Chinese society: structure, culture, and contemporary change

Chinese Society

Greatest Achievements of Chinese Society

The Chinese society has demonstrated a number of achievements since some decades ago. First is the success of the Chinese society to have friendly relations with hundreds of countries around the world, both in terms of national and economic relations. China in particular has set good trading relations with almost every nation in the wor ld and has established trust and friendly relations with its neighboring countries. The second achievement of the Chinese society is its active participation in foreign affairs. The Chinese government actively supports and promotes regional cooperation for a better economy. China is an active member of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) and ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) (PeopleDaily Online). Thirdly, the Chinese Society has successfully protected its nation's territorial sovereignty. China has won back its power over Hong Kong and Macao. The Chinese Society is also hoping to unite and win back the territory of Taiwan, being a Chinese land. Finally, among the greatest achievements of the Chinese Society is its power to rise from economic depression. Currently, China is among the fast developing nations in the world bringing great technologies and causing economic reforms in China.

Chinese's Uniqueness

Compared to the Western civilization, the Chinese is indeed unique in many areas of living. For instance, the Chinese society particularly the traditional ones observe class system wherein the rich and poor are identified within the society. Traditional values is also very apparent in the Chinese society which even to the present modern days is very evident. Another uniqueness of the Chinese society is that Chinese families these days are composed of few members which if compared to other neighboring countries, or even to the Western or European families, is far less in the number of siblings. Chinese families of today are usually composed of just 1 or 2 children.

How China Influence other Asian Societies

The continuing development and success in the Chinese economy is no wonder among the reasons why other Asian societies are being influenced by China. China used to be a very poor country in which the literacy rate is very low. Hence, many Chinese work only as laborers. But in the past years, as China demonstrated growing success in terms of its economy, many Asian societies considered the country as a role model, inspiring their national economic growth.

China's influences to other Asian societies are also caused by its trading strategies. China is among the nations whose existence in trading is very much present globally. As Frank Ching (2003) indicated,

Interestingly, China appears intent on widening its influence through both antiterrorism and trade efforts. It has already reached agreement on creating a free trade area with the 10-member ASEAN, and last week Wen, the Chinese prime minister, proposed that SCO, too, establish its own free trade area

This good trading relation of China to Asian countries causes the diverse products of China to be present in the Asian market which in turn influences the living and lifestyle of the Asian society.

The will-power of the Chinese government to establish China as among the fast-developing nations and among the nations with stabilized politics, similarly causes its influences to its neighboring countries.

The Chinese Produced the Most Brilliant Society in the World