The Sino-U.S. rivalry in the northeast Asia after the cold war

1. Description

China and the U.S. are competing piercely over the hegamony on the northeast Asia in politics, economy and military power.

2. Enablers

- the increased importance of Chinese economy

- China's joining the WTO

- 2008 Beijing Olympics

3. Inhibitors

- China's internal dicrepancies in economy

- the importance of Chinese economy

- underperforming world economy

- the 6 party talk over the North Korea's nuke

4. Paradigms

Since the demise of Soviet union, the U.S. has enjoyed the status of the sole superpower. Everybody took it granted that the U.S was the worldcop. Into the vaccum of the power, entered China. It is now no secret that the U.S. regards China the No.1 potential enemy. People replaced the uni-polar world view with the bi-polar one. China serves as a counterweight to the U.S.

5. Experts

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