Simultaneous in Growth and Different in Problems

Lu: On many occasions, politics and economy are in the same strain. Economic life is the only process that runs through history and undergoes environmental changes. World economy is the only world system. In today's world, the closer ties among various countries in e- conomy cause the complexity of political and foreign affairs. Last year's world economy took on a new feature. According to past experiences, when the economy in a region turns better, problems will usually arise in another regi…     

Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific

Backgrounds and Features According to recent annual reports by both Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Londonbased International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), twenty to thirty armed conflicts and local wars in various forms take place every year in the world since the 1990s, and of     

Assessment in Economic and Strategic Perspectives

I want to discuss recent international environment that China faces in its economic development from economic and strategic perspectives. First I will discuss the international economic environment. As is known to all, China's development goal is to realize modernization. Modernization is first a comparative value, a concept produced when     

New Developments in Economic and Trade Cooperation and Cultural Exchanges between China and Africa

正The year 2013 saw continued and steady growth of ties between China and Africa.Developing relations with Africa and strengthening SouthSouth cooperation remained high on the agenda of the new Chinese Government.Several Chinese state leaders visited Africa too.Shortly after the NPC and CPPCC sessions,President Xi Jinping     

Seminar on Media and NGOs in Public Diplomacy Held in Beijing

The Seminar on Media and NGOs in Public Diplomacy, co-sponsored by the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU) and China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD), was held in the morning of April 17th in Beijing. More than 30 experts and scholars, media and NGO representatives from India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia     

International System in Transition:China's and U. S.' Strategies and Measures in Response

The current international system is transitioning from the Cold War bipolarity to the post-Cold War multipolarity, which proves to be a long process. China and the United States see     

Cooperation between China and Germany in Safeguarding and Realizing Human Rights

I. Background for cooperation between China and Germany in the area of human rights(1)China has made great achievements in economic and social development since the reform and opening upi. Basic achievements. Over the past 50-plus years since the founding…     

Autocratic checks and balances? Trust in courts and bureaucratic discretion

An emerging literature in political economy focuses on democratic enclaves or pockets of quasi-democratic decision-making embedded in non-democracies. This article first explores the factors that may lead to the emergence of such institutional checks and balances in autocratic politics. I use the comparative analysis of courts in Morocco and Tunisia, and argue that interest group mobilization and the centrality of legalism in political development have been essential for the existence of “governance” enclaves. Second, I explore whether such checks effectively contain everyday rent-seeking, as well as the theoretical channels through which this may occur. Findings from firm-level surveys conducted in Morocco and Tunisia in 2013 indicate that higher general trust in courts, even in modest relative terms, rendered businesses significantly less vulnerable to tax corruption in Tunisia, in sharp contrast to the Moroccan case.     

Sustainable Development and Women Entrepreneurs in China

I．StatusofWomenEntrepreneursinChi－na１．TheRiseofWomen－led－enterprisesinChi－naWomen－led－enterprisesbegantoemergefol－lowingthelaunchofChina＇seconomicreformin１９７８．Inashortperiodoftwoyearsfrom１９７８to１９８０，about１０％ofthecurrenttotalwomenen－trepreneurswereregistered．Afterthat，thetrendhasbeeninrapidprogress，especiallyafter１９９５astheFifteenthNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChinapreparedmorefavorableconditionsforthedevelopmentofprivateenterprises．４６％womenen…     

Changes and Challenges in Asia & Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region witnessed significant changes in the first year of the new century. With George W. Bush assuming the presidency, unilateralism could be strongly felt in the new administration's foreign policy. And there had been ups and downs in big powers' relations, while security in the region remaining unpredictable and changeable. Economic     

The Nato enlargement debate in the media and civil‐military relations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

This article links the NATO enlargement debate to the course of civil‐military relations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. After a general analysis of civil‐military relations and the media, it looks at the NATO membership issues discussed across seven dimensions and their impact on relations between civil society and the military. It concludes that a gap existed between the governing elite and the public in both countries.     

The Situation in Asia-Pacific Region and China''''s Policy

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Exchanges between CAFIU and Non-Governmental Organizations in Europe

<正>It has always been one of its major tasks for CAFIU to conduct non-governmental exchanges and contacts with European countries since CAFIU was founded more than thirty years ago.As in recent years,the China-Europe comprehensive strategic partnership has continuously deepened with exchanges and cooperation in various areas further expanding     

Change Ideas and Take Initiative in Taking Countermeasures

After the September 11 events, the international pattern and great power relations have readjusted. The importance of non-traditional security factors in international politics rise rapidly. The homeland security issue that various sovereign states are confronting has become prominent. These changes re-challenge the traditional security concept.     

Latin America in Transition and Its International Status

There are presently 33 independent countries and 12 regions that have not yet acquired independence in Latin America. They include Mexico, Central America, Caribbean region, and South America. With abundant natural resources, the land covers an area of 20. 7 mil- lion square kilometers, 13. 8% of the world's total land and has a popu- lation of 540 million, over 8. 7% of the world's total. Since the late 18th century and the early 19th century around when the Latin Ameri- can states succes…     

Iraq War and Principal contradictions in World Politics

Nobody denies that the Iraq war launched by America is a local war that is of global influence and beyond the anti-terror campaign. The various contentions among major world political powers before and after the war reveal that the world strategic structure that is changing since the end of the Cold War has gone through another grave impact after the 9/11 events. The paper does not want to make an in-depth