Organization Date Title Keywords
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 01.31.06 The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China: A Nonparametric Approach
Bulent Unel and Harm Zebregs
China's growth record since the start of its economic reforms in 1978 has been extraordinary. Yet, this impressive performance has been associated with an increasing regional income disparity. The authors use a recently developed nonparametric approach... 		Economic Reform, Labor, Labor Productivity
Cato Institute 01.26.06 Ending Financial Repression in China
James A. Dorn
The consequences of China’s financial repression are easy to see. By suppressing two key macroeconomic prices—the interest rate and the exchange rate—and by failing to privatize financial markets and allow capital freedom, China’s leaders have given... 		Exchange Rates, Financial Market, Capital
Cato Institute 01.26.06 Ending Financial Repression in China
James A. Dorn
Chinese economic liberalization largely stopped at the gates of the financial sector. Investment funds are channeled through state-owned banks to state-owned enterprises (SOEs), there are few investment alternatives, stock markets are dominated by SOEs,... 		Finance, Economy, Exchange Rates, Chinese Communist Party
Congressional Research Service 01.13.06 The Rise of China and Its Effect on Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea: U.S. Policy Choices
Dick K. Nanto, Emma Chanlett-Avery
The economic rise of China and the growing network of trade and investment relations in northeast Asia are causing major changes in human, economic, political, and military interaction among countries in the region. This is affecting U.S. relations with... 		Bilateral Relations, Globalization, Rise of China, Regional Politics
World Health Organization 01.1.06 Turning the Tide: Injury and Violence Prevention in China
Like most countries around the world, productivity (including economic and all other development indicators) in China is very strongly linked to the health of its people. The ability to achieve the Government of China’s overall goal of “xiaokang,” or “... 		Violence, Health Care
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 01.1.06 Seasonalities in China's Stock Markets: Cultural or Structural?
Jason D. Mitchell and Li Lian Ong
In this paper, we examine returns in the Chinese A and B stock markets for evidence of calendar anomalies. We find that both cultural and structural (segmentation) factors play an important role in influencing the pricing of both A- and B-shares in China... 		Stock Market
Congressional Research Service 12.9.05 East Asian Summit: Issues for Congress
Bruce Vaughn
Fundamental shifts underway in Asia could constrain the U.S. role in the multilateral affairs of Asia. The centrality of the United States is now being challenged by renewed regionalism in Asia and by China’s rising influence. While the United States... 		U.S.-China Relations, Regional Politics
Human Rights Watch 12.1.05 “We Could Disappear at Any Time”: Retaliation and Abuses Against Chinese Petitioners
This 2005 report is the first in-depth look at the treatment of Chinese citizens who travel to Beijing to demand redress to their complaints of mistreatment by officials. While petitioning has long been in use in China, it is now on the rise; an... 		Harmonious Society, Human Rights, Petitioners, Social Tensions
Congressional Research Service 11.29.05 China’s Currency: Brief Overview of U.S. Options
Jonathan E. Sanford
Many are concerned that China’s currency is undervalued and that this injures the U.S. economy. The Chinese authorities say they are not manipulating their currency and they want to move as soon as possible to a market-based yuan. A new exchange rate... 		Currency, Exchange Rates, Renminbi
Congressional Research Service 11.22.05 Internet Development and Information Control in the People’s Republic of China
Michelle W. Lau
Since its founding in 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has often been accused of manipulating the flow of information and prohibiting the dissemination of viewpoints that criticize the government or stray from the official Communist party view... 		Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Information Control, Internet, Surveillance