Tianchao Daguo

Tianchao Daguo (天朝大國) is a term derived from the ancient Chinese Empire era, especially during the Han/Tang Golden Age when the Chinese Empire was at its peak, when the court of the empire was at times referred to as the celestial court (天朝), because the emperor was supposed to have obtained the Mandate of Heaven (天命).

Daguo (大國) means big country or big nation, and roughly correlates to the modern term "Great power". The central government of China historically prefer to regard itself as a big nation state, due to the size of its huge area of territory and huge size of its population. The term is usually rendered into English as Celestial Empire.

PRC as a Tianchao Daguo

Chu Shulong, director of Institute of Strategic Studies at Beijing's Tsinghua University , said in an interview:“China is a major global economy now. That is a fundamental reality....What China says and does has an effect on international finance, international economics and other economies.”

But according to Chu and some observers, China at the same time suffer from many domestic problems, such as: widespread poverty, authoritarian rule, a culture shrouded by decades of isolation and poorly understood intentions.^[1]

Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a Brookings Institution scholar who oversaw White House Asia policy from 1998 to 2000, said:^{[citation needed]}

“in meetings with the Chinese on several issues in the last two months, I’ve been quite surprised that Chinese are sitting there talking the way you would expect a major power to talk....They are beginning to appreciate that when countries emerge from this current economic crisis, China is likely to be either the first to emerge or right after the U.S., and that China will be one of the very few countries at the end of this crisis to emerge without having high levels of government debt.”

David Shambaugh, who directs the China Policy Program at George Washington University wrote:^{[citation needed]}

“I would be careful calling China a superpower. It is not one.....It has no global military reach, its soft power is limited, and its diplomatic reach, while now global, is still limited in areas such as the Middle East and Latin America.”

Military Power of the PRC

In "2009 Military Power of the People's Republic of China", Pentagon's annual briefing to American Congress on the status of the communist China's military might, concludes that China’s ability to sustain military power at a distance remains limited, but its armed forces continue to develop and field disruptive military technologies....In particular, China has made great strides in developing nuclear, space and cyberwarfare technologies....China has not fully developed the capability to sustain military or naval forces far beyond its immediate region for long periods of time.^[2]

External links

Additional source

Internet video

CCTV documentary:Rise of Great Powers-episode on America

References

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^ MICHAEL WINES and EDWARD WONG (1 April 2009). "An Unsure China Steps Onto the Global Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
^ Merle David Kellerhals Jr. (25 March 2009). "China Modernizing Its Military Power, Pentagon Says Chinese defense budget outpaces economic growth". America.gov. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

[1] MICHAEL WINES and EDWARD WONG (1 April 2009). "An Unsure China Steps Onto the Global Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-02.

[2] Merle David Kellerhals Jr. (25 March 2009). "China Modernizing Its Military Power, Pentagon Says Chinese defense budget outpaces economic growth". America.gov. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

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