Uzbekistan and the CSTO: A Tumultuous Ride

Uzbekistan’s decision to leave the CSTO in mid-2012 took the international community by surprise. In this paper, the author will examine the multifarious implications of Uzbekistan’s suspension of its CSTO membership, primarily focusing on regional security impacts as well as evident links between Uzbekistan’s decision and increasing U.S.-Russian competition in Central Asia.     

缅甸总统选举与未来政治走向（英文）

正On March 15,2016,Htin Kyaw,a senior member of the National League for Democracy(NLD),was elected the new president of Myanmar,securing an overwhelming majority of votes in Parliament.However,there are still many unanswered questions concerning Myanmar’s political transformation,such as:What role will the NLD’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi play in Myanmar’s new political structure,and how will     

China＇ s Land ＆ Sea Frontiers and Strategic Thinking

Land frontiers and territorial seas are important to a country’s development and security.The issue of frontiers should be considered and dealt with within the country’s overall strategy of diplomacy and security.It should never be dealt with in isolation as some members of the     

Shanghai Cooperation Organization： A Banner of Multilateral Cooperation

On June 15, 2001, the heads of state of China, Russia,Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan issued the Declaration on the Establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Shanghai, China and signed the Shanghai Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism.     

Changes in the Pakistani Political Situation and Challenges It Faces

In February and September 2008, parliamentary and presidential elections were successively held in Pakistan. The Pakistan People＇s Party （PPP） won the biggest number of parliament seats, became the No. 1 party in the parliament and formed a coalition government with other parties and the leader of the party Asif Ali Zardari was elected president with a comfortable majority. Now, the structure of regime with the PPP as the dominant force has been in place. Pervez Musharraf,     

China-Europe Relations Face New Opportunities

正China as the largest developing country in the world has a strong development momentum,while Europe as the world’s largest community of developed countries is committed to reform and integration process.At present,China-Europe relations,with unprecedented width and depth,cast increasing global influences.Looking into the2014,China-Europe relations are expected to     

U.S. ＂Hegemonic Anxiety＂ and Its Strategic Shift East

After the Cold War, the U.S. was left as the world' s sole superpower. "There has been no country like the U.S. in history that has possessedsuch a prominent and dominant position." The U.S.' most pres...     

A Few Characteristics of China-Africa People’s Exchanges Reflected by the Second China-Africa People’s Forum

The second China-Africa People’s Forum (hereinafter referred to as the Forum) was held from July 10th to 11th in Suzhou, China. The Forum takes "People’s Voice, People’s Friendship and Cooperation for the People" as its theme. Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping attended the forum and delivered a keynote speech titled "Promoting New Development of the New-Type of China-Africa     

经济全球化背景下的“丝绸之路经济带”国际学术研讨会综述(英文)

On December 11,2013,the international conference on the Silk Road Economic Belt in the Context of Economic Globalization was hostedby the China Institute of International Studies(CIIS)in Beijing.About 60 participants,including experts from China,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan,officials from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO)secretariat,diplomats from the embassies in China of the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS),officials from China’s Foreign Ministry and former Chinese ambassadors to the CIS states,attended the conference.The participants agreed that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Silk Road Economic Belt initiative encapsulates the trend of the times and is of greathistorical significance.The Silk Road Economic Belt will bring new historic opportunities and huge benefits to the economic development of the countries within the belt.This initiative proposed by China will be enriched with specific content with the active participation of the relevant countries over a long period.The major points expressed at the symposium were as follows.     

Five Decades of South-South Cooperation between China and Africa

正Ever since the founding of the People’s Republic of Chinain October 1949, the country has always identified itself as amember of developing countries in the global south and takenas a cornerstone of its foreign relations strengthening tie withother developing countries, with development cooperation being     

进入新时代的中国外交:开启新航程展现新气象（英文）

China’s diplomacy has made many breakthroughs and important headway in the year of 2017.As socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era,China needs to gain a new outlook,make new accomplishments and take new responsibilities in the conduct of foreign policy,and will continue to act as a responsible major country in a world of great changes,transformations and adjustments.     

China’s Employment Situation and Policy

Employment constitutes the basis of people’s living and the means to ensure the stability of a country as well. Realizing relatively full employment is the important prerequisite and basic way to improve people's life. Being the most populous country in the world, China has abundant labor resources and faces an arduous and urgent task to tackle the employment problem. Therefore, providing more employment is a major issue directly bearing on people's living that China will have to face for a long time.     

Regional Cooperation in Central Asia & Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Of all the post-Soviet states, the five Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan experienced at the dawn of independence the most acute crisis in regime-building, economic self-support and security assurance. The risk of marginalization derived from inborn weakness of geo-political seclusion coupled with widening gap with the world mainstream has caused widespread concern.     

Strategic Planning for Its Neighboring Diplomacy

Since security on the periphery is vital to a country’s overall security,China’s considerations of its peripheral areas have remained among the four pillars of its diplomacy,the others being big power,developing country,and multilateralism.With the establishment of the P.R.C.and the Cold War,past relations with neighboring countries were stormy,with policies toward some involving confrontation,even armed clashes.The Cold War’s end and China’s growing comprehensive power have affected security in peripheral areas and the power structure in neighboring countries,increasing the pressure for timely adjustment and reform of diplomatic strategy.Efforts were discernable during the CPC Central     

Demystifying the China-Brazil Relations

Brazil is the largest developing country in the Western Hemisphere, and China is the largest developing country in the world. The bilateral ties between them could have an impact upon the South- South relations and the emerging new world order. The two countries announced the formation of a Strategic Partnership as early as 1993. As a matter of fact, Brazil was the first country to have a strategic partnership with China. Since then, relations between the two countries have been developing rapidly, covering almost all areas.     

Silk Road Economic Belt—Call of the times

正Chinese President Xi Jinping paid state visits to four Central Asian countries namely Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan and attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan in September,2013.On September 7,President Xi delivered a speech at Nazarbayev University,during which he put forward the important initiative of jointly     

The Global Economy 2015: Reform through Polarization?

The world’s mediocre growth of 3.3%(source:IMF)in 2014 was striking and is evidence of polarization.Perhaps it heralds new changes in the global economic order.China and the U.S.had the best performing economies,while there was polarization between the economies of the emerging countries and the developed world,as well as within both groups.China began major reforms,and registered a growth of 7.4%in 2014,the lowest in 25 years,yet still the world’s fastest.The U.S.economy grew 2.4%,beating the IMF forecast.The developed economies grew 1.8%(up 0.5 percentage points)while the emerging economies grew 4.4%(down 0.3 percentage points)—a buck in the trend of previous years.There was a sharp polarization last year in the economies of     

Russian Economy in the Global Financial Crisis and Its Prospects

The global financial crisis originated in the United States has incurred disastrous consequences on Russia＇s resource export-dependent economy and greatly impeded its revitalization. How to draw lessons from this crisis and timely adjust the country＇s economic policies so as to shake off the crisis and restart its revitalization as soon as possible have now become the top priority and central task for Russia in implementing its national development strategy.     

‘Great Green Wall' and ‘Green Corps' :Joining with Our Chinese Youth to Stop the Spread of Deserts.

正My engagement in the long-term effort to stop the spread of deserts in China started from a very distinct personal experience.When I arrived in Beijing in 1998 to serve as ambassador to China,I was greeted by the yellow dust storms.The gales that brought in the sand and dust were very powerful and it was no small shock to see Beijing’s     

The CICIR Forum 2011 International Symposium： A Summary

The CICIR Forum 2011 International Symposium was held between the 6th and the 11th of September 2011 at Hotel Nikko New Century in Beijing. The symposium’s theme was "China and Asia: Prospects for Mutual Development". Nearly 100 scholars took part, with representatives from the U.S., France, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan along with Chinese scholars and officials and academics from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the China Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University, Renmin University, Fudan