Hemispheric reconfigurations in Northern Amazonia: the ‘Three Guianas’ amid regional change and Brazilian hegemony

Regional and hemispheric reconfigurations in Latin America and the Caribbean are increasingly mediated by Brazilian power, and the engagement of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana with this emerging context is intriguing. They are tentatively moving away from a Caribbean region with which they are culturally contiguous, towards a South American continent in which they are geographically located. This is partly a reflection of the gradual opening up of the Northern Amazonian space that they share collectively, and also with Venezuela and Brazil. These processes are occurring as cause and effect of Brazil’s emergence as a regional – and even regionally hegemonic – power. With reference to wider debates on regionalism and hegemony, we analyse the uncertain consequences of these shifts.     

Gender tropes and colonial discourses in the turbulence of global finance

This article seeks to prick the pretension of neutrality and objectivity in finance as a knowledge construct and regime of power. It does this by focusing on how constructions of risk, the deployment of ‘otherizing’ discourses and, importantly, the mobilization of gender and colonial tropes assisted(s) not only in the normalization of financial practices but also the imperial order of Western-derived financial governance institutions as well.     

台湾贫富分化的实像与虚像

进入转型期以来,台湾贫富分化呈现出扩大的趋势。但是检视台湾贫富分化的数据可以发现,台湾贫富差距的客观状态并不严重,相反则是台湾民众对贫富分化的感受远远超过其客观事实。台湾贫富分化这种主观感受与客观状态不匹配的状况不仅是民进党“阶级论述”中对贫富分化议题宣传操纵的结果,更重要的它还是台湾各种经济社会矛盾在台湾民众生活感受中的综合体现。因此,即使抛开政治因素,台湾贫富分化问题也值得台湾当局予以深度重视。     

人民币国际化视角下两岸金融合作探讨

近年来,人民币国际化进程已由市场自主需求迈向官方推动阶段。在此背景下,两岸金融合作步伐不断加快,逐渐从自发的民间交流升至制度化层面。当前,香港在人民币国际化进程中的地位与作用凸显,在海峡两岸投资和贸易实现双向互动并促进经济联系日益密切之际,台湾亦能扮演重要角色。因此,两岸需大力提升金融业合作水平,在互利双赢基础上,实现人民币国际化背景下的两岸金融合作良性互动。     

台湾证券柜台市场发展与闽台证券柜台市场合作

台湾证券柜台市场为破解台湾中小企业融资难题和完善多层次资本市场做出了积极贡献。但是,台湾证券柜台市场发展空间狭小,加强闽台证券柜台市场合作,既有利于扩大台湾证券柜台市场发展空间,又有利于破解福建中小企业融资困境。在充分论述闽台证券柜台市场合作必要性和可行性的基础上,文章提出引入台湾上柜和兴柜交易机制与福建产权市场对接,阐述了闽台证券柜台交易市场的框架设计、合作路径及配套措施。