"The rise of China and Pacific Asia, and the implications this has for global leadership, is a major transformation of global circumstances that cannot be ignored" - but China's "rise" cannot surely be expected to be without problems? In the year 1900 one British newspaper carried the headline that the 20th century would be the German Century. In fact it turned out to be the American century.
"The continuation of present trends ad infinitum is unlikely" - at the very least, there are not enough raw materials in the world for all of the global population to achieve Western levels of materialism.
"If the Pacific economy and its constituent parts are destined for global leadership in the future what are the implications for humanity?" - we are so used to quasi-Christian standards of morality in the West (do not steal, do not tell lies, do not kill etc) that it is sometimes a shock to discover that in some cultures stealing, lying and killing are not necessarily immoral.
"Global order in issues such as climate change, the sustainability of the oceans, biodiversity and the regulation of the extraordinary scientific revolution symbolised by the cracking of the genome" - are we aware of Chinese policy in each of these areas? Is anyone watching China on a consistent basis? Is the West making any attempt to influence public opinion in China?
http://www.ippr.org/publication/55/9543/oceans-of-innovation-the-atlantic-the-pacific-global-leadership-and-the-future-of-education
"The continuation of present trends ad infinitum is unlikely" - at the very least, there are not enough raw materials in the world for all of the global population to achieve Western levels of materialism.
"If the Pacific economy and its constituent parts are destined for global leadership in the future what are the implications for humanity?" - we are so used to quasi-Christian standards of morality in the West (do not steal, do not tell lies, do not kill etc) that it is sometimes a shock to discover that in some cultures stealing, lying and killing are not necessarily immoral.
"Global order in issues such as climate change, the sustainability of the oceans, biodiversity and the regulation of the extraordinary scientific revolution symbolised by the cracking of the genome" - are we aware of Chinese policy in each of these areas? Is anyone watching China on a consistent basis? Is the West making any attempt to influence public opinion in China?
http://www.ippr.org/publication/55/9543/oceans-of-innovation-the-atlantic-the-pacific-global-leadership-and-the-future-of-education
No comments:
Post a Comment