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Without immediate policy adjustments, ethnic tensions could intensify, distracting China’s leadership from economic growth and tarnishing the country’s international image.
Unrest among the Uighur minority in China was inevitable because of the lack of dialogue between ethnic groups, growing income inequality between Han Chinese and Uighurs, and government portrayals of Uighurs as separatist terrorists.
Don't believe the hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. It will be many decades before China, India, and the rest of the region take over the world, if they ever do.
China has seen a revival in Confucianism in the last decade. Discussants explored this renaissance and its implications for modern Chinese politics and society.
China’s economic growth remains high in spite of the global recession. The Chinese government has already spent a great deal of stimulus money, but should strengthen its social safety net to protect manufacturing workers who lose their jobs as exports collapse.
On the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Incident, Carnegie brought together a group of experts including: Brent Scowcroft, Ted Koppel, Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, and Minxin Pei, to discuss how the ensuing years have transformed China's political trajectory and what changes may be near.
When the Chinese Communist party toasts its post-Tiananmen success, it should be under no illusion that the good times are here to stay.
Pyongyang's latest nuclear test makes the potential for cooperation between China and North Korea poorer than ever, and from Washington's perspective, that constitutes progress.
Today's global economic meltdown will increase the importance of New York and London in the coming decade. Another financial center may rise to prominence, but the current crisis is likely to make this process slower.
President Obama’s first 100 days have been marked by both departurea from and continuationa of the Bush administration’s Asian foreign policy. Although Obama’s administration is still in its early stages and only beginning to enact regional policies, the trend has been towards rational multilateralism.