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Title: Win-Win vs Zero-Sum Game: How China Managed to Overcome Global Economic Slowdown
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Sputnik News
URL Source: https://sputniknews.com/politics/20 ... a-new-silk-road-marshall-plan/
Published: May 10, 2017
Author: Sputnik News
Post Date: 2017-05-10 10:21:21 by A Pole
Keywords: China, economy, Eurasia
Views: 9081
Comments: 32
While Beijing is preparing to hold the One Belt, One Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 14-15, Xinhua has stepped forward to bust the myth that China's New Silk Road project is essentially a Marshall Plan 2.0. China's New Silk Road Project has nothing to do with America's post-WWII Marshall Plan, China's state-run media outlet Xinhua argues. "Why do Western commentators stuck with a Cold War mindset consider the Chinese Belt and Road initiative —the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road — a modern version of the American Marshall Plan aimed at restoring Europe after Second World War?" the media outlet asked. "Some do not believe in China's strategic motivation, arguing that this initiative is a geopolitical tool aimed at ensuring its domination in the region and creating a new sphere of influence. Others oppose the initiative because they are afraid of losing their leading positions in the world financial system," the article said. The "Western skeptics" have yet to realize that China is not a proponent of a "zero-sum game"; quite the contrary, Beijing is seeking a win-win solution, the media outlet insisted. The modern Belt and Road is aimed at creating a transnational network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa and promoting the development of countries which have embraced the initiative. "Unlike the Marshall Plan, [China] doesn't lay down any political conditions for the participants of the Belt and Road [project]," the media outlet emphasized, "China has repeatedly said that all countries should respect each other's right to choose their own social system and development paths independently." Xinhua highlighted that since 2013 more than 100 countries and international organization have endorsed the initiative, while almost 50 intergovernmental agreements on cooperation have been signed. Furthermore, Chinese companies have already invested over $50 billion and established 56 zones of trade and economic cooperation in 20 countries along the Belt and Road; in addition, they have created a total of 180,000 jobs for the residents of these states, according to the media outlet. In his op-ed for Sputnik, Tom McGregor, Commentator and Editor at China Network Television (CNTV), shares a similar stance. "The [Belt and Road] initiative would benefit participating member states since China would aid sovereign governments to build logistics hubs — roads, railways, ports, bridges, and airports; manufacturing parks; energy zones with power plants and new financial centers," McGregor underscored. The CNTV commentator admitted that China is expected to benefit the most from the project, "but deservedly so," he insisted. "Beijing is the biggest investor in the Belt and Road, they deserve the right to determine the over-all rules, so long as other countries agree to their terms… It makes pragmatic sense for China to invest so heavily in global infrastructure projects and expect some sort of a return on investment," he wrote. McGregor called attention to the fact that Beijing is due to host the One Belt, One Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 14-15. "The anti-China conspiracy theorists will never change their negative views on the B&R, but other governments with more neutral positions can attend the forum and discover for themselves if the Belt and Road are the right deal for them," McGregor stressed. It is expected that the forum will bring together more than 1,200 people including officials, scholars, representatives of financial institutions and media organizations from 110 nations. The question then arises how China has managed to overcome the global economic slowdown, the weakening of international trade, and a certain setback in the process of globalization. According to Xinhua, the answer lay just beneath the surface: instead of pursuing global dominance and adopting the policy of "zero-sum game," Beijing has embraced partnership and global cooperation. "The Belt and Road initiative is focused on responsibility, mutually beneficial cooperation and sincere desire for joint development, it provided the world with China's response to the challenges of modernity — a balanced, fair and comprehensive model of development," the media outlet stressed.
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#1. To: Gatlin, Deckard, Vicomte13, ConservingFreedom, Willie Green, hondo68, calcon, Deckard, TooConservative (#0)
Forum sliding again?
It is an ambitious project, bigger than the Marshall Plan. Naturally, China will use it to serve its own interests economically and in foreign policy.
Yes, and they claim that it will be win-win for everyone.
There will be a price: if any portion of the highway system is disrupted, no doubt the Chinese military will come in to ensure the flow of traffic. IOW, it's an entry way into all the host countries for Chinese military to "protect" its road investment. Among other things.
I think you are making a psychological projection, coming from an Anglosaxon nation. Anglosaxons, who derive from the Vikings (through Normans), are predatory pirate peoples. Chinese are a very old culture focused on stability, striving toward harmony and commercial preeminence.
And dictatorships ruling over slaves. Which is why communism was such a good fit.
Yeah sure. You really care about Chinese people. I am impressed.
If you were any more full of shit,your name would be Obama. I don't give a damn about the Chinese one way or the other. I was just commenting that they have always been slaves,and it seems to make most of them happy to be a cog in a big machine. In general,this is true of all non-whites,and why whites ended up running the world despite being a minority for all of history. Like most Poles,they mostly enjoy being slaves with masters.
Weren't you "a cog in a big machine"? Because they are the superior master race?
LOL! No,in fact I wasn't. I know your simple mind will have trouble understanding this concept,but every member of the US military is told in basic training that they are under no obligation to follow illegal orders. No gulags in the US,comrade. why whites ended up running the world despite being a minority for all of history Because they are the superior master race? Yes.that is generally true. Deal with it,loser.
Yes.that is generally true. Deal with it,loser. But the leader of your master race with his Herrenvolk got clobbered by the lowly Slavs. Ouch! Soviet and Polish flags on Brandenburg Gate in 1945 Berlin. 130 years earlier, united forces of the West go home:
MY "master race"???? What race am I,pinhead? with his Herrenvolk got clobbered by the lowly Slavs. Ouch! Slavs aren't white? Since when? Do you actually understand anything about anything,or are you some sort of mental midget that has been programmed to mndlessly spout leftist dogma? BTW,the French and the Germans got clobbered by General Winter,not the Slavs.
Russians were tougher than Germans. Which wars Americans won? Philipines, Grenada?
Naw,you just say that because both they and the Germans turned the Poles into their personal little bitches. Which wars Americans won? Philipines, Grenada? A couple of minor ones you may have heard of called WW-1 and WW-2. Without the US,all of Europe would be speaking German. Including your Russian masters.
A couple of minor ones you may have heard of called WW-1 and WW-2. They came at the end, when war was already decided.
#24. To: A Pole (#23)
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You "learned" that in Commie School,didn't you? You and all your comrades would have grown up speaking German if it weren't for America saving your worthless asses again in the 1940's. BTW,America formally entered WW-2 in Dec of 1941,but had been keeping your commie idols alive and fighting by supplying Russia with everything she needed to stay afloat,from beans to bullets to rifles and trucks. All thanks to the communist SOB in the WH then. A sane president would have let Germany and Russia bleed each other out and then stepped in and taken over. BUT....,back to your brain fart about America didn't enter the war until it was almost over,America formally entered the war in Dec of 1941. Did you learn in commie school that the war ended in 1942? If so,how did they explain all the noise and rotting Soviet bodies right up to late 1945?
No. The Americans were in it much earlier. Without the Lend Lease, Britain and Russia would have both fallen to the Third Reich for want of supplies. The US kept the British, and then the Russians, in the war. It's true that US forces didn't land in the European theatre until 1942, and didn't land in Europe proper until 1943. It's also true that the US provided massive amounts of war materiel to the British and the Russians, without which neither would have survived the war.
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#2. To: A Pole (#1)
#3. To: Tooconservative (#2)
Naturally, China will use it to serve its own interests economically and in foreign policy.
#4. To: A Pole (#3)
#5. To: TooConservative, sneakypete, ConservingFreedom, Willie Green, Vicomte13 (#4)
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IOW, it's an entry way into all the host countries for Chinese military to "protect" its road investment. Among other things.
#9. To: A Pole (#5)
Chinese are a very old culture focused on stability, striving toward harmony and commercial preeminence.
#10. To: sneakypete (#9)
And dictatorships ruling over slaves.
#13. To: A Pole (#10)
Yeah sure. You really care about Chinese people. I am impressed.
#14. To: sneakypete (#13)
I don't give a damn about the Chinese one way or the other. I was just commenting that they have always been slaves,and it seems to make most of them happy to be a cog in a big machine.
why whites ended up running the world despite being a minority for all of history
#16. To: A Pole (#14)
Weren't you "a cog in a big machine"?
#18. To: sneakypete (#16)
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"Because they are the superior master race?"
#19. To: A Pole (#18)
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But the leader of your master race .....
#21. To: sneakypete (#19)
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BTW,the French and the Germans got clobbered by General Winter,not the Slavs.
#22. To: A Pole (#21)
Russians were tougher than Germans.
#23. To: sneakypete (#22)
Which wars Americans won? Philipines, Grenada?
Replies to Comment # 23. They came at the end, when war was already decided.
#27. To: A Pole (#23)
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