Organization Date Title Keywords
Human Rights in China 03.1.11 Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights
Throughout the world, terrorism continues to pose major threats to peace, security, and stability. Since September 11, 2001, intensified counter-terrorism debates and responses, including national, multilateral, and regional approaches, have been marked... 		Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Human Rights
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
Congressional Research Service 02.3.11 China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities
Ronald O'Rourke
The question of how the United States should respond to China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a key issue in U.S. defense planning. This issue is of particular importance to the U.S. Navy, because... 		U.S.-China Relations
Congressional Research Service 02.1.11 Prospects for Democracy in Hong Kong: The 2012 Election Reforms
Michael F. Martin
Support for the democratization of Hong Kong has been an element of U.S. foreign policy for over seventeen years. The democratization of Hong Kong is also enshrined in the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s quasi-constitution that was passed by China’s National... 		Democracy, Election Reforms, Hong Kong
Landesa 02.1.11 A Seventeen-Province Survey of Rural Land Rights in China
China continues to boost economic development in the countryside by extending secure land tenure rights to its 200 million farming families, according to findings from a seventeen-province survey, published in the 2011 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences... 		Land Tenure Rights, Farming, Reform and Opening-Up
World Bank 01.1.11 Early Childhood Development and Education in China: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Improving Future Competitiveness
Given China's goal to develop a harmonious society and to improve the competitiveness of its future workforce in order to overcome the challenges of an aging population and move toward a high-income society, there is an urgent need to identify the gap in... 		Children, Development, Poverty
World Bank 01.1.11 Reducing Inequality for Shared Growth in China: Strategy and Policy Options for Guangdong Province
This report is the result of a partnership of the World Bank and the Guangdong provincial government to assess economic and regional inequality in Guangdong. It defines three major types of inequality: Absolute poverty, Inequality of Opportunity, and... 		Inequality, Economic Growth
Human Rights Watch 01.1.11 Promises Unfulfilled: An Assessment of China’s National Human Rights Action Plan
In 2009, the Chinese government unveiled the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP), the first of its kind in China. However, two years on, deficiencies in the action plan and government failures to adequately implement some of its key commitments... 		Censorship, Human Rights, Political Rights
World Bank 01.1.11 Equity and Public Governance in Health System Reform: Challenges and Opportunities for China
Hana Brixi, Yan Mu, Beatrice Targa and David Hipgrave
Achieving the objective of China's current health system reform, namely equitable improvements in health outcomes, will be difficult not least because of the continuously growing income disparities in the country. The analysis in this paper shows that... 		Health Care, Public Services, Reform
Global Environmental Institute 01.1.11 Rural Energy Consumption and Its Impacts on Climate Change
Global Envionment Institute has started a rural energy program, focusing on the effects of rural energy consumption on climate change, and seeking out short- to long-term solutions to rural energy consumption and emissions, along with selecting key... 		Emissions