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China and Africa： An Initial Analysis of the Involvement of China＇s State-owned Enterprises in the Construction of the Three Grand Networks in Africa
Zhi Yuchen
China＇s cooperation with Africa in constructing the three grand networks in Africa not only reflects China＇s economic and trade policies towards Africa, but also meets the needs of the social and economic development in Africa. The active participation of the Chinese state-owned enterprises in such projects on the bases of their advantages not only imply their needs of internationalization, but also facilitates the state-owned capital to make contributions to China＇s external economic and trade strategy. This paper, based on the facts of China＇s investment and achievements in the construction of communication infrastructure in Africa as well as the reality of African planning and construction of communication networks, has meticulously analyzed the major concerns of the five sub-regions in Africa and talked about the significance of Chinese stateowned enterprises＇ participation in the construction of the three grand networks in Africa as well as the governing principles and possible routes.     

Strategy of Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific in Obama＇s New Term and US Ideological Export

Since the beginning of his second term, Barack Obama has made some adjustment to US strategy of rebalance to the Asia-Pacific.The adjustment is aimed at adapting the US to the new features in the post-flnancial crisis era, the new developments in the Asia- Pacific situation and the new changes in the overall US strategy, and it also serves US strategic intentions to dominate the regional affairs, acquire and safeguard its own interests and counterbalance China and it also serves US strategic intentions to dominate the regional affairs, acquire and safeguard its own interests and counterbalance China and prevent it from playing a leading role in the region. It is worth noting that the adjusted rebalance strategy features the purposefulness of US ideological export. The impact of the changes in the contents and means of ideological export on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region deserves attention.     

Global Politics: The Middle East Remains the Darkest Place in 2015

Over the past four years,political changes in the Middle East have always appeared to be unexpected and dazzling.Anti-government"Arab Spring"movements against strongman politics broke out in 2011;political Islam gained power through elections in Tunisia and Egypt in2012;an Egyptian military coup occurred in 2013;and in 2014 the"Islamic State"sprung up in Iraq and Syria.All these seemingly irrational episodes in fact share an inherent logical relationship.Looking ahead to2015,there is no end in sight to the military conflicts currently rife in the Middle East.This includes civil wars such as those in Iraq,Syria,and Libya,and the Yemen and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.There is no hope for     

Contradictions and Compatibility between China＇s Multilateral Cooperation System and the U.S.-led Bilateral Alliance Structure in East Asia

The bilateral alliance structure dominated by the United States and the multilateral cooperation system advocated by China exist side by side in East Asia, which presents distinct dualistic structural feature of the international system in the region. These two systems, in essence, are contradictory and mutually opposing and neither of which could replace the other in reality. In a relatively long period of time, these international systems in East Asia will drive the region to and stability in the process contradictions and compatibility. develop in a direction of peace of accommodation between     

Multi,polarization and the ＂Strategic Partnership＂ of the Big Powers

The international financial crisis has brought about major turbulence in the political arena of the world. The world is in a transition period. The trend of multi-polarization is dynamic and moves along the changes in the balance of international forces. An apparent feature in the recent ten years is that the strength and international influence of the sole super power--the US is comparatively decreasing. The international pattern that is developing in depth has led to contradictions and frictions of various kinds, especially the political and economic problems among the big powers and between the existing powers and the emerging powers. However,     

New Development of the Situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Its Prospects

With the conclusion of the Dayton Accord, the war in Bosnia- Herzegovina came to an end and the state was established. But in the past 15 years, ethnic disputes and conflicts in the country broke out at times. In the face of the forthcoming general election in 2010, the ethnic antagonism becomes increasingly fierce and their contradictions are intensified. Being both creators and protectors of Bosnia-Herzegovina,     

China＇s New Concept of Security and Its Historical Contribution to World Peace

Since the end of the Cold War, the multipolarization of international politics and globalization of world economy have been developing robustly in an unprecedented way in terms of width and depth. As the largest developing country and the fastest growing economy in the world, China is undergoing historical changes in its relations with the world, being deeply involved in the existing international system.     

The Comeback and Prospect of the Taliban

In the ensuing two to three years after the downfall of the Taliban regime, there were comparatively few incidents of violence in Afghanistan and the situation was once relatively stable. The Karzai administration was gradually on the right track in its development and some progress was made in the process of economic and social reconstruction in Afghanistan. From 2005, however, the Taliban forces＇ attacks were on the rise and the security situation in Afghanistan constantly deteriorated. In the past three years, particularly since 2008, the capacity and activities of the Taliban forces grew tremendously and its area of control expanded incessantly. The comeback of the Taliban has become a reality.     

China and the Pacific Island Countries

Since formal diplomatic relations between China and Fiji were established in 1975, China has gradually developed its bilateral and multilateral relations with the Pacific islands countries （PICs）. Especially in recent years, China has deepened its involvement in the South Pacific, and its influence in the region has been growing rapidly. Today, China appears to be one of the major players in the South Pacific region. This increased Chinese engagement has drawn wide attention in academic and political circles. While some scholars and analysts take a positive view of such an engagement, others are concerned about the rising presence of China in the region. Is China＇s engagement with the South Pacific a new strategic threat or not？ This paper will examine the major motives underlying China＇s engagement with the South Pacific and analyze the implications of China＇s engagement for the PICs and Australia.     

The Pacific Ocean Is Wide Enough For All Thoughts on Building a TPSCA Research Group,CICIR

Foreword
Our planet is wimessing the onset of a new stage in globalization, multipolarity and IT application. As a result of this, a fresh reshuffle is underway, coupled with the shifting sands of geo-politics and geo-economics. This has led to major challenges in the established international system and world order.1 The same is also true for the regional picture. Indeed, the turmoil in Ukraine, the unrelenting crisis in the Middle East, and the vortex in the Asia-Pacific, have led to unusual activity in the three blocks of Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Under the disguise of an apparent absence of interconnectivity, in-depth interactions are actually at work between them on the question of the future peace and stability of the international community as a whole.     

＇Are We Running out of Planet to Exploit？＇ Links and Limits in the Global Resources Chain？

Many people have begun to concern about the potential resources shortages against the backdrop of rapid economic growth.Paul Krugman wrote an article titled ‘Running out of Planet to exploit’,and in this article,the author will address the Krugman question,and to consider whether the key factor is the decision-making capacity of the international community in dealing with and adapting to the substantial interactions between energy,land,water,and food supply,and the potential global resource scarcities in these four areas—the links and limits in the paper’s title.     

The Potential for Resurgent Clashes among Warlords in Afghanistan

The Location and Development of Warlords in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan Warlordism is not a new issue in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.Since modern times,tribal elders and provincial governors have been independent local powers in Afghanistan,and they have been the main resource and foundation for contemporary warlords in Afghanistan.The Soviet invasion,civil war,the rule of Taliban and the Anti-Terror War all provided opportunities to reinforce the warlords.As Afghanistan undergoes reconstruction,so the warlords' power and status has been strengthened.It has two embodiments.In the first place,the warlords have gained legal positions in the national power center,not only in Afghanistan's provisional government,but also in the later transitional govemment and the Grand National Congress (Loya Jirga).     

India‘s “Look East“ Policy: Geopolitical,Historical and Perceptional Changes

Substantial progress has been made in the India-ASEAN relations since India advanced and implemented the "Look East" strategyafter the Cold War. India became ASEAN's sectoral dialogue partner in January 1992 and full dialogue partner in 1995, and joined ARF in July 1996. With the establishment of India-ASEAN Summit regime in 2002, the fourth "Ten Plus One" formally kicked off. In 2003, India acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia and signed the Comprehe…     

ABSTRACTS

The rise of extremist organizations of ＂Islamic State＂ has complicated reasons and background, which has exerted great shock and impact on the situation in the Middle East： leading to the realignment of the political landscape and regional order in the Middle East; resulting in the adjustment of foreign policies and external strategies of the related nations; boosting the religious, power and ideological contentions in the region; and making terrorist operations enter a new and active phase. On the whole, there is a great variable in the future development of the Middle East situation, which though will be largely determined by the following three factors, namely what kind of role the big powers outside the region will play, what kind of influence the powers within the region will exert and whether or not the expansion of ＂Islamic States＂ will be effectively controlled.     

The Contributions of International Exchange and Cooperation to the Human Rights Studies in China

Since the foundation of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949, the human rights situation in China has changed dramatically. Especially in the past three decades, along with the reform and opening-up and the remarkable political, economic, legal, social and cultural developments, the human rights cause in China has also made great achievements. In the development of human rights cause,     

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Addresses the Opening of Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations in 2020

On December 11,2020,State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi attended the opening of the Symposium on the Intermational Situation and China's Foreign Relations in 2020 in Beijing,and delivered a keynote speech entitled“Serving the Country and Contributing to the World:China's Diplomacy in a Time of Unprecedented Global Changes and a Once-in-a-Century Pandemic.”     

U.S.-Russian Relations in the Year of General Elections

While the presidential election already drew to a close in Russia on March 2, 2008, the elections in America have not kicked offfor real yet with presidential candidates still vying with each other in the primaries. On the one hand, Vladimir Putin and the newly-elected Russian president respectively expressed the hope of improving relations with the United States and on the other hand, George W. Bush and major U.S. presidential candidates also revealed the desire of further easing up relations with Russia. With the change of president in Russia and soon in the United States, more and more people are focusing their attention on whether the stagnant bilateral relations between the United States and Russia could really take a turn for the better.     

Challenges and Opportunities in Development Cooperation Between China and Traditional Donors in Africa

Cooperation between China and traditional donors in Africa is a part of new triangular mode of development bringing together three parties:traditional donors,emerging donors,and the beneficiary countries.Traditional donors and emerging donors act together in favor of and in cooperation with beneficiary countries.Triangular development cooperation is an extension of classical North-South and South-South cooperation.As yet,it does not feature prominently in the global development cooperation architecture.China’s emergence as a significant contributor of development aid to Africa,however,has now become a hot topic in China,Africa and the West,and questions are being raised about the way in which China and the traditional donors will engage with each other in Africa.This article argues that while China and the traditional donors face a number of challenges,there is potential for the two parties to implement further cooperation in Africa.     

China's New Neighboring Diplomacy

China＇s new thinking about neighboring diplomacy in Asia since the end of Cold War can be analyzed theoretically from angle of international institutions. China utilizes institutionalism with great flexibility in four sub-regions-Central Asia, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, where institutional models-dominant participation, deep participation, active participation and moderate participation models have been adopted. In the four sub-regions in Asia, China has handled the presence of U.S interests well and responded reasonably to the United States＇ Asian diplomacy. China and the United States have therefore achieved a compatible coexistence in Asia. Compatibility and coexistence between China and the United States in Asia are the fundamental reasons that China has made progress in this new stage, and are the essence of the new thinking in China＇s neighboring diplomacy.     

Some Thoughts on Deepening Economic Diplomacy

Since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China, the nation has paid a great deal of attention to economic diplomacy. In particular, since the launch of the reform and opening-up policy and its accession to the World Trade Organization, China has made great achievements in economic diplomacy, which has grown and improved in terms of patterns, objectives and contents. In the 21st century, globalization offers both opportunities and challenges, and international economic cooperation and competition have played an important role in foreign relations. Economic diplomacy has been increasingly important in terms of diplomacy. As we encounter new problems and face new challenges, we urgently require new breakthroughs in economic diplomacy.