China's Significance in International Politics

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In recent years “China” has captured the interest of the international public, and China’s economic data, impressive at first glance, have attracted growing attention. Numerous German news magazines, including e. g. DER SPIEGEL, have reported at length on China’s development. The Spiegel article, “China – Birth of a world power,”1 went far beyond simply reporting on the country’s successful economic rise. The tenor shared by all these articles is based on the assumption that China’s economic power, a result of its huge geographic size and large population, has paved the way for the important role the country has now come to play on the world political stage.