Collaboration and Competition - China

By: Darren Thompson Competition for resources is prevalent in China. The question really is with whom. China is clamoring to share all its resources for a cost. The same rings true for most all countries. Further collaboration is at an all time high in modern times. This statement is agreeable to many including the article we read "Evolution Shows Collaboration, not Competition, Helped us Evolve". Evolution is the context of collaboration. What is important to understand is China has a clear path to evolve by collaboration and resources available to continue on without competition. Currently China is accessing lands in the east of Russia. This process occurs much like the descriptive we hear about when discussing an open border. Chinese occupy some cross border areas to cultivate or generate resources. China humbles itself in geopolitical strategy by underpinning its motto from Deng Xiaoping “keep a low profile (or literally, “hide the light under the bushel”, i.e. taoguang), and conserve its strength and develop its potentialities” (Kueh). This motto presents itself as an open China, relevant to its current status in today’s geopolitical sway. I mention this because China is currently the resource power house for the world. This did not happen suddenly as you see by the strategy presented by Xiaoping. So the reality is China was in competition with China to become number one in all areas of trade, resources, collaboration or otherwise so as to become the worlds leader. Works cited Kueh, Y. Y. Pax Sinica Geopolitics and Economics  of China’s Ascendance. Hong Kong University Press, 2012.