How East Asians View the Rise of China

Its newly acquired status as the world's second largest economy has entitled China to a more prominent role in global affairs, and increasingly, its behavior has drawn scrutiny from the world in ways that the country is ill-prepared for. The attention to China's rise, however, focuses not only on its economy but also on other aspects, including its military, diplomatic moves, domestic politics and its ‘soft power’, namely, its own image or self-projection and the world's perception or attitudes toward China. And yet, there has been no systematic investigation to evaluate how the world views a rising China. In this article, the authors applied the latest dataset from the Asian Barometer Survey to investigate whether East Asians recognize and welcome the rise of China. The findings suggest that geographical and cultural proximity have a great impact on people's perception of China. Countries which are territorially adjacent or culturally close to China tend to regard China as the most influential country in Asia. With the exception of Japan and Mongolia, most Asian countries hold positive views about the impact of China on the region. However, such benign evaluations are weaker in countries which have potential security conflicts with China, such as Taiwan and South Korea, when only the bilateral impact is considered. The overall picture shows that the rise of China has been largely recognized and welcomed by East Asians, despite some apprehension about China's strategic intentions to its neighboring countries.     

The Rise of Asian SMEs

Export-oriented Asian SMEs-and the vital role they play in generating growth and employment-traversed difficult financial terrain in 2008-09.But with the global financial crisis behind them,their outlook is only looking more prospective with time.Som Subroto,global head of SME Banking of Standard Chartered Bank,explained SMEs'function and difficulties in an exclusive article for Beijing Review.Edited excerpts follow     

The Rise of Asian Sport

SINCE the 1950s, a time when most Asian countries were shaking off colonial or semicolonial status, progress in every undertaking has been made in leaps and bounds. One major indicator of the emerging power of Asia has been the rise of competitive sports, and the passionate followers they attract.     

Building an Asian Community

<正>The theme of this year’s Boao Forum for Asia,Asia’s New Future:Towards a Community of Common Destiny,which represents aspirations for peace and development in the region,drew international attention.For many years,countries in Asia have been exploring methods of development.In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial     

Hedging and Geostrategic Balance of East Asian Countries toward China

While most East Asian countries have opted for a hedge strategy to preserve a maximum range of strategic options in response to the rise of China, some countries have engaged in geostrategic balance through collective bargaining and strategic alignments with the US and with each other. The divergent threat perceptions and complicated historical animosities among East Asian countries, however, have set a limitation on the geostrategic balance. Therefore, to bandwagon with China could be a realistic choice for many countries. Historically, the most successful rising powers have been those which attracted the greatest number of bandwagoners. China cannot rise successfully without winning the support of its Asian neighbors. The long term peace and stability in the region, therefore, depends not only on whether China’s neighbors can work together to balance China but also whether China can balance its relationships in its own backyard so that its neighbors find bandwagoning a positive choice.     

理解、比较与分享:亚洲妇女学的崛起--"亚洲妇女学丛书"述评

一、从亚洲妇女学的兴起和“丛书”的发行谈起2005年6月23日,当第九届世界妇女跨学科大会(w w 2005)进入高潮之时,大会主办者——梨花女子大学的同行又给2800名与会者一个惊喜——“亚洲妇女学丛书”发行式上推出了8册(卷)新著,使繁花似锦的世界妇女学再绽奇葩。她的“新”就在     

论东亚人类学共同体的建构

全球化时代,学术研究的空间区隔逐渐被打通,学术资源开始在全球范围内进行,优化配置,知识生产的过程和生产主体打破了在国家内部封闭循环的格局.东亚文化具有相异于西方文化的特殊智慧和价值体系,东亚人类学家有义务也有责任通过学术共同体探讨与发掘东亚文化中蕴含的学术资源,建构具有东亚特色的发现、解释与应答社会文化问题的学术范式.东亚国家的经济合作与社会联系的增强为东亚人类学共同体的构建提供了社会基础,东亚共同体的提出与推进为东亚人类学共同体的构建提供了制度的依据,东亚国家之间的教育和学术交流为东亚人类学共同体的构建奠定了人才基础和学术基础.     

东亚儒学的复兴

一东亚各国在历史上曾是礼义文明高度发达的社会,而儒学则是东亚文明的核心和代表。近代以来,西方工业文明兴起,需要向国外寻找原料和市场,需要殖民地。当它进入东亚地区以后,这里的农业文明抵挡不住它的进攻,遭遇了历史性的失败。东亚传统文化的命运总是与东亚社会的兴衰联系在一起的。当东亚社会成为西方列强的附庸的时候,它的传统文化也进入衰落时期,儒学从主导地位退到边缘地带,儒学在它的发生地中国,甚至一度被进步人士视为保守、过时的思想文化,视为现代化的障碍,因而遭到猛烈抨击,说明东亚人对自己的固有文化丧失了自信。在西方,马克…     

中产阶级的兴起与东亚社会转型

战后东亚国家经济持续高速增长,改变了东亚传统的政治结构和社会阶层,培育了国民的现代民主意识,推动了东亚地区的政治转型与民主化进程。其中,中产阶级在民主转型过程中扮演重要的角色。     

我国东西部地区社区警务工作差异之比较

社区警务工作正在我国广泛展开,但各地尤其是东西部发展并不平衡。本文采用比较研究的方法,通过实证分析认为东西部社区警务工作在多个方面存在差异。积极借鉴外地经验,结合实际创造性地解决存在问题,对广大西部地区社区警务工作的深入展开,具有一定的积极作用。     

The Rise of China in Chinese Eyes

The rise of China will create a huge market that will eventually make substantial contributions to scientific progress. The rise of China will benefit the Chinese as well as the rest of the world. Economic globalization makes it impossible for any country to keep its scientific and technological achievements from benefiting others. Every rich country inevitably invests largely abroad and imports many products from others. During the process of economic globalization, the rise of China will inevitably stimulate world economic growth by more inventions, investment, and importation. It is natural that there will be different views about the rise of China. Despite this, everyone agrees that China will increasingly play an important role in global affairs as China's modernization has a major impact on the world.     

The Rise of China: media perception and implications for international politics

In recent years, the rise of China as an emerging great power has been widely perceived across the world. How has the rise of China been represented over time in the Western news media? Has the image of China as a rising power had any impact on the country's soft power? These questions remain unanswered but answering them is of great significance in helping us understand the impact of the news media on the transformation of international politics in the information age. This paper conducts a longitudinal study to examine the nature of Chinese coverage and explores how the image of a rising China—economically, politically, regionally and globally—has been represented in three transnational newspapers in Europe. It further argues that the Western media coverage of China's rise is as a soft power, which, to some extent, has an impact upon China's foreign relations.     

“两型社会”建设应该成为“东亚合作”共同的主题

该文分析了亚洲出口导向型经济增长模式的缺陷，提出面对“后危机时代”的课题，降低“转型成本”需要亚洲共同的合作和努力，“两型社会”建设应该成为“东亚合作”共同的主题。     

浅析东亚货币合作与人民币国际化

人民币国际化是中国经济自身发展的内在要求,同时被东亚货币合作的"集体行为"所推动,并被赋予新的时代使命。人民币国际化是一个动态的过程,在东亚货币合作不断发展的新形势下,人民币国际化存在着诸多的机遇与困境,如何推动人民币国际化是一个存在悖论的重大课题,面对一种全新的尝试,人民币国际化也只能是根据国际国内的形势发展而循序渐进。     

我国东西部技术转移与西部发展

我国东西部技术发展的差距呈扩大的趋势。在东西部地区进行技术扩散和技术转移,是缩小东西部技术差距、促进我国整体科技水平提高、推动区域协调发展的重要途径。加快东西部技术转移,需要在政府的推动下,形成促进东西部技术转移的有效机制。     

The Rise of History for the Masses

In late 2006, a 12-episode TV documentary on modern world history entitled The Rise of the Great Powers aired on CCTV-2, and an eight-volume series of the same title was concurrently published. The documentary was from the perspective of events in China within the framework of world history. This novel approach fueled a recent renewal of interest in history among Chinese people.     

铸牢中华民族共同体意识视域下民族文化进校园的内涵及路径

铸牢中华民族共同体意识是维护国家统一、促进民族团结、实现中华民族伟大复兴的重要保障.学校作为促进各民族师生交往交流交融的重要场域,肩负铸牢中华民族共同体意识的时代重任.铸牢中华民族共同体意识视域下,民族文化进校园的时代内涵主要体现在汇聚中华优秀文化精华,推动中华民族优秀传统文化、革命文化和社会主义先进文化进校园以及增强中华优秀文化认同,建构从文化认知、文化自觉到文化认同、文化自信的教育路径.文章从心理学的知情意行四维度出发,提出铸牢中华民族共同体意识视域下民族文化进校园的实践路径,即学校通过系统学习中华民族优秀文化,强化共同体认知深入开展爱国主义教育活动,激发共同体情感全面升华'五个认同'情感体验,增强共同体意志和聚焦促进民族'三交'实践活动,推动共同体实践,建构多位一体的民族文化进校园教育实践体系.     

The Rise of Collective Corruption in China: the Xiamen smuggling case

The Xiamen case, as well as several other high-profile corruption cases uncovered at the end of the 1990s, signals a new trend in collective corruption whereby private companies, entrepreneurs and organized crime groups now play an important role in initiating and coordinating networks of criminal activity. This article uses the concept of collective corruption to examine the smuggling empire built up by the entrepreneur, Lai Changxing, the network of state-owned enterprises and officials that supported and protected his smuggling operations, and the central government's crackdown. It concludes with a discussion of two other major corruption scandals, and what they say about the nature and extent of collective corruption in China. I argue that these recent cases show that corruption in China has evolved into more sophisticated, complex and destructive forms that resemble the more extreme forms of corruption found in post-communist countries where corrupt networks have been able to infiltrate and take over state institutions.     

The Dawn of an Asian Century?

<正>An era dominated by the world's two largest developing economies is far from a mere pipedream In 1988,when Deng Xiaoping met the then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi,the former said that only when China and India have achieved prosperity can we call it an Asian century.Now this finally looks to be on the horizon.Before concluding his first China visit after taking office,Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed that he believes that the 21st century belongs to Asia while