China Case Study Effects of Globalisation

• Why were some children labelled 'left behind'?


  the children that don't progress out of living in poverty
• What tactics did China use to eradicate extreme poverty?


  -resettlement villages and schools (5million)

  -revamp farming communities

  -cash handouts

  -government producing a project to create jobs

  -investment of $246billion (since 2012)
• Has China succeeded in eradicating extreme poverty?

  200 million still under the poverty line- 43 million live on $0.43 a day
• When was China's open door policy?

  1978
• Changing in economic center of gravity


  Started in Asia (majorly china) then became more European (1900s- Industrial Revolution)

  Now (2010) going back towards Asia, China
• Economic shift- chinas industrial explosion


  -large labour force, cheap and skilled

  -few regulations to hinder industrial growth

  -investment from foreign countries (TNC's)

  -growing global demand for cheap manufactured goods