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Essay Name       : 1430.txt 
Uploader         : Jason Barrie
Email Address    : alivejhb@pipeline.com
Language         : english
Subject          : Politics
Title            : People's Republic of China - debate class brief
Grade            : 11
School System    : Anne Arundel County
Country          : USA
Author Comments  : for debate class
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Date             : 11/22/96
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Negative Brief                                                 
Specific Purpose:  To persuade the audience to reject the resolution.
Introduction:
I.	There are several implications that could result if the affirmative plan is enforced 	and the foreign policy towards the People’s Republic of China is changed.
II.	Resolved: That the United States Government should substantially change it’s 	foreign policy towards the People’s Republic of China.
III.	The foreign policy with the People’s Republic of China does not need to be 	changed.

Body:
I.  Changing foreign policy between China and the U.S. is unnecessary and could cause
     trouble                                                                                                                                                       
	A. China is an essential U.S. trade partner
		1.  Decreasing trade with China could result in lower U.S. economic 
		     opportunities  	
		     a.  “Taking away MFN would hurt both the Chinese and the U.S.                                                               		            economies because Beijing would retaliate against American firms 			            better creating a multi billion dollar market in China.” 
			   1.  Church, George.  “Twisting Off the Hook”. Time  May 27, 				        1994.
                        2.  U.S. companies need China’s business
		      b.  “Continuing MFN treatment of the PRC is more practical - to insure
			 U.S. firms are able to participate more in the rising economic
			 opportunities in that area.”
			    1.  Weidenbaum, Murray.  “The Rise of Greater China, A New 				         Economic Growth.” Current December 1993.			
	B.  China has a strong economy which needs not to be altered
	             1.  China could be the forth largest economic power by the year 2010.
                              a.  “China has become the fastest growing part of the world, averaging                                                    			  5% a year in real economic growth.  Many observers expect this 				  trend to continue for at least the rest of this decade and persist 				  well into the 21st century.”
			    1.  Weidenbaum, Murray. “The Rise of Greater China, A New 				         Economic Superpower”. Current December 1993.
		  2.  China is a major trade power
		        b.  “Zbiginew Bryeyzinski noted that, if the current ten percent 		                          economic growth rate of the PRC is maintained, and 			                          assuming  the successful assimilation of Hong Kong, the PRC
	                          could become the fourth largest global economic power by 		                          the year 2010, after the U.S., Europe and Japan.”
			      1.  Weidenbaum, Murray.  “The Rise of Greater China, A New
				Economic Superpower”. Current December 1993.	
	



	C.     The Chinese Economic Area is a big trading partner with the U.S.
	           1.  Maintaining trade with China is important to the U.S.
		    a.  “The CEA is the seventh largest economy in the world, with a                                 		           combined GNP of $809.8 billion for 1995, and it constitutes the  			           third largest trading partner for the U.S. -  the forth largest export 			           market and the third largest supplier.”
		              1.  Lee, Paul.  “The Chinese Economy Area, A Big Emerging 				       Market”.  Business America October 1994 pp.18-19.
	D.     China is an industrial powerhouse
		 1.  China has a booming industry 
		      a.   “Investment and enterprises channeled from Hong Kong has turned        		              southern China into one of the industrial powerhouses of Asia.”
		                1.  William Purves, quoted in “The Rise of Greater China, A 				          New Economic Superpower.” Current December 1993.
	E.       Changing the status quo could result in war
		  1.  China is a threat to the U.S.
		       a.   “China is one of the five declared nuclear weapon states and is a 				   growing military power.”
			      1.  State Dispatch, July 24, 1995. pp.587-590
		  2.   China has the largest military
		       a.   “The People’s Liberation Army is approximately 3 million strong 
			   and is the world’s largest military force.”
			       1.  Encarta 1995.
II.	Human Rights
	A.       China is on the way to improving human rights
		  1.   There is a group to monitor human rights in China
		         a.  “There is the HRIC (Human Rights in China) which monitors
			     the People’s Republic of China’s human rights.”
		   	       1.  Reuter, Paul. “Human Rights Policy 				                                                      				Toward China”.  Time, July 24, 1994, pg.56.
		  2.   A slow and steady change is best for China
		         a.  “Human rights is a western standard set up by the General 					   Assembly of the United States in 1948.  In a number of oriental 
			   countries (not just China) human rights are far away from it’s 				   standard of the Western countries because they stem from the 				   Western culture.  The U.S. and other Western countries evaluate
			    human rights on their own standards.  This is unfair to China.  				    China is trying to adapt change for the better.”
			        1.   Professor Richard Chadwick, U.S. Human Rights Policy
				   Towards China.  October, 1994:AOL Newstand.



III.  Piracy
	A.   Plans for reducing piracy have already been made
	       1.   The issues contained within the plans are very promising
		  a.  “The U.S. and China have signed an agreement on intellectual
		         property.  Under the agreement China will take steps to crack down 			         on the piracy, enforce intellectual property rights, and provide more 			         open acess for exporters.”
		            1.  (Weekly compilation of Presidential documents) Bill Clinton,
			       March 6, 1995 pg. 319.
	        2.   China is in fact halting piracy
		   a.  “After years of allowing software piracy to flourish, China now hopes
		          to meet international standards.”
		             1.  Lovenworth, Stanton. National Law Journal, June 5, 1995 pp. 				       c26-c28.
	B.   There is no need time on new policies or plans
	       1.   Plans have already taken affect
	             a.  “China has completed the 6-month anti-piracy enforcement agreed 		                    upon with the U.S. trade representative.”
		            1.  Clark-Meads, Jeff.  Billboard September 30, 1995. pg. 1.
	C.   Some safeguards are already in effect
	       1.   SID codes break the pirates
		 a.  “The voluntary source indentification process (SID) code process
		        for CD’s has a four digit “finger print” that allows authorities to trace 			        the master and pressing the plant in an attempt to solve the piracy 			        problem.  SID’s biggest test is underway in China and so far the 			        results look promising.”
		           1.  Serwer, Andrew R. Can China Change It’s Cheating Heart?
			    Commonwealth May 5, 1995. pp. 17-18.
Conclusion:
I.  The status quo is fine how it is.  Changing the status qou could result in major conflicts
     with China.  China is currently trying to fix the problems that it has.  The status quo is
     already acceptable because China is a progressing and improving nation that is fixing
     itself without the United States.
 
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