Abstract
Since Deng Xiaoping's southern tour in 1992 to reenergize the marketization drive in China, the Chinese government's policy towards has been one of active engagement. His successor Jiang Zemin, and current President Hujintao, with their respective proclamations of Three Represents and Harmonious World,1 have continued the push to embrace global capitalism. Opening the country to global capital is seen by Chinese national leaders as a way to further the country's market reform. At the same time, China has also been eager to participate in the international community in various manners to strengthen its international standing and portray itself as a peaceful rising power. Prompting nationalist sentiments in the global context is a way to restore the Communist regime from the brink of legitimacy crisis caused by the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989.2 Notably, the shift of policy by China since the early 1990s also coincided with Washington's abandonment of the containment policy and shift towards attempting to integrate China into the global community.3 Meanwhile, the most important symbols of China's coming of age are its long-awaited accession to WTO in 2001 and its hosting of the 2008 Olympic Games. The idea of active engagement with globalization also underlies various domestic
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