1. Martin Jacques
2. chapters
   1. what made the west the west
      1. criticize western way of viewing China
      2. US= world dominant power
      3. USD=most preferred currency
      4. dominated global institutions
         1. universities
      5. military presence in most parts of the world
         1. managing over 800 bases
         2. big part of the deficit
      6. ppl are used to westernized/Americanized world
         1. otherwise is hard to imagined
      7. consensus of the west
         1. China will be a mordernized state
   2. China will lead the world
      1. soon and very much different than expected
      2. strong nation will tend to also use its power on politics/culture
      3. Three building blocks to understand China
         1. Han Race
         2. civilization state
         3. Chinese State
   3. The end of the western world
      1. rather than simply being clones of west,east Asians are spawning values/cultures of its own
3. histories are...
   1. selective combination of facts
4. Historical view
   1. the ultimate other to the west
      1. ideas on Other in Foucault, Said, Vico...
      2. China as an invention of Europe
      3. Other=alien, exoitic, different
         1. contradicting views
   2. Myth=fear +charm
      1. on the one hand
         1. silk, gardening , wallpaper, art
         2. linking Enlightenment to Confucianism
            1. rationalize politics in each's way
         3. 17th century enthusiasm for Chinese civilization
            1. Noah
            2. 堯 was Noah himself
            3. Chinese characters
            4. Chinese emperor
      2. the other hand
         1. lifelessly forzen
            1. after opium war, China wasn't changed to world trend either
         2. stubbornly traditional
         3. oblivious to any progress in history
         4. rude barbarians
         5. sources of modern day Hollywood depiction of...
            1. Chinese villains
            2. China towns
            3. ppl living in US for a long time still couldn't speak proper Eng
            4. linked to the old conception of Chinese ppl's reluctance to trade/change with western ppl
            5. China
5. Recent View
   1. Western academia
      1. Early 2005
         1. Will China rise?
      2. Mid to late 2005
         1. What do we do when China rise?
   2. discourses of China's rise
      1. everyday practices
         1. examples
            1. decision-making in everyday life
            2. pop culture
            3. Chinese democracy - Guns n' roses
            4. international politics
            5. academia
   3. counter discourse
      1. Foucault
         1. whenever there's power, there's resistance
      2. ex. of Chinese skepticism
         1. health and environment problems
         2. falling totalitarianism
         3. non-civilization
         4. fragile economy
            1. economic instability leads to political riots
         5. one child policy and the 'me' culture
         6. social inequalities
         7. brands of Chinese products
            1. negative images of Chinese poducts
            2. ex.
            3. Chinese can't create things, so they 'steal' things
            4. Chinese can't create things. so they 'buy' things
         8. overseas Chinese
   4. image/discourse is never singular
      1. 'Why I left China' story
         1. written by a Chinese that went viral online