Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
There are currently widespread concerns regarding the "one country, two systems." Recent steps taken by Beijing and pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong show their strong interest in developing constructive dialogue. Such dialogue would help develop mutual trust, which is crucial for democratic development in Hong Kong and the successful implementation of the "one country, two systems" principle.
There are currently widespread concerns regarding the "one country, two systems." Recent steps taken by Beijing and pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong show their strong interest in developing constructive dialogue. Such dialogue would help develop mutual trust, which is crucial for democratic development in Hong Kong and the successful implementation of the "one country, two systems" principle.
In most emerging-market economies in East Asia, domestic economic, political, and social pressures push governments in the direction of a relatively inflexible exchange rate and freer capital inflows. This is a bad combination. Exchange rate stability and predictability would be a boon to commerce and finance. But achieving it is easier said than done.
Four leading China-Taiwan experts discuss political, diplomatic, and security implications of the second Chen Shui-bian administration.
The Bush administration plans to make significant additional cuts in the size of US troop deployments in South Korea. Such reductions may leave North Korean leaders with the impression that it is their recently enhanced nuclear capabilities that are driving the American withdrawal and embolden the reclusive state to take provocative actions in the months before to the US election.
On April 6, 2004 The China Program of CEIP and the Taiwan Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation co-sponsored an event examining effects of the controversial March 20, 2004 Taiwanese Presidential election.
Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Ian Johnson, explored the evolution of China's nascent civil society with a medium-sized audience at Carnegie.
The historic events in Libya, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and North Korea have raised several key questions that help frame the proliferation debate over the future direction of U.S. non-proliferation policy.
The political progress in Taiwan and Hong Kong is good news. Ever since Taiwan began its transition to democracy in the late 1980s, optimists have hoped that its opening would serve as a shining beacon for the mainland. But only democratization within China can transform the country.
The March 20th Taiwanese elections and referendum mark a critical point in an already tense cross-Strait relationship Listen to audio from a pre-election analysis of the issues at stake for the United States and Asia.