Associated with both these element is the fact that China will be the first driver of globalisation to be populated by peoples who are non-white. As a consequence the particularities of Han perceptions of race and identity (Dikotter 1992) – and other’ perceptions of the Chinese – can be expected to influence social and ultimately political interactions between Chinese corporate and other agents of globalisation and governments, companies and populations with which they engage. Consistent with the nature of Han identity, China – unlike other rising powers such as India and Brazil – arguably represents an alternative to the Western influenced modernization project which has ‘guided’ development – for increasing parts of the globe and for better or for worse – for over five centuries (Jacques 2009).