The New China: Joining the wider world

After decades of semi-isolation, China has begun to link itself into the wider world. The need for energy, food, technology, capital and market access has pushed China into arrangements with foreign powers which would have been unthinkable 20 years ago. A new deal with the US has opened the way for China to enter the World Trade Organisation.

Yet Chinese nationalism is stronger than ever, and China's growing economic and military clout give it a stronger voice in world affairs. How will it use this power?

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