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Congressional Research Service 10.17.02 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), FreeTrade, and the 2002 Summit in Mexico
Dick K. Nanto
On October 26-27, 2002, the Tenth APEC Leaders’ Meeting (summit) is to be hosted by Mexico in Las Cabos, Mexico. APEC 2002 is intended to send a clear message to the world that APEC has the ability to implement its initiatives while responding and...
Economic Policy, Trade
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 08.30.11 Asian Alliances in the 21st Century
Dan Blumenthal, Michael Mazza, Randall Schriver, Mark Stokes, L.C. Russell Hsiao
Asia will become the epicenter of geopolitical activity in the 21st century and the budding U.S.-China security rivalry, conditioned by deep economic interdependence, will shape the region’s future. Perhaps the greatest benefactor of American policy over...
U.S.-China Relations, Regional Stability, Geopolitical Order, National Security
Asia Society 10.1.14 Avoiding the Blind Alley: China’s Economic Overhaul and Its Global Implications
Daniel H. Rosen
President Xi Jinping announced a sweeping overhaul for China’s economy in November 2013, with pledges to make market forces decisive, treat homegrown and foreign investors with the same laws and regulations, and change the mission statement of the...
Investment, Foreign Direct Investment, Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping
Council on Foreign Relations 10.1.01 Beginning the Journey: China, the United States, and the WTO
Chair: Robert D. Hormats Director: Elizabeth C. Economy
The main finding of this report is that both the United States and China will run risks as Beijing moves ahead with membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), but the potential payoffs for both countries are well worth it. It also points out that...
Historiography, Economic Reform, Human Rights, Security
Chinese Government Procurement Network 12.20.20 Beijing High People’s Court Public Opinion Monitoring Data Processing Program
In 2019, the Beijing High People’s Court issued a procurement notice for public opinion monitoring services and data processing. Included with the notice was this supplemental material, which contains in-depth descriptions of the types of technologies...
Public Opinion Management Article
BSR 03.7.13 Between the Lines: Listening to Female Factory Workers in China
Women are crucial to China’s manufacturing sector. While women comprise more than 44% of the overall workforce, they represent about 60% of workers who migrate from rural areas to cities to work in factories. These female workers are diverse, with needs...
Workers’ Rights, Women’s Rights, Working Women, Factories, Migrant Labor
China Labor Watch 06.27.12 Beyond Foxconn: Deplorable Working Conditions Characterize Apple’s Entire Supply Chain
On June 14th, 2012 a Foxconn worker jumped to his death from his apartment building in Chengdu, marking the 18th reported worker suicide at Foxconn factories in China in just over two years. Many additional suicides may have gone unreported. But these...
Labor, Apple, Working Conditions, Manufacturing
Cato Institute 02.8.11 Beyond Symbolism? 
Lavina Lee
The Obama administration has elevated nuclear disarmament to the center of its nuclear agenda through the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia and the release of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The administration also...
Security, Nuclear Disarmament, Weapons, China-India Relations
China Leadership Monitor 08.6.12 Bo Xilai and Reform: What Will Be the Impact of His Removal?
Joseph Fewsmith
The unexpected flight of Chongqing’s Public Security head to the U.S. consulate in Chengdu in February started an unexpected sequence of events that led to the removal of Bo Xilai, the princeling head of the Chongqing party committee, and the subsequent...
Bo Xilai, Chinese Communist Party, 18th Party Congress
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