CHINA’S EXPANDING GLOBAL INFLUENCE, DEVELOPING WORLD, AND THE UNITED STATES’ INTERESTS

Abstract

China is the world's second largest economy that is expected to be double the size of
American’s by 2030. With growing strength, China is exercising gigantic influence
around the world. In Asia, Africa, Latin America and now in Europe, Beijing has
become the major trading partner of numerous states. China has presented new
concepts and implemented some unique principles differing to the preceding global
powers that have helped increase its global influence. The developing world is becoming
progressively China-centric, a process that is projected to prove irresistible. The US
remains the global super-power. The global power status, however, is getting flat
because of multi-polarization and strategic shift of power is happening from the US to
Asia. The article is a qualitative attempt to underscore Chinese expanding influence as a
re-emerging global power, role of developing world in the formation of its foreign policy
and implications for the interests of US.