World Power's Influence

Question 1

Factors

Answer 1

• Economic Influence
• Military Influence
• Political Influence
• Regional Influence

Question 2

Economic Influence

Answer 2

• 2nd largest economy
• pop of 1.39 bill & makes almost 1/4 of global wealth
• member of WTO
• largest trading nation - 2.7 trill USD exported in 2021
• 2021 - per cap income = 10,500 USD
• per capita = how developed a country is
• countries dependent on China for goods
• 2013 - Wang Yang
  “but we [the USA & China] cannot have a divorce … for that it would be too high a price to pay.”

Question 3

Military Influence

Question 4

Political Influence

Answer 4

• member of UN - veto power
• Taiwan issue
• China = 1st country to suggest abolishing nuclear weapons - war between big 5 = bad
• tread carefull - other superpowers could team up

Question 5

Regional Influence

Answer 5

• largest / most powerful in Asia
• aim = displace USA
• territorial disputes
• not a member of ASEAN (Asian EU)
• ASEAN = combined pop of 700+ mill, combined GDP of 3.62 trill USD in 2022
• ASEAN promotes economic co-operation / pol dialogue / stability w/in East Asia
• ## China = expand through trade