchuriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Northwest_Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Hong_Konghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhouwanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rulehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwantung_Leased_Territory

  • REPUBLIC OF CHINA (ROC) TAIWAN

    • 1955 Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty• 1960s Taiwan rapid economic growth. “4 Asian Tigers”

    Japan, S Korea & Singapore.• 1966-76 PRC Cultural Rev -1.5M• 1971 ROC lost UN seat to PRC• PRC claims sovereignty over

    Taiwan & refuses diplomatic relations with any country that recognizes ROC

    • Taiwan-multi-party democracy.

  • TAIWAN

    • 1979 US established diplomatic relations with PRC.• Carter terminated Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty• Supreme Court declined to rule Goldwater v. Carter (Right of

    President to unilaterally terminate treaty.)• US: One China Policy

    • 1979 Taiwan Relations Act • Unofficial relations thru nonprofit corp - American Institute in

    Taiwan• No “ROC,” use “Taiwan authorities” = de facto diplomatic

    relations• "US make available..defense articles & services..to Taiwan..self-

    defense" • Nature of defense services TBD by President & Congress.

  • TAIWAN

    •“Strategic Ambiguity” • US official position: PRC & Taiwan refrain from

    actions or statements "that would unilaterally alter Taiwan's status.”

    •No Forced Annexation or Declared Independence

  • Apr 27, 2018

  • • Economic leverage to achieve foreign-policy goals.• Demands airlines remove any reference to Taiwan, Hong

    Kong, & Macau as countries independent from China.• Websites cannot list Taiwan only as “Taiwan,” without

    reference to China. • “Separatist” material in China - such as map w Taiwan in a

    different color - results in legal, political & criminal consequences.

    • Closed Marriott’s website for week after included Taiwan & Tibet in pull-down country list in online consumer survey.

    • Marriott apologized, ended survey, & fired a US-based Marriott employee, who used company social media to “like” a Twitter post of a Tibetan separatist group.

  • • LA branch Taiwanese-owned 85CBakery Cafe gave a gift bag & welcome, to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

    • Chinese customers in mainland China furious & called for boycott. • Food delivery services dropped chain from apps & shares in parent

    company fell 7.5%. Company lost $120M.• Company (½ its revenue in China), reiterated "firm support" for 1992

    Consensus - loose agreement tween Taiwan & China that there’s only one China, without defining what that means.

    17 Aug 2018

  • • 2010 Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)

    • Preferential trade agreement to reduce tariffs & commercial barriers

    • PRC’s 7th largest trade partner and 6th largest source of imports.

    • Taiwan 22nd-largest economy

    Taiwan Trades Mostly w China

    $128b 2016

    $46b 2016

    Exports

    Imports

    40%

    16.4%

  • CHINA - JAPANSENKAKU/DIAPYU ISLANDS DISPUTE

    Okinawa

    • WW2 Japan Apology• Controlled by Japan

    since 1895. • PRC & Taiwan both

    claim ownership prior to 1895.

    • China acquiesced to Japan until 1970s• 1969 potential

    gas fields identified

  • CHINA - JAPANSENKAKU DISPUTE

    • Overlap EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES (EEZ).

    • 2006 PRC drilling.• 2008 PRC & Japan agree Japan

    invest in drilling & receive $ from obtained oil.

    • Not address Senkaku ownrship• US: no position on sovereignty

    but islands in Treaty of Mutual Cooperation & Security tween US/Japan.

    • 2010 Japan seize Chinese ship = Chinese REE “ban”

  • https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/jpn/#Destinations

    Japan 4th largest export economy 2016 export $688B import $575B positive trade balance $113B. GDP of Japan $4.95T GDP per capita $42.3k.

    OEC Observatory of Economic Complexity

    $120B

    $148B

    Imports

    https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/jpn/#Destinations

  • YELLOWSEA

    EAST CHINASEA

    SOUTH CHINASEA

    INDIA CHINA• 1962 Sino-Indian

    War• PRC seized Aksai

    Chin but not Arunachi Pradesh

    • 1996 “ Line of Actual Control”.

    • 2013 India joint oil explorations with Vietnam in S China Sea & advised by PRC to stay out.

  • YELLOWSEA

    EAST CHINASEA

    SOUTH CHINASEA

    INDIA CHINA• India seen as competing

    potential world power astride their oil routes.

    • Sri Lanka sea-port building

    • China “One Belt One Road”

    • China lead in exploring Indian Ocean for minerals.• 2011 Intern’l Seabed

    Authority (ISA) Exclusive right to exploreSri Lanka

    India

  • 7th largest export economy 2016 export $261B

    import $339Bnegative trade balance $78BGDP $2.26T GDP per capita $6.57k.

    $10.7B4.1%

    $58.9B

    $45.5B

  • RUSSIA

    • Common Border • World’s 2 leading authoritarian nations. UN Security

    Council• Sino-Russian partnership is counterweight to US on global &

    regional issues. • Seek a multipolar global power configuration more suitable

    to their interests (BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China, S Africa)

    • “Strategic partnership,” but they are not “allies.”• Vostok 2018 War Games 300k (largest in 4 decades)

  • 16th largest export economy2016 export $269B

    import $180Bpositive trade balance $88.6BGDP $1.28T GDP per capita $24.8k

    $30B

    $35.58B

  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)

    • 1967 Regional organization of 10 Southeast Asian states • Promotes intergovernmental cooperation & economic integration

    amongst its members. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myamar (Burma) & Vietnam

    • Seeks an Asian Common Market.• Annual East Asia Summit (EAS) since 2005:

    • "ASEAN Plus” - Additional attending countries (Not members): US, PRC, Japan, Russia, Australia, New Zealand & India.

    • Potential multi-state venue for South China Sea Resolution vs Bi-lateral negotiations. Thus far unsuccessful.

  • YELLOWSEA

    EAST CHINASEA

    SOUTH CHINA

    SEA

    KoreaJapan

    Taiwan

    PRC

    India

    Russia

  • SOUTH CHINA SEA - VITAL SEA LANE• Second most used sea lane in world. 5X Panama. 3X Suez.• 50% of world annual merchant fleet tonnage. • Over 11 million barrels crude oil a day.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lanehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_oil

  • SOUTH CHINA SEA RESOURCES •OIL: Estimated reserves of 4.5 km³ (28 billion barrels).•NATURAL GAS: Estimated reserves around 7,500 km³

    (266 trillion cubic feet).

    •FISH: One third of the entire world’s marine biodiversity • 12% of 2016 global catch• Stocks are depleting

  • Spratly Islands

    ParacelIslands Scarborough

    Shoal

    Gulf of Thailand

    NatunaIslands

    Straight ofMalacca

    Singapore

    Gulf of Tonkin

    PratasIslands

    MacclesfieldBanks

    AnambasIslands

    1400 nm north to south700 nm east to west

  • China’s“9 dash line”

    Claim• Historical - based

    on Chinese fishing & trading

    • Resolve issue by bi-lateral negotiation w each party

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS)

    • In force 1994. US not a signatory. • Nations’ rights/responsibilities on use of oceans/maritime

    zones. • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).• No enforcement mechanism.• International Seabed Authority (ISA) to authorize seabed

    exploration and mining outside EEZ and collect and distribute the seabed mining royalty.

  • • Territorial: 12NM, Coastal state rules & use any resource.

    International waters(Outside Territorial waters)

    Maritime Zones

    • International: Waters / Airspace

    • EEZ: 200 NM, Coastal nation sole exploitation rights over resources. -Foreign freedom of navigation and overflight.

    Continental Shelf

  • •UNCLOS does not determine sovereignty of a given land mass•Assumes a state has undisputed title over land from which maritime zone is claimed.

    •Once sovereignty of land is determined it stipulates jurisdiction over surrounding waters.

    • Sovereignty Claims1. Historic: PRC, Taiwan & Viet 2. Discovery & occupation: Viet, Philippines,

    Malaysia, PRC, & Taiwan 3. UNCLOS: A feature “Rock or Island” lies within

    state’s jurisdictional area - Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia & all

  • EVERYBODY SOUTH CHINA SEA

  • SPRATLY ISLANDS• Portions Claimed by China (PRC & Taiwan), Brunei, Indonesia,

    Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam• > 400 land features. Mariners call it Dangerous Ground• No indigenous population• Features Currently Occupied:

    • Vietnam 29 Brunei 2

    • China 8 Taiwan 1

    • Philippines 8 Indonesia 0

    • Malaysia 5

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Ground_(South_China_Sea)

  • CHINA’S LAND RECLAMATION PROJECTSGreat Wall of Sand

    Hughes Reef

  • CHINASUBI REEF 976 ACRES RECLAIMED

    July 24, 2016August 8. 2012

  • 2016 RULING International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

    • 2013 Philippine arbitration against China "nine-dash line"• 2016 Tribunal backed Philippines• No evidence China historically exercised exclusive control over

    waters or resources, hence "no legal basis for China to claim historic rights" over nine-dash line

    • “Historic Rights do not supersede another nation’s EEZ”• Criticized China's artificial islands - severe harm to coral reefs• Features of Spratly are "rocks" under UNCLOS, & not entitled to

    a 200 nautical mile EEZ • China rejected the ruling, calling it "ill-founded"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dash_line

  • CURRENT UNITED STATES POSITIONSouth China Sea

    • Non signatory of UNCLOS.• No use of force or coercion by any claimants.• Freedom of Navigation (private, commercial, military vessels & air).• Maritime entitlements based on UNCLOS or land mass. China’s 9-

    dash line does not meet these criteria.• US takes no position on merits of competing sovereignty claims.• An effective Code of Conduct is essential for preventing incidents.• US supports international dispute resolution mechanisms (ITLOS).• US will respond to allies who want to improve their ability to patrol.

  • EMERGING CHINA• China’s Economy: 2nd nominal GDP; 72nd per-capita GDP• Largest Population.

    • Since 1990 800 M people raised out of extreme poverty• Largest by Purchasing Power - GDP (PPP).• Largest Trading Nation.• Major creditor & 2nd largest foreign holder of US public debt.

    40% of China’s 1.2 Trillion Reserve is invested in US.• Fastest Growing Economy – 10% growth avg over 30 years.

    • 1978-2004 grew 10 fold. But slowing down to 6%.• Hong Kong & Macau “One Country, Two Systems”

    • Maintain “Capitalist” system for 50 years (Hong Kong 2047, Macau 2049).

  • • > 450 US-based multinationals have projects in China.

    • > 20,000 equity joint ventures• US investment in China: $256B• 2016 US trade deficit w China

    exceeded $347 billion & was US’s largest bilateral trade deficit.

    • “Attributing commercial value to last country of origin perverts true economic of bilateral trade imbalances. This affects political debate & leads to misguided perceptions. Estimates based on true domestic content can cut US China deficit by half, if not more."

  • Interwoven China-US Economic Ties• 2017 trade increased 15.2% year-on-year.

    • China's exports to US grew 14.5%• US exports grew 17.3%

    • China & US are each others largest trade partners.• 1979=$2.5B, 2017=$583.7B; 1971=$5M/year. 2016= $5M/hour

    • China: 26% of US-exported Boeing aircraft, 56% of soy beans, 16% of autos, 15% of farm produce, 15% of integrated circuits.

    • Trade structure improving. Past decade, US exports to China increased 11% annually & China's exports only rose 6.6%.

    • Although China has trade surplus with US, does not mean China benefits & US loses. 40% of trade surplus generated by US companies in China. 2017, US exports to China created 1 M US jobs

    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201807/05/WS5b3de608a3103349141e0f4d.html

  • Interwoven China-US Economic Ties• US trade with China saved avg American household up to $850/yr or

    1.5% of median household income of $56,500, in 2015.• US firm sales in China $372 B in 2015, ($223 B by their subsidiaries

    in China and $150 B in exports from US to China).• US: service trade surplus with China, surged 30-fold 2006 to 2016.

    2017 US service trade surplus $54.1 B.• Tourism exports are 61% of US service exports. 2.97 M Chinese

    traveled to US in 2016, spent $33 B.• Chinese students are highest % of foreign students in US

    universities for 8 yrs since 2010.• 350,755 Chinese students in US Higher Ed 2018, up 6.8% for year.

    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201807/05/WS5b3de608a3103349141e0f4d.html

  • 2nd largest export economy2016 export $1.32T

    import $2.12Tnegative trade balance $791BGDP $18.6T GDP per capita $57.6k.

    $122B

    $436B

    $207B

    $179B

    $289B $268B

    Exports

    Imports

  • China largest export economy 2016 export $2.27T

    import $1.23Tpositive trade balance $1.04TGDP $11.2TGDP per capita $15.5k.

    $463B

    $122B

    Exports

    Imports

  • The $80 Trillion World Economy

    • Rank Country GDP % Global GDP• #1 US $19.4 T 24.4%• #2 China $12.2 T 15.4%• #3 Japan $4.87 T 6.1%• #4 Ger $3.68 T 4.6%• #5 UK $2.62 T 3.3%• #6 India $2.60 T 3.3%• #7 France $2.58 T 3.3%• #8 Brazil $2.06 T 2.6%• #9 Italy $1.93 T 2.4%• #10 Can $1.65 T 2.1%

    http://www.visualcapitalist.com/80-trillion-world-economy-one-chart/

  • CHINA’S claimed growth numbers under increased scrutiny

    • Chinese officials & non-Chinese financial/econ observers claim govern has been inflating economic output.

    • Liaoning Provincial govern admitted it overstated GDP by 20% from 2011 to 2014.

    • 2015 China's official GDP growth figures might be double actual rate.

    • Tianjin’s 2016 trillion yuan GDP claim was in fact a third lower.• Wall Street Journal survey of economists found 96% think China's

    GDP estimates do not "accurately reflect Chinese economy.”• China's premier said GDP #s are "man-made" & unreliable & should

    be used "for reference only"

  • EMERGING CHINA• Unfair Trade Practices

    Artificial Currency DevaluationIntellectual Property theftProtectionismFavoritism, One Party Oligopoly, • Corruption• Pollution Hacking

  • HONG KONG (Reuters) — If the People's Liberation Army went to war tomorrow, it would field an arsenal bristling with hardware from some of America's closest allies: Germany, France and Britain.

    Dual Use TechnologyNuclear, Chemical, BioMed, Elect, Mech

    Reverse Engineering

  • CHINA’S ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_China

  • CHINA’S ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

    • Prior 2000 China preoccupied with internal development• 1979 4 coastal special economic zones where foreign investment

    received special treatment. 3 zones located close to Hong Kong. 4th directly across strait from Taiwan.

    • 1980s Shifted allocation of goods & services from govern plan to the market. Private entrepreneurship & free market activities legalized & encouraged.

    • Agriculture: Commune structure dismantled Free markets for produce • Heavy Industry: increased autonomy of enterprise managers, less

    emphasis on planned quotas, enterprises produce goods outside gov plan for sale on market, bonuses for productivity.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_China

  • CHINA’S ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

    • Light Industry: Indiv enterprise & collectively owned enterprises to soak up unemployment & supply light industrial products.

    • Indiv enterprises & admin depts outside Ministry of Foreign Trade could negotiate w foreign firms. Co-op, trade & credit arrangements w foreign firms legalized.

    • 1984 Expansion of economic development zones in 14 largest coastal cities as major commercial & industrial centers.

    • 1985 State Council of China established a SNA (System of National Accounting) to use the GDP to measure the national economy.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_China

  • 1979 4 coastal special economic zones

    1984 Economic development zones in 14 largest coastal cities as major commercial & industrial centers.

  • Special Economic Zones (SEZ) allowed government to experiment w market based economic policies, some of which they later adopted across entire country. SEZ were a form of state capitalism

  • CHINA’S ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

    • Public sector is bigger share of national economy than burgeoning private sector

    • Coastal regions more industrialized while hinterland less developed • World's fastest-growing consumer market & 2nd largest importer of

    goods. Net importer of services products & food • To avoid pollution, economy must shift to more advanced industrial

    development w high-tech, low carbon emissions w better allocation of resources to innovation & R&D to reduce impact of heavy industry.

    • Economic development of Shenzhen is dubbed as next Silicon Valley

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_China

  • CHINA’S NATIONAL STRATEGY

    • Focus on economic modernization.• Ocean food & energy resources are of increasing importance to

    future development. • Economic center of gravity shift from interior to eastern seaboard.• Need greater strategic depth for maritime defense of China's

    coastline. • Increasing reach of modern naval

    weapons. • Requirements for navy that could …………. ………

    defend China by operating credibly further out at sea.

  • CHINA’S MILITARY STRATEGY

    • Prior 1985 strategy was "Coastal Defense" • Focused on close-in defense of China's coast in

    support of a major land war (against Soviets).• Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) was landward-focused &

    expected to play a supporting role. (Brown Water Navy).

    • 1985 "Active Offshore Defense"• New PLAN strategic orientation was redirected-out to sea

    (against US) (Blue Water Navy).

  • PLAN’S OFFSHORE DEFENSE

    Two Components1. East Coast Protection

    in Off Shores Waters• Anti-Access, Area

    Denial Zone First Island Chain

    • Interdiction Zone Second Island Chain

    80 Anti-shipBallistic Missiles

  • PLAN’S OFFSHORE DEFENSE

    2. Shipping Lanes Protection

    “String of Pearls”• Submarines• Bases• Contain India

    Maritime Silk Road

    Djibouti

  • CHINA’SMILITARY BUILD-UP

    • Last 15 years People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) transformed toward “Blue Water” force

    • Identified US Achilles Heels: • Reliance on aircraft carriers

    • PLAN: 1 of world’s largest submarine fleets. Deployed near Guam & India• 80 DF21D Anti-ship ballistic missiles on coast

    • Electronics/satellite communications. GPS• 2006 destroyed satellite w missile.• Electronic Warfare Hacking (EMP)

    • 2016 deployed 1st aircraft carrier • Military Defenses on disputed islands• Create an “Anti-Access Area Denial Zone”

  • U.S.- CHINA RELATIONS

    • 1989 Tiananmen Square - US economic sanctions• Restricted Internat’l Monetary Fund development bank lending

    • 1997-98 Exchange of presidential visits Jian Zemin & Clinton • 1999 NATO bombed PRC Belgrade embassy during Kosovo • 2001 9/11 PRC supported UN Resolution condemning attack.

    Supported Coalition against Taliban. $150 M reconstruction aid to Afghanistan. Joint Counterterrorism discussions.

    • 2001 World Trade Organization. Free trade agreements w ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea & Switzerland.

    • Looking Outward. Increasing exports.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin

  • Shanghai CooperationOrganization SCO

    • 2001 China created as alternative to NATO.

    • Eurasian political, economic, & military organization.

    • Member: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan* India* (*2017)

    • Observer: Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran & Mongolia• Dialogue: Armenia,Azerbaijan,Cambodia,Nepal,SriLanka,Turkey• Guest: Turkmenistan, CIS, ASEAN, UN

    • Largest geographical regional organization in world (3/5 of Eurasian continent and ½ of human population.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATOhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia

  • China & USThe New Geopolitical Equation

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