Shanghai–Asia's City of Style

正AT Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2014-2015 in March,Chinese celebrities fitted out in gorgeous gowns featuring Eastern fashion styles attracted much kudos.As China advances further onto the world stage,Shanghai is leading the fashion charge.U.S.-based Global     

Sanjiang–Home of the Dong People

正SANJIANG is located in northern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,neighboring Hunan and Guizhou provinces.Here is where the Rongjiang River,Xunjiang River and Miaojiang River meet,hence the county’s name–Sanjiang,literally meaning"three rivers."Culturally,it was inf luenced by both the Han people from the north and a range of partially or wholly ethic minority communities from     

China's Evolving Views of the Korean–American Alliance, 1953–2012

This article reconstructs an ideational trajectory in which China's views of the Korean–American alliance evolved during the last 60 years. The article first surveys China's general policy toward alliance and alliance-making. The article then traces the evolutionary path of Chinese views in the following four periods: (1) the Cold War era (1950s–1960s); (2) transformative years (early 1970s–mid-1990s); (3) the period of a strained alliance (late 1990s–late 2000s); and (4) an era of great reversal (late 2000s–present). Principally, the article suggests that China's view of the Korean–American alliance was intense antagonism during the Cold War era, although it was significantly watered down during the transformative years of Sino–South Korean rapprochement. With the normalization of relations between Beijing and Seoul in 1992 and a decade of progressive rule (1998–2007) in South Korea, China's view encompassed some wishful thinking about a gradually diluted alliance. The strong comeback of the conservatives in South Korean politics since 2008, however, shattered such optimism and re-awoke Beijing to some cold realities. China's view of the Korea–American alliance may grow more negative in tandem with US–China relations, irrespective of the official rhetoric of sovereignty regarding alliance and alliance-making.     

Contribution of Family Relationships to the Social–Emotional Functioning of Children of Incarcerated Fathers

This study examined the contribution of family relationships to the social–emotional functioning of children of incarcerated fathers. College students who mentored 134 children over one academic year completed questionnaires measuring children’s social–emotional functioning, family relationships, and demographic data. In general, children’s affection towards family members was lower than other relationship qualities and antagonism was highest towards their mothers. Conflict towards mothers and siblings, antagonism towards siblings, and affection towards fathers significantly predicted children’s conduct problems. Conflict and antagonism towards mothers significantly predicted children’s low pro-social behavior. Several gender differences were found. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.     

East–West Culture through the Eyes of a German Scholar

正The East-West Dichotomy:The Conceptual Contrast Between Eastern and WestErn Cultures Author:Thorsten Pattberg226 pages,paperback Price:RMB 80Published by Foreign Languages Press in Beijing,2013DOES a universe of dif erences separate the two hemispheres that make up Eastern and Western cultures?Or,even in our multicultural world,has the phenomenon always been that of either the West wind dominating in the East,or the East wind dominating in the West?Is equilibrium between     

Chinese-funded Banks Enter the City of London–A Win-win Choice

正ON the back of China’s extraordinary economic growth,Chinese-funded banks have brought the country closer to its ultimate goal to"go global."The breakout and spread of the international fi nancial crisis challenged Chinese-funded banks,but at the same time brought unprecedented opportunities.The U.K.’s trade in the realm of fi nancial services–second only to the U.S.–gives it a clear competitive edge.     

Why Do We Need ‘Myth-Busting’ in the Study of Sino–African Relations?

The literature on Sino–African relations has debated whether or not China's growing presence is a threat to Western or African interests, and has come to the conclusion that China's behavior is not uniquely immoral. Many countries, including Western liberal democracies, similarly give aid to local autocrats to secure natural resources. Why, then, has so much effort been made to come to this perhaps unsurprising conclusion? We argue that the literature on Chinese foreign policy remains heavily influenced by Western states' policy interests, resulting in an impoverished debate that is primarily concerned with the idea of a China threat. In order to recover the diversity in our research on Chinese foreign policy, we argue for the need to go beyond the confines of Western strategic interests.     

The ‘China Threat’ through the Lens of US Print Media: 1992–2006

China scholars have examined the ‘China threat’ theory from various theoretical perspectives, offered a range of explanations for the theory's emergence and forecast the potential implications for US–China relations. However, few scholars have empirically studied the ‘China threat’ theory through the lens of the US media. This is a critical oversight, because the media plays a pivotal role in shaping US public opinion and US foreign policy, and the media is a key channel for ‘China threat’ dissemination and popularization. This study seeks to redress this oversight by empirically examining ‘China threat’ coverage in the US print media over a 15-year period from 1992 to 2006. We use content-analysis methodology to systematically collect, code and analyze ‘China threat’ data from five major US newspapers and to track the frequency and content of this coverage over time.

Our analysis reveals many interesting patterns in ‘China threat’ media coverage. First, the initial emergence of ‘China threat’ arguments in the US print media corresponded with the sharp upward turn in China's economic growth rates in the early 1990s. However, since the early 1990s, ‘China threat’ coverage has not mirrored China's steady growth. Rather, the media coverage was cyclic, featuring three key peaks (1996, 2000 and 2005) followed by subsequent declining interest. Second, our analysis reveals that the focus of these stories also varied over time. Perceptions of China as a political/ideological threat dominated media coverage in the earlier years (1992–1994) but steadily declined after 1995 and totally disappeared from the US print media after 2001. Perceptions of China as a military/strategic threat replaced political/ideological concerns in 1995, and the military focus has dominated media coverage ever since. Perceptions of China as an economic/trade threat persisted steadily throughout the 15-year time period with a clear uptick in recent years. We conclude this analysis by turning to the literature on realism, agenda setting and information processing to offer possible explanations for these empirical trends.     

Sino–Russian Relations at the Start of the New Millennium in Central Asia and Beyond

Sino–Russian relations have swayed considerably in the second millennium. During the Yeltsin era, China–Russia relations were still strong, but this changed abruptly after Putin's accession to the presidency in 2000 and his initial pro-Western adventures. This was, in no small part, due to Russia's involvement in the war on terror, together with Russia's complicity in a US military presence in Central Asia which did not go down well in Beijing. Putin's domestic constituency found his swing into Washington's fold equally awkward, which created no small amount of criticism in Russia. Convinced that things could not get much worse, Putin's acceptance of NATO's expansion into the Baltics, his approval of US withdrawal from the ABM-treaty, and his quiet consent for an American military presence in Georgia raised additional fears in the Duma, within Russian public opinion, and to some extent among the Chinese. This was perceived as a direct surrender to American superiority and aggression, and it would not last for long.     

The Role of Nontraditional Security in China–US Relations: common ground or contradictory arena?

The China–US relationship is a multidimensional complex one involving both traditional and nontraditional security issues. However, nontraditional security issues (NTS) have become paramount in reshaping Sino–US relations, though there is no absolute boundary between NTS and traditional security. With both traditional security issues and NTS issues being solved according to the involved nations' prior experience in dealing with traditional security matters, it stands to reason that there is a very fine line, if that, between NTS and traditional security and that they are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Although the energy threat is more likely to be considered a traditional security matter than concerns such as the terrorism threat or climate change issue, the energy threat actually contains some NTS characteristics, like how to get full use of natural resources and the relevance with climate change. This article, to some extent, explains the dynamic between traditional and nontraditional security through the case study of China–US relations.     

US–China Energy Relations and Energy Institution Building in the Asia–Pacific

Although China and the US are starting their fourth decade of energy cooperation, it is only recently that there has been a concerted US effort to create a framework for US–China bilateral energy relations. The past 30 years have witnessed many successful energy projects that have lacked follow through and institutionalization, often becoming ‘one-off’ exercises that duplicated previous projects. Recent initiatives intend to establish long-term linkages between US and Chinese energy bureaucracies, linking energy efficiency, energy security, and environmental issues. The US is nesting the bilateral relationship in global and Asia–Pacific multilateral energy and environmental regimes, and is also using bilateral agreements as mechanisms to promote domestic energy and environmental reform. This paper will examine US–China relations in the Asia–Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate and the Five-Country Energy Ministerial.     

King Gesar–World's Longest Epic

IN Tibetan-inhabited areas, the name Gesar is a household word. The epic of King Gesar has him descending to earth at the behest of the God of Mercy to rule Tibet and to defeat demons. Originating from oral folklore, the     

The Development and Contribution of the Case-law of the Inter-American of Court of Human Rights

It is with particular satisfaction that I accede to the invitation to write this Preface to Dr. Gu Shengkai's book "International Human Rights Law: Inter-American Theory and Practice". I first met Dr. Gu Shengkai at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 09 December 2002, when I there delivered a public lecture, at the Human Rights Law Centre of its School of Law, on "Recent Developments in the Case-Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights". Ever since his successful completion at that University, Dr. Gu Shengkai pursued patiently his line of research on the subject-matter of his present book. The outcome of his research, his present book, gives testimony of all his endeavours in examining the subject in a proper perspective.     

CV–the Vital First Step

正When enjoying the excitement of coming to China to ind a job,does it ever occur to you that 100of the CVs you’ve sent out don’t even get a glimpse from the Chinese HR?! To keen overseas job seekers who want to work in China:While anticipating the excitement of coming to China to find a job,does it ever occur to you that maybe100 of the CVs you’ve sent out won’t even get a glimpse from the Chinese company HR?Does that shock you?If you expect to get a good job because of your years of work experience and career     

Japanese Delegation of Nishikatsura Cho of Yamanashi Prefecture of Visits Guilin

A 15 -member delegation from Nishikatsura Cho of Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan paid a good-will visit to Lingchuan County of Guilin City fromMay 27 to 29, 2001 at the invitation of the CPAFFC.Deputy Mayor of Guilin Wang Daping met with thedelegation expressing his welcome to the delegation'ssecond visit to the city and gave a briefing on Guilinand Lingchuan County.     

Celebrating the 50thAnniversary of theFounding of the People''''sRepublic of China

OnOctober1,1949,MaoZedongstoodonTian'anmenRostruminBeijingandannouncedthebirthofthePeople'sRepublicofChina.Now,50yearslater,theChinesepeoplewillagaingathertogetheronTian'anmentoshowtheirnationalprideandcelebratethe50thanniversaryofthePeople'sRepublicofChina.Theactivities,includingadisplayofChian'smilitarymight,aparade,aneveninggalaandfireworks,areintendedtoshowChinaandtheworldhowfarthenationhascomeoverthepast50years.Celebrating the 50thAnniversary of theFounding of the People'sRepublic…     

Dream Factory–Made in Xi''an

AT the end of 2008, Zhongxian County of Chongqing Mu-nicipality produced China’s first cup of pure, undiluted citrus juice, a natural beverage free of     

Voices Carry: Behind Bars and Backstage during China’s Revolution and Reform–The Extraordinary Life of Ying Ruocheng

FOR most Chinese of a certain age, Ying Ruocheng should be familiar. Their f irst connection to him might be his role in Lao She's classic play Teahouse at the Bei-jing People's Art Theater.     

Meeting of Heads of People-to-People Organizations of China and Japan Held

The heads of people-to-peo-ple organizations of Chinaand Japan gathered at the GreatHall of the People in Beijing onthe morning of March 31 for ameeting to exchange views onstrengthening nongovernmentalexchanges and improving Sino-Japanese relations. Present at themeeting from the Chinese sidewere Song Jian, president of theChina-Japan Friendship Associa-tion, Chen Haosu, president ofthe CPAFFC, Zhou Qiang, firstsecretary of the Secretariat of theCentral Committee of the Chi-nese C…     

President of Autonomous Regional Government of Catalonia of Spain Visits China

P asqual Maragall,president of the government of the Autonomous Re-gion of Catalonia of Spain and leader ofthe Catalan Socialist Party,led a Catalangovernment delegation to China in Octo-ber2004at the invitation ofthe CPAFFC.Catalonia is an important region andone of the economic engines of Spain aswell as Europe,taking up a relatively bigproportion in the country’s economy andexport,especially its trade with China.On the evening of October18,CPAFFC President Chen Haosu hosted awe…