Topic:Why is the rise of China considered through the lens of ‘threat or opportunity’?
Opportunity:
China population is huge market ( consumption )
Investment from China is huge
Threat:
try to become a hegemon and replace the role of the US
The ideology is aggressive, set up military base at middle east and south China sea
ignore the Universal value(or western values), international law, treaty seeking to steal intellectual property
Essential Reading
Chengxin Pan, Emilian Kavalski, Theorizing China’s rise in and beyond international relations, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages 289–311
