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Elizabeth C. Economy. The World According to China
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Tables
Guide
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CHINA. A Council on Foreign Relations Book
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
1 Politics and the Plague
A Pandemic High
The COVID-19 Test
The Pandemic Goes Global
A Period of Strategic Opportunity
Wolves at the Door
A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed
The Siren Call of Sovereignty
The Recovery
Mapping China’s Ambition, Influence, and Impact
Conclusion
Notes
2 Power, Power, Power
From Black and White to Technicolor
You Belong to Me
The Dragon Meets the Double-Tailed Lion
Catch More Flies with Honey
Spreading the Word
You Are Speaking My Language
The Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove
Expanding Capabilities
May the Force Be with You
Make New Friends
Building a New Home
Can’t Buy Me Love
Conclusion
Notes
3 Reunifying the Motherland
The Sovereignty Mandate
Taiwan
A Rupture in Relations
Creating Something from (Almost) Nothing
Troubled Waters
The X Factor
Conclusion
Notes
4 The Dragon’s Bite
The Creation Story
Getting a Piece of the Pie
Money, Money, Money
Bumps in the Road
Let Me In
Paying the Piper
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Two Steps Forward – One Step Back
Securing Ourselves
I’ve Got My Eye on You
Not Everyone’s a Fan
Trouble in Paradise
The Chickens Come Home to Roost
This Is Not the Hotel California
Conclusion
Notes
5 From Bricks to Bits
Top to Bottom
Huawei: Def. China Has Promise
China’s Digital Playbook
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
Innovation Lifeblood
There Is No Room at the Inn
Fishing for Talent
Borrow, Buy, Steal
Standard Setting
Too Much of a Good Thing
Creating Something from Nothing
The Decoupling Dance
Conclusion
Notes
6 Rewriting the Rules of the Game
The Global Governance Gambit
Let Me In … It’s Cold Out Here
A Boot in the Door
Kicking the Door Wide Open
Money Talks
The Arctic Security Dilemma
Do the Right Thing
What Is Mine Is Yours
Claiming Space in the Cyber World
Let’s Get Technical
Filling the Development Gap
Calling China Out
I’m In with the In Crowd
Conclusion
Notes
7 The China Reset
The Pursuit of Greatness
Lessons from History
The Starting Point
Reframing the Challenge
The US at Home is the US Abroad
Reasserting US Leadership
Building Coalitions: Allies, Partners, and More
A Bigger Tent
I’m Not Going Anywhere
Tackling Tradeoffs
A World Divided or United?
Notes
Index
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In addition, Xi seized the opportunity presented by the pandemic to promote traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Xi had long supported TCM, describing it as “the treasure of ancient Chinese science and the key to the archive of Chinese civilization.”46 TCM is both lucrative – with a global market value of more than $400 billion – and an important source of potential Chinese cultural or soft power influence. Early in his tenure, Xi set targets for the production and use of TCM within China, established TCM centers, programs, and workshops in several African and other countries,47 and worked with Margaret Chan, a former Hong Kong health official and WHO head, to develop and release a 10-year strategy to integrate TCM into the world’s healthcare systems. (The plan called for countries to educate their citizens on TCM’s benefits and ensure that insurance companies provided reimbursement for TCM.)48 In 2019 – over the objection of much of the international scientific community – the WHO agreed to include TCM in its International Classification of Diseases (a document that validates certain treatments and medicines for doctors to diagnose patients) without subjecting TCM practices to the same rigorous testing demanded of Western treatments.49 This provided TCM with an invaluable official seal of approval.
Despite limited medical evidence as to the benefits of TCM for treating COVID-19, Xi instructed Chinese hospitals to prescribe it as part of their COVID-19 treatment protocol.50 He also pushed the distribution of TCM and TCM medical specialists through the HSR and advertised its usefulness in pandemic treatment on Chinese embassy websites. At the same time, Chinese-based international professional associations lobbied the United Nations to formally recognize the value of TCM in responding to COVID-19.51
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