Organization Date Title Keywords
Cato Institute 05.4.10 Manufacturing Discord
Daniel Ikenson
Frictions in the U.S.-China relationship are nothing new, but they have intensified in recent months. This paper examines the U.S.-China economic relationship and some of its high-profile sources of friction, distills the substance from the hype, and... 		U.S.-China Relations, Economic Relations, Economic Policy
Cato Institute 05.1.10 What to Do About China? 
Doug Bandow
The United States is the world’s dominant power, and America will remain influential for decades to come. But China is poised to eventually force Washington to share its leadership position. Such a change would be uncomfortable for American policymakers... 		U.S.-China Relations
BSR 05.1.10 Seeding Positive Impacts: How Business and Civil Society Can Contribute to the Sustainability of Chinese Agriculture
Laura Ediger, Fengyuan Wang, Stephanie Tian, and Keanu Zhang
From farm-level impacts related to pesticide and fertilizer use, to the processing and packaging of the final product, processes along the agricultural supply chain in China have an adverse environmental health impact. Companies and civil society can... 		Agriculture, Civil Society, Sustainability
Congressional Research Service 04.21.10 What’s the Difference?—Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data
Michael F. Martin
There is a large and growing difference between the official trade statistics released by the United States and the People’s Republic of China. According to the United States, the 2009 bilateral trade deficit with China was $226.8 billion. According to... 		Trade
Congressional Research Service 04.15.10 East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy
Dick K. Nanto
The global financial crisis, the end of the Cold War, the rise of China, globalization, free trade agreements, the war on terror, and an institutional approach to keeping the peace are causing dramatic shifts in relationships among countries in East Asia... 		Regional Politics, Free Trade, Security, Trans-Pacific Partnership
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 04.1.10 Determinants of China’s Private Consumption: An International Perspective
Kai Guo and Papa N'Diaye
Gauges the key determinants of China's private consumption in relation to GDP using data on the Chinese economy and evidence from other countries' experiences. The results suggest there is nothing "special" about consumption in China. Rather, the... 		Consumption, Interest Rates
Landesa 04.1.10 Who Owns Carbon in Rural China?
Zhu Keliang, Darryl Vhugen, and Nathan Hilgendorf
Despite decades of rapid economic growth in China, rural areas remain largely undeveloped. Rural China is home to more than 195 million hectares of forestland—the equivalent of around 5 billion tons of carbon. Rights to forestland are either 1) broad use... 		Carbon, Rural Welfare
Cato Institute 03.24.10 Appreciate This: Chinese Currency Rise Will Have a Negligible Effect on the Trade Deficit
Daniel Ikenson
This report argues that the Obama administration and Congress should consider whether RMB appreciation would even lead to the outcomes they desire—namely, more balanced trade. The evidence does not support their objective. Although the short-term... 		Currency, Renminbi, Trade
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 03.1.10 Public Expenditures on Social Programs and Household Consumption in China
Emanuele Baldacci, Giovanni Callegari, David Coady, Ding Ding, Manmohan Kumar, Pietro Tommasino, and Jaejoon Woo
This paper argues that increasing government social expenditures can make a substantive contribution to increasing household consumption in China. The paper first undertakes an empirical study of the relationship between the savings rate and social... 		Social Programs
International Crisis Group 02.17.10 The Iran Nuclear Issue: The View from Beijing
The revelation in 2009 of nuclear facilities near Qom intensified international criticism of Iran’s opaque nuclear development. As Western countries prepare to pursue tougher sanctions at the U.N., China’s acquiescence as a permanent Security Council... 		Iran, Nuclear Power, Nuclear, United Nations, China-Iran Relations, International Relations