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Congressional Research Service 07.14.10 China and the United States - A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies
Richard J. Campbell
China has experienced tremendous economic growth over the last three decades, with an annual average increase in gross domestic product of 9.8 percent during that period. This has led to an increasing demand for energy, spurring China to add an average... 		Renewable Energy
Congressional Research Service 07.6.10 U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
Shirley A. Kan
The United States suspended military contacts with China and imposed sanctions on arms sales in response to the Tiananmen Crackdown in 1989. In 1993, the Clinton Administration re-engaged with the top PRC leadership, including China's military, the... 		People’s Liberation Army, Weapons Nonproliferation, U.S.-China Relations
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 07.1.10 People’s Republic of China: 2010 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
This is the staff report for the 2010 Article IV consultation, prepared by a staff team of the IMF, following discussions that ended on July 1, 2010, with the officials of the People's Republic of China on economic developments and policies. The recovery... 		Development, Economic Policy, Monetary Policy, Economic Growth
Amnesty International 07.1.10 “Justice, Justice”: The July 2009 Protests in Xinjiang, China
On July 5, 2009, thousands of Chinese of Uighur ethnicity demonstrated in Urumqi, the regional capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). In the aftermath of the Urumqi protests, the authorities detained more than 1,400 people. In this... 		Human Rights, Uighur, Urumqi Protests, Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch 07.1.10 “I Saw It With My Own Eyes”
More than two years after protests—the largest and most sustained in decades—erupted across the Tibetan plateau in March 2008, the Chinese government has yet to explain the circumstances that led to dozens of clashes between protesters and police. It has... 		Human Rights, Tibet
Natural Resources Defense Council 06.30.10 Breaking the Ice on Environmental Open Information
Ma Jun, Wang Jingjing, Ruan Qingyuan, Shen Sunan, Wu Wei, Alex Wang, Hu Yuanqiong, Michael Zhang & Zhang Xiya
On May 1, 2008, the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Open Government Information and the Ministry of Environmental  Protection Measures on Open Environmental Information (trial) entered into effect. These regulations stand as major... 		Environmental Regulation, Pollution, Urban Issues
Nesta 06.1.10 Game-Changing China: Lessons from China about Disruptive Low Carbon Innovation
David Tyfield, Jun Jin, Tyler Rooker
Big hydro, big solar photovoltaic, and big wind—these are the usual focus of accounts of low-carbon technologies in China. But a very different type of innovation—ranging from a farm cooperative in Yunnan, to woodchip and corn pellets in rural Beijing... 		Environment, Carbon, Pollution, Innovation
Congressional Research Service 05.26.10 Democratic Reforms in Taiwan: Issues for Congress
Shirley A. Kan
Taiwan, which its government formally calls the Republic of China (ROC), is a success story for U.S. interests in the promotion of universal freedoms and democracy. Taiwan’s people and their leaders transformed politics from rule imposed from the outside... 		Taiwan, Democratic Reforms
EastWest Institute 05.21.10 Navigating Climate Change: An Agenda for U.S.-Chinese Cooperation
Jacqueline McLaren Miller and Piin-Fen Kok
This paper focuses on two areas that pose the biggest obstacles to progress in bilateral and multilateral efforts to address climate change concerns: the trade-off between emission caps and development goals; and technology transfer and intellectual... 		U.S.-China Relations, Environment, Clean Energy, Carbon
World Bank 05.5.10 Restructuring Paper on a Proposed Project Restructuring of Jiangxi Integrated Agricultural Modernization Project
The development objective of the Jiangxi Integrated Agricultural Modernization Project (JIAMP) for China is to improve the livelihood of the farmers in the project areas through establishment of integrated, sustainable, and market-driven agricultural... 		Agriculture, Loans, Modernization