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China: Friend or Foe?

Foreign Affairs · China · Communism · Captions

About This Video

With the help of the United States and other western powers, China has become an economic powerhouse. The idea was that prosperity would persuade China to align its interests with the other free nations of the world. But that’s not what happened. Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley explains why.

Standards Met in Ohio

  • CWI.9-12.16.lp.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify/define national security.
  • EFL.9-12.9.cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify a good imported to the United States.
  • SS.7.4.lp.hGrades 7thIdentify that locations where groups of people live are named (e.g., Mongols/Mongolia, Chinese/China, Japanese/ Japan, etc.).
  • WG.9-12.10.lp.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify countries the U.S. relies upon to supply goods we do not make or grow here (e.g., China, Mexico, Germany, India, Brazil).