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This paper tries to il1uminate the factors thet wil1 playa big role in
Turning China into a major power of the 21st century. Such factors, apparently as a major source of Chinese potential power, are deemed to
be the ties (both traditional and contemporary) that the Chinese have globally. The paper entitled the" Chinese Global Tribe" explains as to how and why the Chinese have sustained their ties, which ties come to
Playa central part in China-related analysis, The Concept of " Greater China ", will embrace the Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao,
and the overseas Chinese residing particularly in the Southeast Asia region and in the West with an estimated 500 billion dollars liquid assets