Organization Date Title Keywords
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 11.6.12 Investment-Led Growth in China: Global Spillovers
Ashvin Ahuja, Malhar Nabar
Over the past decade, China’s growth model has become more reliant on investment and its footprint in global imports has widened substantially. Several economies within China’s supply chain are increasingly exposed to its investment-led growth and face... 		Imports and Exports, Investment
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 11.5.12 The Spillover Effects of a Downturn in China’s Real Estate Investment
Ashvin Ahuja, Alla Myrvoda
Real estate investment accounts for a quarter of total fixed asset investment (FAI) in China. The real estate sector’s extensive industrial and financial linkages make it a special type of economic activity, especially where the credit creation process... 		Real Estate, Housing, Economic Downturn
EastWest Institute 10.18.12 Cyber Detente Between the United States and China
Greg Austin and Franz-Stefan Gady
In May 2012, the United States and China agreed publicly for the first time to begin talks on military aspects of cybersecurity. The agenda and expectations for this process at the official level remain to be set. Through Track 2 processes some very... 		Cybersecurity, U.S.-China Relations, Military
Asia Society 10.12.12 Chinese Direct Investment in California
Daniel H. Rosen and Thilo Hanemann
To build the case for a robust response to these opportunities and looming risks, this report analyzes Chinese investment in California in depth, mining a unique database for insights about California’s comparative advantages, the Chinese firms most... 		Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, California
Amnesty International 10.11.12 Standing Their Ground
The forced eviction of people from their homes and farmland has become a routine occurrence in China and represents a gross violation of China’s international human rights obligations on an enormous scale. Despite international scrutiny and censure of... 		Land Rights, Forced Evictions, Protests
European Council on Foreign Relations 09.27.12 China Analysis: Gaming North Korea
Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Antoine Bondaz, François Godement, and David Péneau
China and North Korea have had an uneasy relationship in recent years. While the PRC has sometimes played the role of buffer state in North Korea’s dealings with the United States, South Korea, and other nations, Chinese leaders have also expressed... 		North Korea, Regional Politics
Economic Policy Institute 08.27.12 The China Toll
Robert E. Scott
Since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001, the extraordinary growth of trade between China and the United States has had a dramatic effect on U.S. workers and the domestic economy, though in neither case has this effect been beneficial.... 		Trade Deficit
China Labor Watch 08.8.12 Samsung Supplier Factory Exploiting Child Labor: Investigative Report
China Labor Watch
Members of China Labor Watch conducted an investigation of HEG Electronics (Huizhou) Co., Ltd, which showed that the practice of hiring child labor is prevalent this factory. Investigators worked in the factory for two months, and identified seven... 		Child Labor, Samsung
China Leadership Monitor 08.6.12 Chinese Leadership and Elite Responses to the U.S. Pacific Pivot
Michael D. Swaine
Over the past several years, the most significant overall U.S. foreign policy action of relevance to China has been the announcement and initial follow-through of the so-called Pacific pivot or “Rebalancing” of U.S. attention and resources to the Asia-... 		U.S.-China Relations, Pacific Pivot
China Leadership Monitor 08.6.12 Shaping the Future—Part I: Domestic Developments in Taiwan
Alan D. Romberg
Three main themes emerged in Taiwan politics in the wake of President Ma Ying-jeou’s convincing reelection victory in January. First, in a highly contentious election that portended continuing intra-party strife, the DPP chose its new chairman, former... 		Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou