NCERT Class 12 World Politics Chapter 4 Alternative Centers of Power YouTube Lecture Handouts Part 3

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The Dark Side!

Illustration: The Dark Side!
  • Unemployment has risen in China with nearly 100 million people looking for jobs. Female employment and conditions of work are as bad as in Europe of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Environmental degradation and corruption have increased besides a rise in economic inequality between rural and urban residents and coastal and inland provinces.
  • Outstanding issues with Japan, the US, ASEAN, and Russia have been tempered by economic considerations. It hopes to resolve its differences with Taiwan, which it regards as a renegade province, by integrating it closely into its economy. Fears of China՚s rise have also been mitigated by its contributions to the stability of the ASEAN economies after the 1997 financial crisis

India-China

Illustration: India-China
  • After India regained its independence from Britain, and China expelled the foreign powers, there was hope that both would come together to shape the future of the developing world - the slogan of ‘Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai’ gained momentum
  • Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1950 and the final settlement of the Sino-Indian border. China and India were involved in a border conflict in 1962 over competing territorial claims principally in Arunachal Pradesh and in the Aksai Chin region of Ladakh.
  • Relations downgraded till 1976.
  • After the change in China՚s political leadership from the mid to late 1970s, China՚s policy became more pragmatic and less ideological – resolving border issues – talks initiated in 1981.
  • 1988: Under Rajiv Gandhi – relations improved with peace and tranquility - agreements on cultural exchanges and cooperation in science and technology, and opened four border posts for trade
  • Bilateral trade between India and China has increased from $ 338 million in 1992 to more than $ 18 billion in 2006.
  • 1998: nuclear tests justified on grounds of threat from China did not weaken interaction

Japan

Illustration: Japan

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