Photo Gallery Beijing Flexes Its Muscles
China may have no intentions of using its growing military might, but that is of little comfort for Western countries. From the World Trade Organization to the United Nations, Beijing is happy to use its soft power to get what it wants -- and it is wrong-footing the West at every turn.
A jewellery fair in Beijing: The Communist Party leaders allegedly manipulate China's currency to keep the prices of their exports artificially low.
A circuit board production line in the city of Shenzhen: China is waging a vehement campaign in the WTO to be granted the privileged status of a "market economy." If it succeeds, it will be largely spared inconvenient anti-dumping procedures in the future.
Pirated CDs are destroyed in Beijing: To secure a government contract in China, an international company has to reveal sensitive data as part of impenetrable licensing procedures and even agree to transfer its technology to the Chinese -- often relinquishing its patent rights in the process.
