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American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 12.14.10 Sino-U.S. Competition and U.S. Security
Dan Blumenthal
Assessments of the military competition between China and the U.S. are badly needed but mostly missing. Such assessments should consider the political objectives of the competitors, their military doctrines, and alliance politics, in addition to... 		Security, U.S.-China Relations, Regional Politics
World Bank 12.1.10 Catastrophe Insurance Policy for China
Jun Wang
The vast majority of China's population lies to the southeast of a line running from Beijing to Sichuan. This entire region is subjected to major floods each year, while typhoons affect the southern and eastern coastal areas and major earthquakes affect... 		Housing, Insurance, Natural Disasters
World Bank 12.1.10 Can China’s Rural Elderly Count on Support from Adult Children? Implications of Rural to Urban Migration
John Giles, Dewen Wang, and Changbao Zhao
Support from the family continues to be an important source of support for the rural elderly, particularly the rural elderly over seventy years of age. Decline in likelihood of co-residence with, or in close proximity to, adult children raises the... 		Aging Population, Elderly, Migration, Pensions
World Bank 12.1.10 The Role of Trade Costs in Global Production Networks: Evidence from China’s Processing Trade Regime
Alyson C. Ma and Ari Van Assche
This paper uses data from China's processing trade regime to analyze the role of trade costs on trade within global production networks (GPNs). Under this regime, firms are granted duty exemptions on imported inputs as long as they are used solely for... 		Global Production Networks, Imports and Exports, Manufacturing, Trade
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 12.1.10 Income Uncertainty and Household Savings in China
Marcos Chamon, Kai Liu, and Eswar Prasad
China’s household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-savings profile has become U-shaped. The authors find that rising income uncertainty and pension reforms help explain both of these phenomena. Using a panel of Chinese... 		Savings
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 12.1.10 Transforming China: Insights from the Japanese Experience of the 1980s
Papa N'Diaye
China is poised on the brink of a transition to a service-based economy. The Japanese experience of the 1980s provides several insights about the way to manage such a transition and the downsides to avoid. In particular Japan offers useful insights on (1... 		Economic Growth, Japan
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 11.5.10 Staff Report of the People’s Republic of China—Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: 2010 Article IV Consultation Discussions
Two potent forces continue to influence Hong Kong SAR's prospects: the unprecedented monetary policy easing in the United States and the solid domestic recovery, in part driven by spillovers from the Mainland. While the substantial expansion of the... 		Economic Policy, Monetary Policy, Real Estate
World Bank 11.1.10 On the Road to Prosperity? The Economic Geography of China’s National Expressway Network
Mark Roberts, Uwe Deichmann, Bernard Fingleton, Tuo Shi
Over the past two decades, China has embarked on an ambitious program of expressway network expansion. By facilitating market integration, this program aims both to promote efficiency at the national level and to contribute to the catch-up of lagging... 		Infrastructure, Rural-Urban Divide
World Bank 11.1.10 Did Higher Inequality Impede Growth in Rural China?
Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, and John Giles
Since the start of economic reform in the early 1980s, China has experienced plenty of growth and inequality; per capita income has grown nearly 8 percent annually, while the Gini coefficient rose from 0.28 to 0.39. Using a rich longitudinal survey... 		Economic Policy, Economic Reform
Council on Foreign Relations 11.1.10 Energy Innovation
Michael A. Levi, Elizabeth C. Economy, Shannon K. O'Neil, and Adam Segal
Low-carbon technology innovation and diffusion are both essential aspects of an effective response to climate change. Studying China, India, and Brazil, the authors of this report examine how innovation in low-carbon technologies occurs and how the... 		Carbon, Climate Change, Technology