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1、TheBrics’roleintheglobaleconomyPauloRobertodeAlmeida∗In:Cebri-Icone-BritishEmbassyinBrasília:TradeandInternationalNegotiationsforJournalists(RiodeJaneiro,2009,p.146-154;ISBN:978-85-89534-05-5).1.WheredotheycomefromandwhataretheBrics?Indemographicterms,BRICholdstheworld’stwo
2、mostpopulatedcountriesandanothertwowithconsiderablepopulations.Chinaaloneholdsafifthoftheworld’spopulation,andiscloselyfollowedbyIndia(17.5%)and,byalargergapBrazil(2.9%)andRussia(2.2%).Despitetheirlargeterritories–Russia’s17millionkm2,India’s3.2millionkm2,China’s9.3millionk
3、m2andBrazil’s8.5millionkm2–,theBricsdifferfromeachotherintermsofnaturalresources,levelofindustrializationandimpactontheglobaleconomy.Itisimportanttopointoutthesedifferences,asdefinitionasablocmightleadtowrongfulassumptionsaboutthefourcountries’individualcurrentandfuturerole
4、sintheglobaleconomy.Inordertobeaccurateabouteachcountry’sactualweightintheworld,weshouldperhapschangetheacronymtoCIRB(butwithouttheglamourofthename).LetusbeginwithChina,whichisthemostcontinuouscivilizationinhistory–notstrictlyintermsofpoliticallinearitybutratherintermsofcul
5、turalcontinuity.Thecountryhasatragiccontemporaryhistory,markedbyeconomicdecadence,politicalinstability,militaryhumiliationandsocialregressioncausedbyadeepdegradationofthesocialfabricafterMaoZedong’seconomicfolliescreatedahumanhecatombandademographic“gap”oftensofmillionsofpe
6、ople.Indiaistheworld’ssecondoldest“continuous”civilization–theinvertedcommasaretohighlightthecountry’sculturalandethnicdiversity.Indiahasnoculturalunityassuch,anditspoliticalhistoryonlyseemstomakesensewhenwelookatitasatemporary“unit”createdbyforeigninvasions,specificallybyt
7、heMughalEmpire,followedbythedominationofanEnglishtradingcompanywhichwasthenconvertedintoBritishsupremacyoverseveralpeopleswhowereverydifferenttoeachother.ModernIndiaisaninventionoftheBritishEmpire.Russiaisalsoancient,withculturaltraditionsthathavemadeitintoaculturalunitsinc
8、etheMiddleAges,whenbarbarianmigrationsledtothecreationofaproto-homogenous∗PauloRob
