Organization Date Title Keywords
United States Congress 10.10.13 Congressional-Executive Commission on China: 2013 Annual Report
The Commission notes China’s lack of progress in guaranteeing Chinese citizens’ freedom of expression, assembly, and religion; restraining the power of the Chinese Communist Party; and establishing the rule of law under the new leadership of President Xi... 		U.S.-China Relations, U.S. Congress, Government Policy, Human Rights, Global Economy, Economic Development
Nesta 10.1.13 China’s Absorptive State
Kirsten Bound, Tom Saunders, James Wilsdon, Jonathan Adams
A great deal of speculation surrounds China’s prospects in science and innovation, as with other aspects of China’s development and heightened visibility on the global stage. The same pitfalls—of hype, generalization, and only partial awareness of the... 		Innovation, British-Chinese Relations, United Kingdom, International Relations
United Nations 08.27.13 China National Human Development Report 2013
China had more urban than rural residents for the first time in 2011. The urbanization rate reached 52.6 percent in 2012, a major milestone with significant implications. In the midst of this urban transformation, China’s leaders have increasingly... 		Environment, Rural-Urban Migration, Urban Development, Urbanization, Environmental Protection
Paulson Institute 07.9.13 Prospects for U.S.-China Trade in Meat Products and Associated Investment Opportunities
Dermot Hayes
The rapid growth rate in per capita disposable income in China, coupled with a continued migration of hundreds of millions of new consumers to urban areas, has created challenges for the Chinese crop and livestock sectors. Faced with an increase in... 		U.S.-China Relations, Trade, Global Economy, Farming, Agriculture, Livestock
The Heritage Foundation 06.3.13 Obama’s Meeting with China’s Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping
Dean Cheng, Derek Scissors
President Obama and the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, will meet June 7–8 in California. The meeting has been characterized as a way for the two to establish a personal relationship and build trust. This would all be well... 		Sunnylands Talks, Xi Jinping, Barack Obama, U.S.-China Relations, Foreign Policy
World Bank 06.1.13 Inequality in China
John Knight
This paper provides an overview of research on income inequality in China over the period of economic reform. It presents the results of two main sources of evidence on income inequality and, assisted by various decompositions, explains the reasons... 		Income Disparity, Economic Development, Economy
World Bank 05.1.13 A Changing China: Implications for Developing Countries
Philip Schellekens
Three decades of rapid growth and structural change have transformed China into an upper-middle-income country and global economic powerhouse. China's transformations over this period wielded increasing influence over the development path of other... 		Economic Development, Economic Growth
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 03.29.13 China’s Path to Consumer-Based Growth
Il Houng Lee, Murtaza Syed, Liu Xueyan
This paper proposes a possible framework for identifying excessive investment. Based on this method, it finds evidence that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces. In these regions, private consumption... 		Investment, Consumption, Economic Growth
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 03.28.13 China’s Demography and its Implications
Il Houng Lee, Xu Qingjun, Murtaza Syed
In coming decades, China will undergo a notable demographic transformation, with its old-age dependency ratio doubling to 24 percent by 2030 and rising even more precipitously thereafter. This paper uses the permanent income hypothesis to reassess... 		Labor, Finance, Savings
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 03.27.13 How Effective are Macroprudential Policies in China?
Bin Wang, Tao Sun
This paper investigates macroprudential policies and their role in containing systemic risk in China. It shows that China faces systemic risk in both the time (procyclicality) and cross-sectional (contagion) dimensions. The former is reflected as credit... 		Banking, Financial Crisis, Macroeconomic Policy