摘要
According to Intemational Monetary Fund （IMF） statistics released in spring 2014, China, with its PPP-based GDP totaling $17.6 trillion, is set to replace the U.S. as the largest economy in the world.＇ Accordingly, a new round of discussions on China＇s international status and identity arises. In recent years, this topic has been so controversial and sophisticated that it can be likened to a mountain assuming diverse shapes when viewed from different sides.
China's population, territory and economy have laid the foundations for its big nation status. Frequent external exchanges have endowed China with international influence. From the qualitative perspective, China has surpassed many developing countries in terms of political efficiency, per capita income, science and technology. Some of its comprehensive indicators rank around 80 th in the world. Judging from the above, international society can be divided into three worlds: the first world consisting of the developed countries such as the U.S., the EU and Japan, the second world of emerging powers including China, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa and Turkey, and the third world of other developing countries.
