NEW CHALLENGES, OLD RECIPES: COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA FOR CHINA’S YOUTH
Since the Communist Youth League (CYL) became a mass organization in its present form after the 1949 communist victory in China, it has been at the forefront of the Chinese...
CHINA’S ATTITUDE MAY HINDER ITS QUEST FOR AFRICA’S NATURAL RESOURCES
China’s willingness to invest in Africa has brought benefits to both that continent and the Chinese people. But if Chinese leaders do not quickly respond to the growing mass political...
BEIJING: “Humanistic City”
In this volume, Beijing which is the capital city of the most populous country of the world has been examined in detail from a globalisation perspective. Beijing is located at...
The Impact of Renminbi (RMB) Appreciation on the Hong Kong Property Market
In this article, I will point out and discuss the effect of the reform of exchange rate institution on the real estate market, and the discussion suggests that the appreciation...
The Cosmopolitanisation of Cartography
This work is about arguing that the maps of the world should be reconsidered in a global dialogue: in a process that opens the dispute of boundaries between union-states, regions,...
The China-Taiwan Relationship: Current Status and Potential Directions
Taiwan is a primary flashpoint in East Asia. Its explosiveness results from China’s ongoing insistence – and Taiwan’s refusal – that Taipei fall under Beijing’s auspices. It’s a periodic dispute...
The Case for Li Yuanchao as Premier
The Central Committee met over the weekend of October 15, 2011 to determine how the upcoming succession during the 18th Party Congress in 2012 should occur the current candidate to...
Sino-Indian Relations: Competition or Cooperation?
Despite protests by the Chinese government, the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama went ahead with plans to visit a heavily militarized Tibetan Buddhist area in northeast India in November 2009,...
Russia and China: Reconciliation or Strategic Friendship
The postwar period has witnessed an unbreakable Sino-Soviet brotherhood after their joint victory in the anti-imperial Japan. The key words that have described the bilateral relations were: ideological soul mates,...
Return to Countryside: A New Attempt of Rural Financial Transformation
In July 2009, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) issued a threeyear plan on the development of New Rural Financial Institutions. The plan proposed to set up 1294 New Rural...
New Regulations Governing Social Organizations in China: A Civil Society on the Rise?
On November 22, 2011 Chinese media reported that the Guangdong provincial government published the ‘Plan Concerning Further Fostering and Regulating Social Organizations of Guangdong Province’, which contains new provisions governing...
Kang Youwei’s (1858-1927) Study and Vision of the Chinese Calligraphic Art
Today, the pertinence of Kang Youwei relevant figure and the historical role he played in China during the turbulent years between the 19th and 20th century, is no further object...
China’s Aid Program in Africa a Primer
Over the past decade China has emerged as a major donor of international aid. China’s aid program has effectively been regarded as a state secret, and accordingly analysis of China’s...
China in The 21st Century: Is Global Leadership Possible?
The 21st century is witnessing the decline of the United States as the foremost power in the world, and the gradual emergence of a multipolar order with China at the...
China as A Law-Ruled State: From Top-Down Rhetoric to Bottom-Up Expectations
What is the role of law in maintaining spaces of order in modern Chinese society? In 1996, Jiang Zemin adopted a new official policy of ruling the country in accordance...