Organization Date Title Keywords
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 04.15.09 Village-by-Village Democracy in China
Robert T. Gannett Jr.
 Democracy, Freedom, Rural-Urban Divide
Congressional Research Service 04.2.09 Taiwan-U.S. Relations: Developments and Policy Implications
Kerry Dumbaugh
Policy toward and support for Taiwan are a key element in U.S. relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and an important component of U.S. policy in Asia. Recently, pessimistic observers see growing PRC-Taiwan ties eroding U.S. influence,... 		Taiwan, International Relations
Congressional Research Service 03.31.09 Asia Pacfic Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the 2008 Meetings in Lima, Peru
Michael F. Martin
Congress and the Executive Branch have historically identified the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as an important organization to help promote the U.S. goal of liberalizing international trade and investment in Asia, and possibly the rest of... 		Economic Policy, Trade
Congressional Research Service 03.17.09 The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002: Background and Implementation
Kerry Dumbaugh
U.S. policy on Tibet is governed by the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (TPA), enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of FY2003 (P.L. 107-228). In addition to establishing a number of U.S. principles with respect to human rights, religious... 		Tibet, Development, Freedom, Human Rights, Political Prisoners
World Health Organization 03.11.09 Epilepsy Management at Primary Health Level in Rural China
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting about 50 million people in the world, 85 percent of whom live in resource-poor countries. Epilepsy imposes an enormous physical, psychological, social and economic burden on individuals... 		Health Care
Natural Resources Defense Council 03.4.09 China’s Fight Against Climate Change
On March 4, 2009, Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and China Program Director of the National Resources Defense Council, testified before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming in the United States House of Representatives. The... 		Climate Change, Environment, U.S.-China Relations
Congressional Research Service 02.25.09 China’s Foreign Aid Activities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia
Thomas Lum, Hannah Fischer, Julissa Gomez Granger, Anne Leland
In the past several years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has bolstered its diplomatic presence and garnered international goodwill through its financing of infrastructure and natural resource development projects, assistance in the carrying out of... 		Africa, Foreign Aid, Latin America, Southeast Asia
EastWest Institute 02.13.09 The Pivotal Relationship: How Obama Should Engage China
Liu Xuecheng Robert Oxnam
Providing their respective hopes and expectations on what they would like to see in the Obama administration’s China policy are Liu Xuecheng and Robert Oxnam, who both envision opportunities for reframing the China-U.S. relationship in a way that will... 		U.S.-China Relations, Environment, International Relations, Barack Obama
Natural Resources Defense Council 01.31.09 Strengthening US-China Climate Change and Energy Engagement
The United States of America and the People's Republic of China are both key players in international efforts to address global warming and global energy security. Indeed, they are by far the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the world,... 		Greenhouse Gases, Pollution
Congressional Research Service 01.7.09 Taiwan-U.S. Relations: Recent Developments and Their Policy Implications
Kerry Dumbaugh
U.S.-Taiwan relations have undergone important changes, sparked in part by the increasing complexity of Taiwan’s democratic political environment and the continued insistence of Beijing that the separately ruled Taiwan is a part of the People’s Republic... 		Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, One-China Policy