Organization Date Title Keywords
Mercator Institute for China Studies 01.1.17 Record Flows and Growing Imbalances
Thilo Hanemann and Mikko Huotari
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become an increasingly important part of the E.U.-China economic relationship. European companies have invested hundreds of billions of euros into the Chinese economy since the 1980s, and have made big bets on China’s... 		Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, Europe, Investment, Chinese Investment
Mercator Institute for China Studies 11.30.16 Made in China 2025
Jost Wübbeke, Mirjam Meissner, Max J. Zenglein, Jaqueline Ives, and Björn Conrad
This report analyses China’s ambitious plan to build one of the world’s most advanced and competitive economies with the help of innovative manufacturing technologies (“smart manufacturing”). China’s industrial master plan “Made in China 2025” aims to... 		High-Tech Industry, Economy, Electric Vehicles, Made in China 2025, Technology
Asia Catalyst 07.26.16 The Condom Quandary
Sex work is illegal in China, and law enforcement practices that focus on condoms as evidence of prostitution are having a negative impact on HIV prevention among sex workers. When Lanlan, who runs a community-based organization (CBO) and support group... 		Sex Workers, Police, HIV/AIDS, Law Enforcement, Disease, Worker Safety, Workers’ Rights, Anti-Vice Campaign
Council on Foreign Relations 02.1.16 Xi Jinping on the Global Stage
Robert D. Blackwill and Kurt M. Campbell
Xi Jinping is the most powerful Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping, and with his sweeping actions and ambitious directives he has fundamentally altered the process by which China’s domestic and foreign policy is formulated and implemented. Xi’s popular... 		Xi Jinping, International Relations, Foreign Policy, Economic Downturn, Chinese Communist Party
International Energy Agency 11.4.15 Special Data Release with Revisions for People’s Republic of China
In September 2015, the National Bureau of Statistics of China published China’s energy statistics for 2013, as well as revised statistics for the years 2000 to 2012. NBS supplied the IEA with detailed energy balances for 2011 to 2013 and using these the... 		Energy, Environment
Paulson Institute 10.1.15 China’s Next Opportunity: Sustainable Economic Transition
Anders Hove, Merisha Enoe, and Kate Gordon
China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, also known as Jing-Jin-Ji, presents a compelling opportunity to highlight the potential—and the challenges—in transitioning to a more sustainable economic growth model. The Chinese government has prioritized the... 		Sustainability, Economic Growth, Energy, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei
China Water Risk 09.24.15 Bottled Water In China: Boom Or Bust?
Hongqiao Liu
It has only taken China two decades to become the world’s largest bottled water consumer and a major producer. But given China’s much publicized water woes from pollution to scarcity and droughts, can China’s bottled water market continue to boom? This... 		Water, Energy, Water Scarcity
Freedom House 08.18.15 The Politburo’s Predicament
Drawing on an analysis of hundreds of official documents, censorship directives, and human rights reports, as well as some 30 expert interviews, the study finds that the overall degree of repression has increased under the new leadership. Of 17... 		Censorship, Xi Jinping, Chinese Communist Party
Amnesty International 07.14.15 Lawyers and Activists Detained or Questioned by Police Since 9 July 2015
Amnesty International has compiled this list of Lawyers and Activists in China who have been detained or questioned by police since July 9, 2015. The list was collated based on various sources. Amnesty International attempted to confirm all information,... 		Lawyers, Law, Detention, Human Rights, Imprisonment
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 06.8.15 China’s “New Normal”: Structural Change, Better Growth, and Peak Emissions
Fergus Green and Nicholas Stern
China has grown rapidly—often at double-digit rates—for more than three decades by following a strategy of high investment, strong export orientation, and energy-intensive manufacturing. While this growth lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, it... 		Carbon, CO2 Emissions, Emissions, Environmental Protection, Air Pollution, Pollution, Economic Development, Economic Growth