Organization Date Title Keywords
Amnesty International 06.1.08 Tibet Autonomous Region: Access Denied
This report, written in the aftermath of the widespread Tibetan unrest in Tibet and Tibetan regions of China in the spring of 2008, addresses the Chinese government with immediate demands. In cracking down on unrest, the Chinese government sealed off... 		Human Rights, Tibet
Congressional Research Service 05.21.08 China’s Space Program: Options for U.S.-China Cooperation
Jeffrey Logan
China has a determined, yet still modest, program of civilian space activities planned for the next decade. The potential for U.S.-China cooperation in space—an issue of interest to Congress—has become more controversial since the January 2007 Chinese... 		China National Space Administration, Space Program
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 05.14.08 China’s Protestants
Carol Lee Hamrin
The number of religious believers in China continues to grow almost exponentially, far outpacing population growth. Of the officially tolerated faiths, Christianity has grown at the fastest pace. As of 2005, Christians were approaching 5 percent of the... 		Christianity, Protestants
World Health Organization 05.1.08 Communicable Disease Risk Assessment and Interventions
World Health Organization
Communicable disease risk assessments are written and produced rapidly in response to acute humanitarian emergencies resulting from natural disasters, sudden conflict or civil strife. Risk assessments identify the communicable disease threats faced by... 		Communicable Diseases, Health
World Health Organization 05.1.08 WHO-China Country Cooperation Strategy, 2008-2013
The World Health Organization and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have been working together to improve the health of people throughout China for many decades. The first Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) in China covered the period 2004... 		Health Care, Development
Human Rights Watch 04.12.08 Denied Status, Denied Education: Children of North Korean Women in China
This report delves into the situation of the children of undocumented North Korean refugees and Chinese nationals in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. It explains that many children of North Korean parents are not able to be registered with the... 		Children, Education, Human Rights, Jilin, North Korea
Congressional Research Service 04.4.08 Security Implications of Taiwan’s Presidential Election of March 2008
Shirley Kan
Taiwan’s presidential election of March 22, 2008 indicates a reduction in future cross-strait tension, as winner Ma Ying-jeou is less provocative toward Beijing than Chen Shui-bian has been. The near-term outlook for Taiwan’s future is positive for... 		Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, National Security, Elections
Congressional Research Service 04.2.08 Taiwan’s 2008 Presidential Election
Kerry Dumbaugh
In a large turnout on March 22, 2008, voters in Taiwan elected as president Mr. Ma Ying-jeou of the Nationalist (KMT) Party. Mr. Ma out-polled rival candidate Frank Hsieh, of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), by a 2.2 million vote... 		Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 04.1.08 Real and Financial Sector Linkages in China and India
Jahangir Aziz
In the spirit of what is known as business cycle accounting, this paper finds that the investment wedge—the gap between household rates of intertemporal substitution and the marginal product of capital—is large and quantitatively significant in... 		Finance, Reform, India, Investment
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 04.1.08 A Real Model of Transitional Growth and Competitiveness in China
Leslie Lipschitz, Céline Rochon, and Geneviève Verdier
The authors present a stylized real model of the Chinese economy with the objective of explaining two features: (1) domestic production is highly competitive in the sense that an accumulation of capital that raises the marginal product of labor elicits... 		Capital, Economic Growth, Economic Model