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Center for a New American Security 12.3.14 Warring State: China’s Cybersecurity Strategy
Amy Chang
Research Associate Amy Chang explores the political, economic, and military objectives of China’s cybersecurity apparatus; reveals drivers and intentions of Chinese activity in cyberspace; and analyzes the development of Beijing’s cybersecurity... 		Cybersecurity, Cyberattacks, U.S.-China Relations, Media Control
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) 11.6.14 Vanishing Point: Criminality, Corruption and the Devastation of Tanzania’s Elephants
Tanzania’s elephants continue to be poached to supply a growing demand in an unregulated illegal ivory market, predominantly in China. Seizure data implicates Tanzania in more large flows of ivory than any other country. It is also consistently linked to... 		Tanzania, Crime, Tourism, Elephants
The Conference Board 10.20.14 The Long Soft Fall in Chinese Growth
David Hoffman and Andrew Polk
As recently as the fourth quarter of 2013, there were few detractors from an optimistic assessment of China’s prospects to achieve a “soft landing” and continue to enjoy relatively stable growth in the 7 to 8 percent range for the next 10 years and more... 		Economic Growth, Economic Development, Economic Downturn
Institute for National Strategic Studies 10.1.14 ‘Not an Idea We Have to Shun’
Christopher D. Yung and Ross Rustici with Scott Devary and Jenny Lin
China’s expanding international economic interests are likely to generate increasing demands for its navy, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), to operate out of area to protect Chinese citizens, investments, and sea lines of communication. The... 		Geopolitics, Military Policy, Navy
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
chinadialogue 09.7.14 Pollution and Health in China: Confronting the Human Crisis
IIsabel Hilton, He Guangwei, He Guangwei, He Guangwei, Jennifer Holdaway, Wang Wuyi, Ross Perlin, Anna Lora-Wainwright, Zhang Chun, Luna Lin, Meng Si, Corinne Purtill, Chu Han, Sam Geall, Isabel Hilton, Angel Hsu, Andrew Moffat
Anyone who lives in north China understands that the air quality that they endure is potentially hazardous. There are other environmental hazards to health that have been less obvious or less widely understood, but that emerge in patterns of illness... 		Soil Contamination, Soil Pollution, Pollution, North China
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 06.1.14 Decoding China’s Emerging “Great Power” Strategy in Asia
Christopher K. Johnson, Ernest Z. Bower, Victor D. Cha, Michael J. Green, Matthew P. Goodman
The course charted by China’s reemergence as a great power over the next few decades represents the primary strategic challenge for the U.S.-Japan security alliance and for the East Asian security landscape writ large. If China’s economic, military, and... 		U.S.-China Relations, U.S. and Japan, China-Japan Relations, Global Politics
Asia Society 04.1.14 High Tech: The Next Wave of Chinese Investment in America
Thilo Hanemann and Daniel H. Rosen
In this report, we explore the advent of Chinese investment in U.S. high-tech sectors in order to provide an objective starting point for debate about this nascent trend. We use a unique dataset on Chinese FDI transactions in the United States to... 		U.S.-China Relations, Global Economy, Technology, High-Tech Industry, International Trade
Greenpeace 04.1.14 Distribution of Metals in Soils From Uncultivated Land, Soils From Rice Fields and in Rice Grown in the Area of an Industrial Complex With Metal Smelting and Processing Facilities in Hunan Province, China
Kevin Brigden, Samantha Hetherington, Mengjiao Wang, and David Santillo
Contamination of soil with a number of toxic metals, including cadmium and lead, is known to be an existing problem for many parts of Hunan province, China. High levels of these metals have also been reported for rice grown in many parts of the province... 		Health, Agriculture, Soil Pollution
World Bank 03.25.14 Urban China
This report recommends that China curb rapid urban sprawl by reforming land requisition, give migrants urban residency and equal access to basic public services, and reform local finances by finding stable revenues and by allowing local governments to... 		Hukou, Population, Migrant Labor, Rural-Urban Migration