International Perspective Flashcards
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The BRICS grouping consists of which five major emerging economies?
Answer: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The grouping represents major emerging economies with significant global influence.
The 'Thucydides Trap' concept, relevant to current China-US relations discussions in Chinese international politics education, refers to:
Answer: The tendency for war to occur when a rising power challenges an established dominant power
The Thucydides Trap (修昔底德陷阱), coined by Harvard scholar Graham Allison, argues that the historical pattern shows rising powers and dominant powers frequently go to war due to structural insecurity.
China's official position on the South China Sea (南海) disputes, as taught in Chinese schools, is based on the claim of:
Answer: Historical rights and the 'nine-dash line' encompassing most of the South China Sea as traditional Chinese maritime territory
China claims historical rights in the South China Sea based on the 'nine-dash line' (九段线), a demarcation line inherited from the Republic of China that encompasses approximately 90% of the South China Sea.
Climate change is addressed internationally through which key framework that China has ratified?
Answer: The Paris Agreement (巴黎协定, 2015)
The Paris Agreement (2015) is the current international climate framework, setting targets to limit global warming to 1.5-2°C above pre-industrial levels. China ratified it in 2016 and pledged carbon neutrality by 2060.
The ASEAN (东盟, Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is important to China primarily because:
Answer: It represents China's largest trading partner group and key neighbors for regional stability and BRI cooperation
ASEAN (10 Southeast Asian member states) collectively forms China's largest trading partner, and China-ASEAN relations are central to China's regional diplomacy, BRI implementation, and South China Sea management.
China's 'dual circulation' (双循环) economic strategy, launched around 2020, primarily means:
Answer: Developing both domestic consumption (internal circulation) and international trade/investment (external circulation), with domestic demand as the main driver
'双循环' (dual circulation) positions domestic demand (内循环) as the primary growth engine while maintaining robust international trade links (外循环), reducing dependence on export-led growth and foreign technology.