Chapter 14 Self-grading Quizzes

China and the Emerging Economies
. ________ is not among the BRICS countries.

. China's first White Paper on Foreign Aid in 2011 emphasized the following principles EXCEPT the following: ________.

. China's "________" strategy, initiated in 2000, has led China's business sector to become increasingly involved in development projects.

. China's understanding of "development" has______________________________.

. Critics and skeptics view the relationship between China and Africa as "________."

. Over the course of its own development experience, China's international cooperation has evolved from the ideologically motivated foreign aid of the Mao era to a more ____________________involving aid, trade, and Chinese companies "going out."

. The 2014 White Paper added which characteristic to Chinese foreign aid emphasis?

. Africa and China are central to each other's development, combining all of the following interests EXCEPT for ________ interests.

. The "________" initiative represents the first substantial intervention by China into the institutional architecture of global trade, investment, and financial governance.

. A potential problem of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is that it ________.

. The BRICS countries have a number of commonalities and convergences in their approaches to the "development agenda." The following is NOT among the communalities: ________.

. The following statement on BRICS is FALSE: ________.

. In terms of differences, the BRICS members bring to the grouping very different ________.

. The Ufa Declaration issued at the end of the seventh summit in July 2015 in Russia noted the following shared common principles of BRICS: ________.

. Emerging economies are widely regarded ___________.

. BRICS can also be seen as _____________.

. China's role in international development ________.

. Useful insight into China's perspective on international development ____________.

. China's understanding of development ____________.

. One of the principles of China's foreign aid is _______________.

. Some have criticized Chinese interest in Africa as ___________.

. The role of the Chinese state has been __________ as part of its foreign aid strategies.

. China is not a new donor, but it __________.

. China is _________ largest partner.

. China is the world's second largest emerging economy.

. The emerging economies are having an increasingly significant impact on international development as emerging powers with global reach, importance, and influence.

. China's understanding of "development" is similar to that of many Western countries.

. China's foreign aid principles are very similar to those of many Western states and international institutions.

. The AIIB has been praised for its operational efficiency, lending more than US$8 billion in three years to 18-member countries for 46 projects.

. The Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) is a self-managed financial structure set up to provide support through mutual liquidity and precautionary instruments in response to actual or potential short-term balance of payments pressures.

. A core BRICS principle is non-intervention in the domestic affairs of their partners, retaining the values of mutuality and equality of relations.

. China is not a new donor, and its objectives, mechanisms, and levels of finance have remained the same.

. BRICS countries have increased their share of global GDP threefold between 2000 and 2015.

. Despite good economic progress, the emerging economies still suffer from conflict and poverty.

. The BRICS grouping stresses that BRICS are "donors."

. The volume of the provision of development assistance also varies, reflecting various factors such as annual rates of growth and changing government, policy, and budget priorities.

. BRICS is often reluctant to accept the principle of non-intervention in the domestic affairs of their partners.

. Although BRICS has undertaken on a bilateral, state-to-state basis, there are signs of growing multilateralism.

. The emerging economies are making an increasing contribution to international development by providing much-needed investment, technical know-how and skills, as well as financial economic and political support.

. US officials lobbied against the creation of the AIIB.

. The AIIB counts 26 regional and non-regional members, as well as 76 prospective members

. The AIIB has received Triple A credit ratings from the three major credit ranking agencies.

. The AIIB has been seen as competition to other development initiatives by different actors.

. The BRICS acronym was established by its original members.

. In terms of commonalities, all the BRICS members have extensive territories and significant populations.

. The Chinese government stated that, by 5 May 2020, it had offered COVID-19 aid to more than 150 countries and four international organizations.

. All BRICS countries are defined as developing countries.

. The BRICS members have committed to a collective process of cooperation institutionalization.

. South-South cooperation is not viewed as relevant.

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