What are the reasons for China’s rise?
1. Domestic factors:
1. The determination of the whole country to reform and open up.
2. The Chinese people are intelligent and hard-working.
3. In the past forty years, there have been no major conflicts among the people in the country.
4. All people in Chinese society yearn for a better life!
2. External factors:
1. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In order to win over China, the United States sent Kissinger to visit China, which broke the ice in Sino-US relations and opened up opportunities for China to join global integration. .
2. Benefit from the development of science and technology in the world.
3. Benefit from the WTO’s tariff transition period policy for developing countries.
4. Thanks to the United States’ involvement in Middle East affairs in the past decade or so, it has given us a peaceful period of development.
Extended information:
China is the second largest country in scientific and technological research in the world. There are currently about 926,000 researchers, second only to the United States. The Chinese government's spending on scientific and technological research has tripled since 1998, reaching $136 billion. China. In 2010, China had more engineering PhDs than the United States. Many foreign companies have established research centers in China.
Space Technology-In 1970, the People's Republic of China launched the satellite Dongfanghong into space for the first time, becoming the fifth country capable of launching satellites. In 2003, the People's Republic of China became the third country in the world to independently send humans into space.
In 2007, China became the third country in the world capable of destroying artificial satellites with missiles. The successful launch of the Chang'e-1 lunar satellite marks that China has become a member of the moon club. The Chinese government plans to launch a space station into space and implement a moon landing program around 2020.
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