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China: threat or friend? If you enter "China's GDP" using a Google search, the first result that catches your eye should be a graph presented by the World Bank, indicating how dramatically the economy in China has grown from $0.10 trillion in 1960 to 5.93 trillion in 2010. As Professor Stephen S. Roach wrote in his article "10 Reasons Why China is Different", China's economy has actually taken a step forward due to its tremendous changes and unremitting efforts among: “strategy, commitment, means of delivery, savings, rural-urban migration, consumption, services, foreign direct investment, education and innovation. ”(Stephen S. Roach, 10 Reasons Why China is Different)So many cases have illustrated China's immense impact not only domestically but also on the universe. Focusing on its global influences, a clear example domestically was Lenovo purchasing giant IBM's PC subsidiary in 2005. With the completion of the 1.75 billion bill, which was expected to happen by the end of the second quarter, the June 30, In 2005, Lenovo became a much larger company and more than quadrupled its annual revenue. "The company, which had just under $3 billion in annual revenue before the acquisition, now has annual revenue of approximately $13 billion and is the world's third-largest PC vendor, behind Dell and Hewlett-Packard. " (Sumner Lemon, IDG News) Lenovo, as a computer company originating from mainland China, was first established in Hong Kong in 1988. It was a small computer manufacturer and had little influence in its market. After expanding its areas, Lenovo has become a multinational technology company as a technology legend in China. Its products include personal computers... at the center of the paper..."Chindia-Threat or Opportunity" New presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs, Winter2010, vol. 12 Number 4, p47-50. Economist, 06/26/2004, vol. 371 Issue 8381, p44-45. Edward, Friedman and Barrett, McCormick, What If China Doesn't Democratize? (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000). Peter Hays Gries, China's New Nationalism (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2004). David M. Lampton, Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing US-China Relations: 1989-2000 (Berkeley, CA: California University Press, 2001 ).Robert, Sutter, China's Rise in Asia: Promises and Perils ( Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).Ming, Xia. “China Threat or Peaceful Rise of China,” The New York Times, March 2006.Web.Wikipedia, List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita. World Economic Outlook Database-April 2012, International Monetary Fund. April 18 2012.