China Currents 2007 Issue Volume 6 Number 2
Stunning development According to "Science, Technology and Industry Outlook" released in late 2006 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, China has become the world’s second-largest spender on research and development. Its R&D expenditures reached $136 billion in 2006…
October's meeting of the 6th plenum of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded by passing "The Resolution on Some Issues in Building a Harmonious Socialist Society." This document presents not only the Party's current…
With world leaders acknowledging that innovation will be the well-spring of economic development in the 21st Century, over one hundred participants from places as distant as New Delhi, Beijing, and Jerusalem gathered in Atlanta in early March, 2007 at a…
On 27 February 2007, Chinese equity markets fell almost 9%. Hours later other global markets plunged far and fast, including those in Europe and the U.S. Such a link between China’s equity markets and others was unprecedented. Analysis conducted in…
(This article first appeared in Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF), a joint project of the International Relations Center (IRC, www.irc-online.org) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS, www.ips-dc.org), February 8, 2007; reprinted with permission from FPIF) Regardless of whether it…
China’s political development is undergoing an important transformation. Beijing’s latest emphasis on the need to address social and economic concerns of the average person has led to a series of new policy initiatives. These initiatives are designed to more fairly…
(This article first appeared in Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF), a joint project of the International Relations Center (IRC, www.irc-online.org) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS, www.ips-dc.org), December 21,, 2006; reprinted with permission from FPIF) The peaceful rise of…
Taiwan’s democratization process and its implications on economic, political and social fronts are of great importance to understanding the key to Taiwan’s future and a resolution of the Cross-Straits crisis. Participants from different parts of the United States, Taiwan and…