china
summarize econonmy -> politics
	moving toward capitalism in some cases, jobs and housing no longer completely provided by the chinese government
	starting to get cheaper to get food from outside
	rice farmers are almost unable to make a living, so migrating to the cities
	
traditions vs image
	communist revolution was meant to completely change governmental and social structure, generally atheistic
	seeks to eradicate traditions and show that china is a modern country
	china's image in the west: most of it was just a show, CGI fireworks, lipsync singing, olympic torch got a ton of protest, a lot of attention to flaws
	fighting bad images and traditions that came back or never went away
	increasing tradition of ghost brides, leading to graverobbing
	1/2 child policy, -> less women because of choosing boys over girls
	increased instances of wealthy people surgically increasing their height
	government becoming more tolerant of supersitions and religion
foreign policy
	helping developing countries
	leading them, getting diplomatic countries
	developing economic ties with those countries in the last 5 years
	especially looking for oil relationships
	particularly in sudan and iran
	genocide is a large issue in sudan, china tends to block this being talked about in the UN
	UN (made of security council with $$ and not everyone represented, and the general assembly that represents everyone and has no $$ or authority)
		5 permanent members of sec council - US, france, GB, Russia, China - must agree for something to pass
	china being douchebags in the UN and looking out for their own interests above all by blocking punative action against their friends
	chastised for methods of capital punishment
	membership in WTO screws over rice farming by reducing subsidies
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