3: Regional Relationships & International Standing

Question 1

Regional Relationships:

Answer 1

To some extent China aims to promote positive regional relationships to not alienate potential allies.

Question 2

New Free Trade agreement:

Answer 2

2014 - With South Korea

Question 3

Chinese-South Korean Trade agreement:

Answer 3

Calls for the two nations to remove tariffs on more than 90% of goods over two decades.

Question 4

APEC Summit:

Answer 4

2014 - In order to populize its regional relationships, China promoted the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific as part of the Apec Summit. The move was designed to remove trade barriers that hinder economic growth in Asia.

Question 5

Dailymail:

Answer 5

“It marks the first time Beijing has take the lead in promoting a multinational trade agreement”

Question 6

Taiwan:

Answer 6

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Taipei in protest of the Direct 3 Links trade agreement.

Question 7

Taiwanese Students:

Answer 7

The deal is “putting a straightjacket” on Taiwan and “increases China’s territorial hold”

Question 8

Obama:

Answer 8

Denounced China’s military exercises in the South China sea as ‘wilfully blind’