Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shift: Implications for Competition Between China and the United States - Paperbackby Steve Chan (Author) A country's culture influences its economic growth, which in turn influences its international position. Confucian heritage appears to be the common factor explaining the rapid economic growth of East Asian countries, including China's meteoric rise in recent years. Ironically, Confucianism has been criticized not too long ago for hindering progress in these countries. At the same time, Protestant countries, once the vanguards