China Elected New Leaders
The First Session of the 10th Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) was held in Beijing between March 5 to March 18, 2003. This meeting marked the completion of the largest…
Foreign Companies Allowed To Purchase State Assets
One of the great challenges facing China in its drive for sustained economic growth is the question of how to integrate the assets and employees of state-owned enterprises into a…
A Yellow Jacket in Beijing: Environmentalist C. S. Kiang Named Dean at Peking University
Less than a month after retiring, former Georgia Tech environmental scientist C.S. Kiang was named dean of the newly established College of Environmental Sciences at Peking University, one of China's…
The 16th Party Congress: the Beginning of a New Era?
The recently concluded 16th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could well become another major milestone in China’s political history. It elected a group of younger party leaders,…
The Continuing U. S. Debate Over China Policy
On 15 July 2002 the U.S.-China Security Review Commission submitted to the U.S. Congress its first Report under legislation of October 2000. The commission was made up of twelve "commissioners,"…
Newsletter
Welcome New Research Associates Dr. Yawei Liu and Mr. Ken Jin has joined the China Research Center, and become our new research associates. Dr. Yawei Liu is associate director of…
Biographical Background and Successful U.S. Visit of Chinese Vice President and Heir-apparent Hu Jintao
The week-long visit to the United States by Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao in late April-early May 2002 was a major step toward Hu's expected appointment as successor to Jiang…
Forum on “China’s Changing Foreign Policy” Held on March 20, 2002
On March 20 the China Research Center sponsored, together with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, a program examining China’s changing decision-making processes in foreign and security policy. Three nationally…