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China has demonstrated that it has the power to not be isolated, and it is likely to
become more powerful over time, says TN Ninan.
The wisecrack answer to the question as to when is a new generation born, is: about nine o
clock at night.
More seriously, we can now place the moment when the most important power shift of half a
millennium reached its tipping point.
It is when Britain ignored US opposition and decided a few weeks ago to join the Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank that China has proposed to set up. Londons decision was
followed in short order by similar swings from west to east in the capitals of the three major
economies of continental Europe: Germany, France and Italy.
This European pivot to China leaves the United States pretty much stranded, with only Japan
for company and is a measure of how almost no one can now ignore the pulling power of the
Chinese market and the dawn of an Asian century. Beijing has scored another strategic goal by
making Russia a core partner in its determined push for the Silk Road Economic Belt, at a
time when the gulf between Moscow and Western capitals has grown.
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Those who recall Stalin making Mao wait endlessly in Moscow for an audience, in 1949, will
recognise the switch in the role of lead player. Together with the maritime version of the Silk
Route, China plans to bring the economies of Asia, Europe and Africa into a closer embrace.
Separately, a train service is planned that will take you from Beijing to Moscow in 48 hours
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The risks from being left out of the Chinese tent are greater than the risks from getting into the
tent. Beijing, therefore, is on its way to making China the Middle Kingdom in a contemporary
setting.
It may take a few decades to realise its goal in full measure, because the Chinese economy is
still barely half the size of the US economy, and is a long way behind it technologically as well
as in terms of military strength.
China also has none of the soft power appeal that usually goes with international leadership,
reflecting the negative characteristics of its political system.
But it is the worlds largest manufacturing power, the largest exporter, the largest car market
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