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AFTER READING THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE, RESPOND (WITH ANLYSIS) TO THE FOLLOWING TWO QUESTIONS (Avoid personalizing THE analysis)

1)If you were an advisor to President Trump, how would you advise him on issues involving China?

2) Do you think it is in the long-term interest of the United States to maintain a strong alliance with China?

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AND PRACTICE IS TOCK COMISERGEYIT THE BALANCE OF POWER UPDATED? N Tineteenth-century Europe is often described as the greatest example for the international re- lations theory known as the balance of power. Because the leaders of the five great powers in Europe (Britain, France, Prussia, Russia, and Austria) all realized that war was hurtful to the entire system, they decided to create a system that ensured their long-term survival. A balance of power is reliant on all of its members to maintain the equilibrium. It was understood that if one state became too powerful or too weak, the system would collapse. In today's world, one could argue that a new "balancing act" is under way, balanced on the strength of nuclear arms and economic development. The Europeans of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries understood that stability equaled success, and so too do some of our era's largest and most powerful countries. Let's consider China and the United States, for example. We have arrived at a time where the future relations of China, the United States, Latin America, Africa, and the European Union are uncertain. Right now, the American market consumes many goods created in China. Why? Because China's production costs are much cheaper than U.S. costs. American companies choose to have many of their manufacturing plants in Chinese cities (and elsewhere in Asia) because these locations create a much higher level of profit for them. China, however, is still considered a communist state that enforces wage controls on its workers. This means that workers get paid low salaries, but the state itself makes great profits from the dealings with American companies. The result is that China has an incredible surplus. Basically, if one were to do a basic accounting audit on China, one would see that its credits far exceed its debits. In short, it does not owe countries a lot of money, but a lot of countries owe China. Recently, however, President Trump has begun to challenge this relationship. He has argued that American companies and workers are getting ripped off. Sure, the prices of goods will remain low; however, the negatives placed on the American economy might not justify the low-cost goods. So what happens next? Will the United States continue to impose tariffs on imported goods as a way of forcing China to pay their fair share? Or will China simply find a variety of other places to trade with? A long-standing idea is that as China continues to industrialize and more and more Chinese workers move into its cities, they will demand wage increases and a better way of life. Why? Because history shows that this is what happens when countries develop: the citizens want more rights, more freedom, and more safeguards about keeping the money they have earned. Once this happens, China will need to open its borders for more trade to attract better businesses to invest there. This is when the United States can step in, Although the United States has long given up on its manufacturing sector, it is always looking for new markets in which to sell its products, and a billion people in China will make a good market. However, this is all theoretical. China might be rewriting history. The only examples that economists and politic scientists can draw from are those of the countries of North America and Western Europe. (Continu OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSTheory and Practice (Continued) China might never democratize and could create a new type of global economy that places itself at its center. This is still a possibility and one that makes scholars of international relations concerned