SPOTLIGHT: Climate Change
Reuters/Grace Liang - A security personnel sits in front of an environment-related billboard on Changan Avenue in Beijing.
Kenneth G. Lieberthal, June 04, 2009
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kenneth Lieberthal addressed the growing need for U.S.-China climate cooperation and how it is in the interest of both countries. Lieberthal testified that an important step is for the U.S. to have a realistic understanding of the reasons China's emissions are growing so rapidly, and he offered suggestions for the future of the relationship.
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Climate Change, China, International Relations, Energy Security, Environment
SPOTLIGHT: North Korea
Reuters/David Gray - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il inspect an honour guard during an official welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Dennis Wilder, June 04, 2009
In recent months, North Korea has unabashedly plowed forward with the development of its nuclear program, an action that threatens to erode regional stability in Northeast Asia. Dennis Wilder examines the role of China in reducing the North Korean threat and explores the causes, pointing to necessary limits of China’s calculated caution toward North Korea.
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North Korea, China, Nuclear Weapons, Asia, Northeast Asia
SPOTLIGHT: China
Reuters/Bobby Yip - A student wearing a T-shirt with Chinese characters reading "To vindicate June 4" attends a candlelight vigil at the University of Hong Kong.
Cheng Li, June 04, 2009
Though many believe China's drive toward democracy stagnated after the People's Liberation Army put down the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, Cheng Li argues otherwise. Li notes that while the political system is still constrained by party monopoly on power, lack of an independent judiciary and media censorship, China is making significant progress on the democratic front.
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China, Civil Liberties, Politics, Democracy Promotion
SPOTLIGHT: China
Reuters/Jason Reed - U.S. President Barack Obama meets with China's President Hu Jintao in London.
Dennis Wilder, May 15, 2009
Engagement between Beijing and Washington operates on many levels but none is more critical than a regularized mechanism for strategic discussion by the top officials in economics and foreign policy. Dennis Wilder explores how dialogue should be carried out between the two countries during the Obama administration.
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China, International Relations, Asia, Global Economics, Climate Change
SPOTLIGHT: China
Reuters - A ship is docked at Shanghai's Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai.
Cheng Li, Spring 2009
Throughout the 1990s, China’s official media referred to Shanghai as the “head of the dragon" because of its pivotal role in rapid economic growth across China. The term became less common as a balanced regional development strategy took over under Hu Jinto. Cheng Li examines the issue as China once again—this time pushed by the global economic crisis—sets sights on making Shanghai a "global financial and shipping center.”
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China, China's Economy, Global Financial Crisis, Trade, Development