Organization Date Title Keywords
Asia Society 05.1.11 An American Open Door?
Daniel H. Rosen and Thilo Hanemann
Over the past decade, China’s unprecedented surge of economic dynamism and development has radically altered the global landscape and affected a host of international relationships. One of the most significant trends that will influence how the United... 		Foreign Direct Investment, Ownership, Real Estate, Trade, U.S.-China Relations
Global Environmental Institute 05.1.11 China and Africa: Small Hydro Power Cooperation
Leon White
The development of Small Hydro Power (SHP) in China has been a success for rural electrification yet to be replicated in the rest of the world. This paper introduces basic technical, financial, and policy principles of SHP and examines the factors behind... 		Africa, Rural Development
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 04.28.11 Identifying the Linkages Between Major Mining Commodity Prices and China’s Economic Growth—Implications for Latin America
Yongzhen Yu
Major mining commodity prices are inherently volatile and cyclical. High levels of investment in China have been a key driver in the strong world demand for minerals and metals over the past decade. The urbanization and industrialization of China has... 		Economic Growth, Latin America, Mining
chinadialogue 04.27.11 China’s Green Revolution
Isabel Hilton, Olivia Boyd, Tan Copsey, Hu Angang, Liang Jiaochen, Liu Jianqiang, Shin Wei Ng, Linden Ellis, Thomas Ho, Sam Geall
In March, China officially adopted its Twelfth Five-Year Plan, a blueprint for the country’s development from 2011 to 2015. Its green targets will shape China’s action on the environment over the next five years. To mark the occasion, chinadialogue has... 		Sustainability, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Policy
Landesa 04.18.11 Chinese Farmers’ Land Rights at the Crossroads—Findings from 2010 Nationwide Survey
Zhu Keliang and Jeffrey Riedinger
 Land Rights, Surveys, Farming
World Bank 04.1.11 Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India
Wei Li, Taye Mengistae, and Lixin Colin Xu
Although it had a a lower income level than India in 1980, China's 2006 per capita gross domestic product stood more than twice that of India's. This paper investigates the role of the business environment in explaining China's productivity advantage... 		Development, Economic Policy, India, Infrastructure
World Bank 04.1.11 The China New Energy Vehicles Program: Challenges and Opportunities
In June 2010, the World Bank organized a team of international experts in urban transport, electric vehicle technologies, and policy and environment to carry out a survey study of China’s New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Program. The preliminary findings of the... 		Electric Vehicles, Environmental Protection
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 03.31.11 Jasmine in the Middle Kingdom: Autopsy of China’s (Failed) Revolution
Dale Swartz
China’s version of the Arab world's “Jasmine Revolution” was a complete failure. Online calls for protests against Communist Party rule have elicited little response from would-be protesters. Yet Beijing’s reaction was swift and overwhelming—harassing... 		Human Rights, Jasmine Revolution
World Bank 03.11.11 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: Urumqi District Heating Project
The city of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in westernmost China, is experiencing rapid urbanization and economic growth, which poses challenges to Urumqi Municipal Government in providing adequate and efficient public services... 		Urumqi, Xinjiang, Coal, Air Pollution
World Bank 03.1.11 How Do Special Economic Zones and Industrial Clusters Drive China’s Rapid Development?
Douglas Zhihua Zeng
In the past thirty years, China has achieved phenomenal economic growth, an unprecedented development “miracle” in human history. How did China achieve this rapid growth? What have been its key drivers? And, most important, what can be learned from China... 		Economic Growth, Development, Special Economic Zones