

Society that comes from development and modernization after opening to the outside world. Interests but the leaders themselves are coming into power with experience in the transformation of The ChineseĬommunist leadership not only is having to cede space in its decision making process to industrial Its impact both on Beijing and on policy deliberations in Taipei, Tokyo, and Seoul. The implications of China's globalization and rise as a major economic power can be seen in Military level, temperatures of interaction are cold. At the human level the temperatures are mixed, at theĮconomic level hot, at the diplomatic level cold for Taiwan to warm for South Korea, and at the

Temperature of relations at each level ranges from cold to hot depending on the type of interactionĪnd country or state being considered.

Japan, and South Korea, China has displaced the United States as their major trading partner.Ĭhina interacts with Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea on four levels: human relations,Įconomic and financial interaction, diplomatic and political intercourse, and military relations. Taiwanese businesses have invested an estimated $70 to $100 billion in factories in coastal China.Ĭhina relies on foreign invested enterprises for about half its imports and exports. Japan, Russia, and South Korea are cooperating to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. Under the rubric of the Six-Party Talks, the United States, China, Neighboring countries through trade and investment while putting forth a less threatening militaryįace (to everyone but Taiwan). China, forĮxample, has embarked on a "smile strategy" in which it is attempting to coopt the interests of Neighbors, the calculus for war across the Taiwan Straits, and the basic interests and policies ofĬhina, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. relations with China, China's relations with its The economic rise of China and the growing network of trade and investment relations inĪsia are causing major changes in human, economic, political, and military interaction amongĬountries in the region.
