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Pax Sinica
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Pax Sinica (Latin for "Chinese Peace") is the time of peace in East Asia, maintained by Chinese hegemony, usually the period of rule by the Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. These periods were characterised by the dominance of the Chinese civilization in East Asia due to its political, economic, military and cultural power.
In international relations theory since the 1990s, noting the increasing power of the People's Republic of China, some believe there will be a Pax Sinica in the twenty-first century.[1] Others believe that the opposite will happen and that the rise of Chinese power will encourage conflict rather than peace, due to the authoritarian government of China, or that the increase of Chinese power will not be enough to bring Chinese hegemony.[citation needed] Some have also theorized that China's increasing dependency on oil will bring conflict with Western Industrialized Democracies , particularly the United States, over Central Asian oil fields.[citation needed]
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