Potęga współczesnych Chin. Zarys problemu
- Institution: Uniwersytet Łódzki
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0211-2415
- Year of publication: 2023
- Source: Show
- Pages: 79-98
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2023.77.05
- PDF: apsp/77/apsp7705.pdf
The power of modern China: an outline of the problem
The modern power of China is based on its traditional sources: the size of the territory and demographics, the scale of the economy, strong army and soft power (culture, values, foreign policy, public diplomacy). China, by building its hegemony, showed that only a state with significant resources is able to be a leader in the modern world. The basic condition is the balanced development of individual power resources, because only then can long-term hegemony in the modern world be achieved and maintained. It is important for the world whether China will gain hegemony by overthrowing the existing world order, or whether it will try to maintain the existing order by building its leadership on its basis.