Detail A Special Report on China and America: Overkill   Oleh:  The Economist Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 393 no. 8654 (Oct. 2009), page 9. Topik: China; America; “Smart Power”; Military Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.57 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel WHEN Hillary Clinton said in January that America should exercise “smart power”, Chinese officials and commentators pricked up their ears. Here was a neat way of describing, some of them said, what China too was trying to do: find the right mix of military might, cultural influence and economic clout—hard power and soft power—to secure its place in the world. Yet both countries are at risk of dangerously mishandling this exercise in carefully calibrating their dealings with each other. China’s demonstration of military might and authoritarian muscle on October 1st, its national day, was one recent example of how its judgment can go awry. The parade of thousands of goose-stepping troops through central Beijing, along with military hardware intended mainly to intimidate America and its quasi-ally Taiwan, was a throwback to the imagery of cold-war days. It did not help that dissidents were rounded up and the public kept away from the event (except on television). Such scenes touch raw nerves in America, where intellectual and political opinion has long been bitterly divided over how to assess China’s rise. Left-wing Democrats, alarmed by China’s human-rights abuses, find themselves in league with right-wing Republicans who see China as a new Soviet Union, to be distrusted and contained. The October 1st extravaganza also worried a third, more centrist, camp: those who see the Communist Party’s resort to nationalism as a sign of its weakness and of China’s vulnerability to upheaval that could have damaging global consequences. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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