AUTUMN 2009 AWARD: CHINA'S ROLE AS AN ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER

China's developing role as an economic superpower - China's developing role as an economic superpower? Some analysts are discussing China in terms of a growing superpower, especially in economic terms, much in the way Japan was once considered on its way towards superpower status in the 1980s with its huge GDP, population size and its high economic growth during this period. This accession to superpower status was not to be realised for Japan...will China have experience the same fate? Discuss China's current standing in economic terms and the 'prospects' of its potential for being a superpower?

Essays should be between 750 and 2500 words, excluding footnotes.

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Previous Award Winners 2008

CIR congratulates the winners of our previous 2008 contest on The EU and Climate Change.

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