Human rights in the overseas territories: in policy but not in practice?

Since the late 1990s emphasis has been placed by the UK government on enhancing human rights in its Overseas Territories. Some early changes were enforced, but more recently persuasion and capacity building have been prioritised. However, due to the complexity of the bilateral relationships and the cultural diversity that exists, fostering and embedding reform is difficult. These challenges are seen most clearly in two examples: the rights of the child to be protected from sexual exploitation, and the securing of equality in relation to sexual orientation with reference to LGBT rights. The article analyses the constitutional and legal changes that have been made in regard to these two issues, and whether the creation of stronger human rights principles has led to enhanced rights in practice.     

Who supports democracy? Evidence from a survey of Chinese students and scholars in the United States

Does the experience of living in the United States lead Chinese people to believe that China should pursue democracy? Our study produced mixed results, as we found that overseas study resulted in significant attitude changes by various means. Education in social sciences and consumption of foreign media were both associated with supportive attitudes toward democracy, and also led respondents to believe that Western liberal democracy is a good thing and to push for it. Conversely, living overseas had a negative effect on respondents’ support for Chinese democratization, as the longer they had lived in the United States, the better they understood Western democracy and were suspicious about whether China should pursue immediate democratization. Meanwhile, we also find Chinese media has a negative impact on public support for democracy, both instrumental and intrinsic. Finally, factors associated with attitudes toward democracy, such as traditional values, self-expression values, and perceived performance of the Chinese government, were also significant.     

"预防—震慑—应急"一体化:中国海外安保供给模式新探

基于以人民安全为宗旨的总体国家安全观和“以人为本、外交为民”的领事保护理念,受冲突影响和高风险区域的海外机构、企业和公民的安全是中国海外安保供给体系的首要关切。后疫情时代的安全环境、安全威胁和安保内容的新变化凸显了海外安保的供需落差,如何通过完善海外安保供给体系来应对后疫情时代的挑战,成为总体国家安全治理不得不重视的紧迫性议题。根据风险/焦虑-威胁/恐惧-危机/恐慌的升级过程,可将海外安保区分为预防、震慑、应急三种类型,政府、军队、国际安保公司、社会组织和海外企业能够发挥各自不同的作用。在明晰中国海外安保“阶段-类型”及对应的多元供给主体职能的基础上,中国海外安保供给体系的完善需要在总体国家安全观理念指导下,遵循“预防-震慑-应急”一体化的供给模式,建构多元供给主体联动体系,从而弥补现有供给体系的不足,全面推进“海外中国平安体系”建设。     

海外中国公民安全与领事保护

近几年,海外中国公民面对的各种安全威胁骤然增加,导致人身、财产等多方面的重大损失,对我国领事保护工作提出了新的要求。为此,外交部加强了领事保护工作的应急、磋商、协调、预警等机制建设,为保护海外中国公民的利益做出了重要贡献。随着海外中国公民的急剧增加和安全形势的日趋复杂,我国领保机构还必须解决人员不足等问题,加强预警效果,以进一步提高保护海外中国公民利益的能力与成效。     

缅甸华裔精英与知名侨领概述

缅甸的华裔精英为缅甸的国家独立和民族解放作出了巨大的贡献 ,但知名侨领与华裔精英不同 ,他们不参与或很少参与缅甸政治 ,而在促进华人社区发展和中缅友好交往方面起着积极作用。他们有爱国的优良传统 ,表现在热心慈善事业、办报、办学、支持祖国革命、向国内投资、促进中缅友好关系。     

新中国解决归侨和侨眷粮食安全问题探析

建国初期,大批归国华侨急需救济。在侨区,由于部分地方干部忽视了归侨和侨眷的特殊性,在执行土改和侨汇以及粮食统购统销政策中侵犯了归侨和侨眷的利益,加之其他客观因素,造成了较为严重的归侨、侨眷粮食安全问题。对此,党和政府高度重视,采取了一系列措施,对归侨妥善安置救济,帮助他们创业立业;及时纠正工作中的偏差,保护侨眷的合法权益,对其悉心照顾。在国家整体粮食安全水平不高的情况下,确保归侨、侨眷得到生存和健康所需要的足够粮食,成功地解决了他们的粮食安全问题,巩固和扩大了这一时期的爱国统一阵线,为广大海外华人华侨、归侨和侨眷投身祖国的社会主义建设,为人民政权的稳固和发展奠定了坚实基础。     

European ruling parties’ electoral strategies and overseas enfranchisement policies

Emigrants’ ideologies and partisan attitudes may diverge from other voters’: overseas voters are ideologically self-selected, receive distinctive information about campaigns and have experiences abroad that are likely to shape their political views. Parties, anticipating these emigrant attitudes, can manipulate overseas voting availability to give the vote primarily to their own supporters. Alternatively, parties may expect newly enfranchised voters to provide electoral support in gratitude for the right to vote. To distinguish these separate processes, this project undertakes a case study of Turkey to trace a ruling party's strategic expectations as it makes overseas-enfranchisement decisions. To see how generalisable these results are, the study further extends to a statistical analysis of differences in vote choice between voters at home and abroad across all 23 European countries that report overseas votes separately, using an original dataset encompassing 121 elections. Both the case study and the statistical analysis suggest that emigrant-enfranchising parties tend to garner overseas voters’ support in a lasting way. This suggests that overseas enfranchisement most often appears to involve incumbent parties (correctly) expecting long-term ideological compatibility with their overseas nationals, not simply exchanging the franchise for short-term, transactional support.     

论日本的“全球食品价值链战略”

日本近年来采取"主动进攻型"政策,积极推动农林水产品及食品的海外发展。为此,政府出台了包括"全球食品价值链战略"在内的多项相关政策,形成了多层次、多领域的"组合型"支持政策体系。该战略具有强调官民并举的实施理念,基本战略与地区战略协同,政府间双边经济合作机制与民间投资的联动,产品、设备等硬件与技术、管理系统等软件的"捆绑"式出口等特征。     

“一带一路”背景下境外中资企业和谐劳动关系建设研究 —— 以中国有色金属在非企业为参照

境外中资企业和谐劳动关系对“一带一路”建设意义重大。企业应熟悉投资环境,坚持合作共 赢原则;遵守法律法规,依法支付劳动报酬;为当地工会正常开展工作提供条件。同时还要关注中方员工入会、 社会保障问题,消除劳动关系纠纷隐患。境内总部工会通过与境外企业工会的交流,提升外籍员工的向心力凝 聚力。     

Good governance and security: The limits of Australia's new aid programme

This article analyses the Australian Agency for International Development's (AusAID) approach to overseas development assistance (ODA) through an examination of AusAID's recent White Paper. The White Paper focuses on the nexus between poverty reduction and security in the Asia-Pacific region. We argue that the Paper's emphasis upon good governance as the key to poverty reduction and security is fundamentally flawed. This stems from the particular ideological and political conditions in which the Paper materialised. In focusing on good governance and security the Paper neglects more fundamental poverty reduction issues, while promoting policies that are difficult to implement and, when implemented, have highly problematic outcomes. This article examines the Australian-led intervention in Solomon Islands and the Australian aid programme in Indonesia as examples for the shortcomings of the approach articulated in the White Paper. We conclude by examining alternative development policies that move beyond the neo-liberal orthodoxy endorsed by AusAID.