China – TradePublication - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
China and the Financial Crisis
This report, produced by a task force under the aegis of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and CIGI, assesses the impact of the global financial crisis on China. The report suggests that China has been perceived as relatively well insulated from the crisis, but along with other trade dependent countries outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) its integration into the global economy means exposure to the negative effects of the economic downturn.
Article - Sunday, August 17, 2008
The dragon in the archipelago
The current Olympics has been China's 'coming out party', as well as the launch, as it were, of what some observers say will be the 'Asian century'.
Article - Wednesday, July 9, 2008
China Keeps Zimbabwe Afloat
Disillusioned Zimbabweans are facing a new wave of price increases that will put the most basic of food essentials even further out of reach.
Article - Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Why is Zimbabwe still afloat? China
How has Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe managed to avert a complete state collapse thus far?
Article - Friday, September 14, 2007
Asia’s strategic triangle: China-India-Japan
The three Asian giants can transform Asia into an area of peace by thinking creatively and cultivating relations based on complementary interests and realistic expectations rather than the deadweight of history or the baggage of naive idealism.
Article - Wednesday, April 25, 2007
How Mia Farrow Got UN Troops into Darfur
Celebrities not afraid to use the media as a tool for diplomacy
Article - Sunday, March 25, 2007
China in Africa - a reliable friend?
China's red carpet treatment for 50 African heads of state last November, to commemorate five decades of Sino-African relations, as well as high-profile state visits by top Chinese officials including Chinese President Hu Jintao and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to dozens of African states in recent months, bears testimony to the continent's strategic importance for Beijing's economic and political growth strategies in a multi-polar, post cold war environment.