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China's 1990's state-owned enterprise reforms may give some indication as to how the CCP plans to handle current threats to domestic stability.
The U.S. and China have developed good relations over the past eight years, but mutual misunderstanding persists. President Obama should recognize the importance of cultivating personal ties with Chinese leaders and visiting East Asia soon after taking office and avoid aggressive public language on hot-button issues.
A more effective approach to staving off potential unrest in China's urban areas would be to increase investment, not in more hardware but in human capital. For jobless migrant laborers, the government should set up free continuing education programs.
Although there are numerous areas of shared interest between the U.S. and China, China's approach to international responsibility is likely to be à la carte. And in a international system where Washington can no longer set the rules, striking a deal with the Chinese will be more difficult.
In this paper commissioned by the International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, George Perkovich and Patricia Lewis identify possible nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation steps that could take the world in the mid-term to a position from which the latter steps toward abolition of nuclear weapons could be charted.
Les Echos interviewait récemment Albert Keidel, chercheur au Carnegie Endowment, quant à la crise économique. Il affirme que les autorités chinoises devraient encourager la consommation intérieure et les investissements domestiques et aborder la grogne sociale de manière équilibrée en distinguant bien les doléances légitimes des autres qui le sont beaucoup moins.
Les Echos recently interviewed Albert Keidel, a researcher at the Carnegie Endowment, about the economic crisis. He asserted that the Chinese authorities should encourage domestic consumption and domestic investment and address social unrest in a balanced manner by distinguishing legitimate grievances from those that are not legitimate.
Comparison of China’s major regions shows large disparities in GDP per capita. Over the last 20 years, and the five-year period between 2000-05, Chinese rural income and consumption disparities have increased significantly compared to urban areas.
Although China has captured the world's attention because of its impressive growth rates, its economy remains smaller than Japan's. Some analysts argue that the United States has engaged China at the expense of disengaging from Japan. Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki, offer a perspective on Japan's role in Asia.
A recent white paper from the Chinese government explains that China is committed to climate change mitigation and adaptation, through both national and international efforts. As a country that is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, China has set ambitious goals for both adaptation and mitigation, and in recent years it has taken important steps toward these goals.
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