The China Model: the Political and Economic

Characteristics Kristy Parhiala

University of New HampshireUndergraduate- Senior

Political Science Derry, NH

Elementary school: my father had traveled to

China for business trips.

High school: first incoming class of freshmen that had Chinese offered to them. First experience in China.

College: taken Chinese courses and went abroad through the Chengdu program.

About myself

Alternative ‘models’• “China model” political and

economic characteristics

• Why is this being pushed as a alternative model?

If at the international level the rise in

authoritarianism were to offset the democratic government, then the political and economic characteristics of the “China Model” will be seen as a working model.

International Focus

Case Study

How is it perceived?

The seriousness in which it is considered?

How widely it has increased in numbers?

China’s weaknesses

China’s strengthens

Future worries

Conclusions

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