Category: China and Neighbourhood

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...

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,...

In July 2009, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) issued a three-year plan on the development of New Rural Financial Institutions. The plan proposed to set up 1294 New Rural Financial...

The power struggle between the British Empire and Russian Empire for influence in Central Asia during the 19th century was afterwards coined as the Great Game. In this strategic rivalry, Afghanistan...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

BY ANTONY OU | MARCH 06, 2012     A Movie of an Unrequited Patriot History… a series of genuine history! I didn’t let anyone rape her, and that is...

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 of discussion....

BY MATTHEW KENNEDY | MARCH 01, 2012 Introduction   Taiwan is a primary flashpoint in East Asia.  Its explosiveness results from China’s ongoing insistence – and Taiwan’s refusal – that...

Just as we in the international community struggle to comprehend the images of tearful North Koreans pounding their fists and wailing in response to the death of Kim Jong-il, they...

We are still yet to see the col-lapse or demise of the North Korean government but we still talk of Pyong-yang’s grapple over the nation as be-ing “on the brink”....

While China is going to expand its international position vastly over the course of the 21st  century, negative demographic trends are expected to intensify as the century progresses. The expectations...

Written by ASSOC. PROF. SHAUN NARINE Over the past few years, a leadership vacuum has opened within the global community. On the surface, this absence of leadership should provide opportunities...