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The Chinese Century: Colonising the Globe – and NZ

The Chinese Century: Colonising the Globe – and NZ. Professor Paul Spoonley College of Humanities and Social Sciences Bananas NZ Going Global 19 August 2007. Homeland China. Economic Superpower 10% GDP growth rate for last 20 years

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The Chinese Century: Colonising the Globe – and NZ

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  1. The Chinese Century:Colonising the Globe – and NZ • Professor Paul Spoonley • College of Humanities • and Social Sciences • Bananas NZ Going Global • 19 August 2007

  2. Homeland China • Economic Superpower • 10% GDP growth rate for last 20 years • Pearl River delta – 45 million people in a continuous urban area • Key actor in new global knowledge economy • Remain a control and command economy? • Rigid political system • Bureaucracy • Controlled media Will China become a market economy and a good global citizen?

  3. Science and Innovation R&D Investment USA China ($12 billion) Japan Science Papers China = 25% (2004) Patents Chinese investment patent applications have increased by 23% every year since 2000 Homeland China China is engaged in the largest mobilisation of scientific resources since JFK embarked on the moon race Demos (2007)

  4. Homeland China • Talent Pool #1 • 4.5 million enter university annually (7 million apply) • China accounts for 13% of world’s tertiary enrolments • University district around Beijing graduates as many engineers as the whole of Western Europe • Chinese scientists returning from overseas – 170,000 per year

  5. Diaspora China • Permanent Diaspora • 33 million Chinese live outside China, Taiwan and Hong Kong (12 million in 1960, 22 million in 1985) • Majority of these descendents of migrants from Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang • Skilled  Australia, NZ, Canada and USA • Unskilled  Europe, East Asia • Temporary Diaspora • Students • Chinese largest group in Canada, NZ, Japan • USA 64,000 • Japan 33,000 • NZ 30,000 • Tourists • USA 800,00 pa

  6. Chinese Diaspora Diaspora China • Largest Economies • 2007 USA • Japan • Germany • 2030 (?) China • USA • ⅔ investment in China comes from diaspora Chinese

  7. Disapora China • Cultural Globalisation • Chinese influence on icons of western societies • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (nominated for 10 Oscars and highest grossing foreign film ever in USA) • Dina Gan • A. Magazine • Eastern Standard Time • Irene Shen

  8. China Prophecies • A country of emigration to immigration • 100 million births “averted” each decade • Ageing population by mid-2020s • Fertility rate: 1.8 (2.1) • Labour surplus to labour shortage • Political and economic dominance • Cheerleader for open or closed economies?

  9. China Prophecies • The rise of Asian values • Family first • Boys (118) vs girls (100) • Techno- and trade-nationalism • Made in China brand • E-China • Language? • Global media outreach (Chinese Al-Jezeera)

  10. Auckland 2016

  11. Chinese New Zealand/New Zealand Chinese • Why stay? • Sojourners vs permanent migrants • Why visit? • Tourists • Students • Temporary work/business visas

  12. Chinese New Zealand/New Zealand Chinese • Generation E • From Asian geek to glamour? • Language and culture of 2nd generation +? • Will they stay? • Breakthrough leadership/influence

  13. Professor Paul Spoonley • College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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