The Post-American World: Release 2.0 (34 page)

Communist regime of, 101, 102, 106–17, 119–20, 126–29, 135, 149–50, 167

Confucianism in, 73, 97–98, 122–27, 169

corruption in, 110, 114

Cultural Revolution in, 117, 129

culture of, 73, 91, 93, 95, 99, 121–27

currency of, 127

democratic reform in, 110, 112–17, 133, 274–75

as developing country, 102, 106, 108, 111, 118–19, 153

domestic market of, 48, 104–5, 111, 118, 130, 136, 138, 140, 144, 242

economic reforms in, 101–10, 115, 116–17, 118, 126–27, 159

economy of, xii, 2, 22, 38, 40, 48, 55, 65–67, 86, 100–110, 116–19, 126–27, 140, 144, 152, 153, 157, 159, 181, 200, 242

education in, 108–9, 134, 204–8, 211

as emerging market, 52–53, 118, 258, 281

energy needs of, 30, 34, 128, 130

engineers trained in, 204–8

environmental problems of, 111

fertility rate of, 148, 214

foreign aid by, 129–32, 133

foreign exchange reserves of, 105

foreign investment in, 104, 108, 202–3

foreign policy of, 118–36, 137

foreign trade of, 69, 77, 81, 102, 104–5, 129–32, 133

free-market approach in, 106–8, 115

geography of, 76

global influence of, 35, 52, 100–101, 117–44, 173, 193, 256–57, 259, 260–61, 266, 269, 281

Great Leap Forward in, 117, 129

Great Wall of, 76

gross domestic product (GDP) of, 2, 22, 49, 66, 104, 109, 111, 118–19, 139, 148n, 152, 157

growth rate for, 102–6, 110–12, 118, 126–27, 152, 157, 182, 242

“harmonious society” plan for, 111

human rights in, 97, 121–27, 274

Imperial, 62–74, 76, 77, 84, 86, 122–25

income levels in, 113–14

incremental approach of, 118–21

India compared with, 64, 108–9, 110–11, 113, 146, 147–51, 152, 157, 159, 167, 169, 175–78, 181–82, 257

Indian relations of, 133, 143, 165, 166, 169, 173, 257

industrialization of, 3, 106, 110

infrastructure of, 149–50, 152

Japan compared with, 104–5

Japan’s relations with, 101, 120, 134–35, 143

Korean relations of, 19

legal system of, 114

living conditions in, 66–67

manufacturing sector of, 22, 43, 102, 104–5, 138, 202–3, 229

middle class in, 115

China (continued)

military forces of, 86, 105, 117, 136, 140, 142–43, 174, 176, 260, 261

military spending of, 105, 142

modernization of, 102, 109, 114–15, 126–27

nationalism in, 35, 101, 134–35, 143

natural resources needed by, 129–32

naval forces of, 62–64, 70, 71, 72, 77, 142

nuclear weapons of, 140, 142, 174, 176, 260

oil needs of, 30, 128, 130

one-child policy of, 148, 214n

“peaceful rise” policy of, 119–20, 127–36

peasants of, 65–66, 100, 106, 112

population of, 23, 31, 65–66, 100, 110, 112, 144, 147, 214

poverty in, 3, 21n, 65–66, 100, 102, 106, 111, 113–14, 117, 121

privatization in, 107, 110, 151, 152, 153, 222

productivity in, 71–72

protests in, 110, 113, 134, 135

road safety in, 110

savings rate of, 104, 137–39

shopping malls in, 3

social change in, 110, 112–17

Soviet relations of, 133, 137, 142

Taiwan policy of, 118, 119, 132, 135–36, 137, 141, 142, 263

taxation in, 64, 107

technology sector of, 67–68, 69, 72, 101, 118, 201, 204–8

television in, 119–20

as UN member, 118, 131, 165n, 254

urbanization of, 102–3, 106, 110, 150

U.S. compared with, 100, 103, 108, 193, 200, 242, 263

U.S. relations with, 100, 104, 105–6, 107–8, 118, 136–44, 176–77, 190, 235–36, 254, 260–61, 263, 264, 266, 269, 280–82

wealth of, 65–67

Western influence in, 81, 84, 94–95, 99, 126–27

Chinese opera, 91

Chomsky, Noam, 85

Chongqing, 103

“Christian Confucians,” 127

Christianity, 76, 81, 87, 88, 97–98, 122, 124, 125, 127, 172, 262

Christmas, 87–88

Chrysler, 44

Churchill, Winston S., 47, 168, 180, 196, 254

Civil Rights Act (1964), 283

Civil War, U.S., 194

Clark, Gregory, 67

climate change, 33–34, 40, 85

Clinton, Bill, 245–46, 247, 249–50, 272, 283

clocks, 69, 71, 124n

clothing, 88–90

CNN, 96

coal, 33–34, 65, 103–4

Coca-Cola, 58

Cold War, 4, 8–9, 20, 38, 141, 143, 144, 163–66, 199, 244–45, 247, 251, 254–56, 271, 274, 277, 284

collectivization, 117

colonialism, 36, 37, 57, 60, 65, 78–83, 129, 156, 161, 195

Columbus, Christopher, 62, 80

commodity prices, 30, 31

communism, 10, 12, 23–24, 38, 101, 102, 106–17, 119–20, 126–29, 135, 149–50, 157, 158, 167, 229, 251

Compagne des Indes, 80

competition, 212–13, 225–26, 243–50

computers, 92–93, 96, 112–13, 135, 142, 208, 215, 224–25

computer science, 208, 215

Confucianism, 73, 74, 97–98, 122–27, 137, 169

Congo, 9, 20, 80

Congressional Record, 204

Congress Party (India), 156, 178, 179–80

Conrad, Joseph, 85

conservatives, 74, 141–42, 247, 253

construction industry, 30, 104

consumer demand, 21, 151–52, 218–19

contracts, 125–26, 150

Convention on the Rights of the Child,

223

Cooper, Richard, 217, 218

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 68

corporations, 227–28

foreign investment by, 80, 202–3

multinational, 2–3, 57–61, 150, 258

regulation of, 221, 224

savings of, 217–18

taxation of, 223

see also specific corporations

corruption, 110, 114, 130–32, 156–57,

229

Cortés, Hernán, 80

Coubertin, Pierre de, Baron, 187

Council on Foreign Relations, 48, 235,

279

Counter-Reformation, 187

Courage Matters (McCain), 276–77

credit, xii, 43, 140, 152–53, 228

credit cards, 46, 152, 217

credit-default swaps, 43

cricket, 154

crop yields, 32–33

Cultural Revolution, 117, 129

currency rates, 24, 26, 36, 105, 200, 222, 241–42, 267–68, 280–82

current-account deficits, 216, 217

Curry, Boykin, 45

czars, Russian, 73, 83–84, 191

Czechoslovakia, 252

Dalai Lama, 141

Darfur crisis, 31, 42, 131, 273

Darul Uloom Deoband movement, 15

Das, Gurcharan, 151

debt, national, 28, 46–49, 140, 217–19, 241–42, 272

Defense Department, U.S., 262

Dell, Michael, 147

Deming Prizes, 153

democracy, 40, 53, 57, 59, 91, 108, 109, 112–17, 120, 135, 141, 145, 150, 152, 154, 156–62, 167, 169, 172, 173, 176, 178–83, 232–38, 242, 264, 273–74

Democratic Party, 59, 235, 255, 278–79, 280, 282

Deng Xiaoping, 102, 117, 118, 129, 134

Depression, Great, 25

derivatives market, 222

Deshmukh, Vilasrao, 150

developing countries, 24, 26, 28, 30, 36, 49, 53, 55, 91, 97, 102, 106, 108, 111, 118–19, 151–53, 157–62, 169, 175, 177, 181–82, 209, 224

see also specific countries

Diamond Jubilee (1897), 184–85, 186, 188, 191

dictatorship, 75, 112–17, 274

Diderot, Denis, 123

Diplomacy (Kissinger), 245

disease, 70, 80, 149

Dobbs, Lou, 282

Doha trade talks, 5

dollar, value of, 25, 36, 200, 241, 267–68, 281, 282

Dominican Republic, 157

Donilon, Thomas, 259

Dow Jones Industrial Average, xi

“Dream Team,” 147

drug cartels, 5, 269

Dubai, 3, 8, 17, 32

Dutch East India Company, 80

East Asia, 20, 23, 29, 32, 36, 52, 64n, 65, 122, 133, 214, 241–42, 245

East Asian crisis (1997), 55, 133, 138, 241, 245