The Giant Umbrella - 5 Reasons You Should Know Why China is Dominating

Gone are the days, when China used to be number 1 only when we talked about largest population. Now China has its signatures on many accomplishments. If you want to know how to turn the global environment in favor you should look forward to China. Here I am compiling a list of 5 reasons which make China what it is today and put it as a great contender in a global leader’s position.

1 China is the biggest exporter country in the world. This is what you look around when you go shopping. The superstores or more aptly markets are just filled with things which wear a tag of “Made in China”. For year 2012 China had exports equivalent close to US$ 2 Trillion!

The shift from an agrarian economy to industrial economy paid off and now with China’s  dominance in manufacturing is worldwide. What is not made in China is a wonder!

2 China replaced Japan as third largest importer of fuel (2012) with fuel imports worth just close to US$ 580 billion no wonder China will soon replace US. It is noteworthy that largest importer is Eurozone which is a region. The ever increasing demand of fuel indicates fast paced development in terms of infrastructure in the country.

3 Military Force- With a whopping USD ~ 160 Billion spend on armed forces, China is only second to the US. As per http://www.globalfirepower.com/ ranking for Power Index for 2013 China stands 3^rd after US and Russia.

4 China has 2^nd largest GDP only after US. With a GDP at USD 2 trillion and a growth rate of 8 % it has highest percent growth rate in top 10 countries.

5 We often hear about 1 child policy of China & its increasing old age population. But what we do not hear about is the next generation of going to be youth. China has over ~ 270 million children under age of 15 which is only close to India at ~ 370 million. This encompasses the potential of young, educated, English speaking population which would pose a challenge not only to emerging economies but to developed nations as well when it comes to nation’s growth.

No wonders, China is considered to have potential of being a world leader in the future.

Resources:

http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/world_economies_gdp/ 

Great Firewall of China: How to Check if a Website is Censored in China

As most of you know internet in China is censored. The program also called as Great Firewall of China. 

How does this censorship actually implemented in such a volatile and free environment of cyber world. Interestingly this is a very organized effort involving mass scale operation, cyber infrastructure and a daunting number of human resource. (read - http://www.ww24.org/2013/10/internet-censorship-in-china.html ) Censorship is a joint effort between public and private enterprise. 

Social media platform like facebook, twitter are blocked to be accessed from Chinese mainland territory. You may wonder what else is blocked. This can be simply checked from the Great Firewall of China website.

http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org
Updated link (5-May-2018): https://www.comparitech.com/privacy-security-tools/blockedinchina/  

 

You can enter the website which you want to see if is blocked in China and the query server tries to access it from 5 locations in mainland China including Beijing, Shenzen, Inner Mangolia, Heilongjiang Province & Yunnan Province and shows the result. Surprisingly many Google services are also blocked in China.

Internet Censorship in China

China’s has, it seems the biggest enterprises of government internet monitors- supposedly more than 2 million or 20 lac. The workforce behind the world’s most censored nation.

Surprisingly the world’s most populous nation spends heavily in controlling people’s access to web. Recently South China Morning Post published in October 2013 that the Great Firewall will be relaxing and will allow access to websites such as www.facebook.com and www.twitter.com  inside the special Shanghai free trade zone (and not whole of mainland china!). The intent being to make the travelers feel more connected to the external world and thus improve the business prospects.

A recent study (http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/10/how-internet-censorship-actually-works-in-china/280188/) suggests that social media censorship is incredibly efficient in China. 

Objectionable content is generally removed within 24 hours of their posting. No wonder it might employ 2 million human resources. Besides the government controlled censorship, private companies as well have to stick to the guidelines and employ staff to monitor web activity in the organization.