Globalization and the Developing World: The Difference that China Makes

摘要: The re-emergence of China as an economic and political ‘driver’ the global economy is becoming one defining moments world history. While there a growing literature (which includes current volume) that seeks to analyse consequences China’s rise for development elsewhere, majority it examines impact trade, investment, geopolitical interests so forth on particular countries or world-regions. some concerned with international governance, energy security, environmental sustainability on, thus ‘rising China’s’ impacts, even this work tends treat interface rest in conceptually unmediated fashion. What seems be largely missing reflects possible power nature globalization.1 Yet, its own right, potentially significant issue. This because increasing engagement across spectra changing rules game. As consequence, when engages any country world-region (sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America etc.), companies, forces, migrants, diplomatic personnel (perhaps ultimately) military carry them characteristics are not only specifically Chinese (in terms culture, values, priorities but attributes arise from shifting relations, organizational forms their associated expectations at level.