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US FREE TRADE WITH CHINA

a(Butler/Encarta 1996)The formation of the Chinese Weltanschauung (world view) can beexplained, in part, by the historical and political evolution of China as it emerged fromsemi-colonial subservience. At the beginning of the twentieth century, China was aweak and divided country under the corrupt rule of the Manchu dynasty. Exploited bythe so-called “open door,” China had been subjected to the degradation of imperialismand the spheres of influence imposed by the major Western powers, including Japan. Asa consequence of foreign economic penetration and intervention, one of the maincurrents of Chinese political thought that emerged was a distinct xenophobia thatresented any foreign involvement in Chinese affairs. Not only were foreign values andculture rejected, but this was paralleled by a reaffirmation of Chinese nationalism. Thevarious strains of political thought that combined to form the ideological fabric of thePRC cannot be fully understood without first examining the historical background thatled to the Chinese Communist state in 1949.The induction of the Communist government in 1949 set a groundwork forChinese history; in a remarkably short period of time radical changes were effected in boththe Chinese economy and society. Since the 1970s, China has forsaken its self-imposedisolation from the international community and has sought to modernize its economicstructure. In 1971 the United Nations (UN) admitted the People's Republic of China andexpelled Taiwan from membership. For more than 2000 years the Chinese economy operated under a type offeudal system where land was concentrated in the hands of a relatively small group oflandowners whose livelihood depended on rents from their peasant tenants. Furtheradding to the peasant farmers' burden were agricultural taxes levied by the imperialgovernment and crop yields subject to drought and floods. Under these conditions,agriculture remained essentially underdevelope...

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