Global Trade Issues in Asia and CO2 Emission Tie-ins By: Lance
Winslow If China really wants to someday be a global superpower
and someday soon they definitely will become just that. It
certainly will not be more than a couple of decades away. Today,
they wished to be recognized in the rest of the world as one of
its leading nations. However to do this, at some point it has to
considering the resources it needs, and consider the human
rights issues which are caused by its actions. After all, today
the US and other first world nations are held to that standard.
We have been watching the Chinese government go on a scavenger
hunt around the world seeking resources, mostly oil. They need
resources to continue to grow. In doing this they have made
pacts and trade deals with some questionable regimes and some
rather rogue nation-states. China feels they have no choice,
they have to get the resources as their civilization depends on
it. Many of these countries they have dealt with have leaders
which are involved in