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The Challenge Of Chinese Environmental Law, Robert V. Percival

Robert Percival

China faces some of the most difficult environmental problems in the world as rapid industrial growth has produced horrendous air and water pollution. How China’s government responds to these challenges will have profound effects on the global environment. This essay discusses how Chinese environmental laws are evolving to cope with these problems and the severe obstacles that Chinese authorities face. It notes that the highly decentralized nature of China’s system of environmental laws makes it difficult for the central government to implement and enforce the laws. The essay concludes that, despite some progress, the lack of an independent judiciary and …

Family Sources Of Educational Gender Inequality In Rural China: A Critical Assessment, Emily C. Hannum, Peggy A. Kong, Yuping Zhang

Emily C. Hannum

In this paper, we investigate the gender gap in education in rural northwest China. We first discuss parental perceptions of abilities and appropriate roles for girls and boys; parental concerns about old-age support; and parental perceptions of different labor market outcomes for girls' and boys' education. We then investigate gender disparities in investments in children, children's performance at school, and children's subsequent attainment. We analyze a survey of nine to twelve year-old children and their families conducted in rural Gansu Province in the year 2000, along with follow-up information about subsequent educational attainment collected seven years later. We complement our …

Doing More With Less: Teacher Professional Learning Communities In Resource-Constrained Primary Schools In Rural China, Tanja C. Sargent, Emily C. Hannum

Emily C. Hannum

Teacher professional learning communities provide environments in which teachers engage in regular research and collaboration. They have been found effective as a means for connecting professional learning to the day-to-day realities faced by teachers in the classroom. In this article, the authors draw on survey data collected in primary schools serving 71 villages in rural Gansu Province as well as transcripts from in-depth interviews with 30 teachers. Findings indicate that professional learning communities penetrate to some of China’s most resource-constrained schools but that their nature and development are shaped by institutional supports, principal leadership, and teachers’ own initiative.

Outbound Tourism From China: Literature Review And Research Agenda, Byron W. Keating, A. Kriz

Dr Byron W. Keating

The rapid growth of China's outbound tourism market has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. However, the academic literature is still sparse in this area. Using a theoretical framework that synthesises the key processes related to destination choice, the authors undertake a systematic review of the academic literature on outbound tourism from China. Stemming from this review, the article provides some direction for future empirical research on this important topic. The authors also suggest that a new model for travel planning could be developed, suggesting that traditional destination choice models may inadequately capture the nuances of destination …

Rescuing The Doha Development Round: Role Of India And China In Multilateral Trade Governance, Suparna Karmakar

Suparna Karmakar

This paper examines the changing contours of the engagement of developing countries in the global trade regime, with special reference to the important role India and China can play in the 21st century WTO system of trade governance.

It argues that emerging developing countries today need to pick up the leadership mantle and play a constructive role in furthering the cause for multilateral trade integration. This will be in the larger interests of protecting their international market access as well as the much needed domestic reforms.

The paper tries to identify the role and responsibilities of emerging hegemonic powers like …

Sino-Turkish Relations In A Globalising Asia-Pacific, Rosita Dellios, Nadir Kemal Yilmaz

Rosita Dellios

Relations between China and Turkey are quiescent. In a globalizing Asia-Pacific, however, they are unlikely to remain so. High economic interdependence in the presence of the rise of Asian and Eurasian powers suggest that China and Turkey as multiregional states have a common interest in regional cooperation. It is within this context that bilateral relations are likely to develop. China’s rapid rise means that its impact will not be confined to Pacific Asia. Increasingly, with the quest for energy security, China is setting its diplomatic compass westward to Eurasia and the Middle East. With Russia - another multiregional state - …

Why Will China Establish A Government-Sponsored Response Mechanism In Countervailing Games?, Julien Chaisse, Luan Xinjie

Julien Chaisse

In recent years China has faced numerous countervailing duty investigations among others by the United States and Canada . Reactions to countervailing measures are usually much more policy-oriented than market-oriented. Whereas the dominant strategies adopted by the individual exporting enterprises are usually not the payoff dominant ones, China is tending towards establishing a government-sponsored countervailing response mechanism (Gscrm). With the Gscrm, the bounded rationality of the export enterprises in the countervailing counter-action can be eliminated and therefore payoff dominant equilibrium in a countervailing-responding cooperation game can be achieved.

China's Space Program: A Strategic And Political Analysis, Rosita Dellios

Rosita Dellios

Extract: China has taken its place at the forefront of spacefaring nations: it joins only the United States and Russia in operating an independent manned space program. As a developing country this is a major feat. Moreover, its space program is a full-spectrum, comprehensive concept. From microsatellites to manned space missions, from satellite and rocket design to launch capabilities, it spans both civilian and military requirements.

Chinese Strategic Culture: Part 2 – Virtue And Power, Rosita Dellios

Rosita Dellios

When the world's most populous nation, commanding ample resources and a booming economy, begins to strengthen militarily, it cannot help but draw attention to itself. China has indeed done so through naval expansion in recent years and the upgrading of all aspects of its forces. While it has reassured the world of its peaceful intentions, speculation as to its motives is understandable. Intentions may, of course, be inferred from capability; but most strategic analysts recognise that capability alone is not enough. Rather than focusing on capability, this paper subscribes to the view that intentions are better understood if examined within …

India Looks East And China Looks Everywhere, Rosita Dellios

Rosita Dellios

Extract: Asia's two great civilisations, India and China, have been the subject of contemporary scrutiny in the Australian conference scene. Together, India and China account for more than one-third of the world's population. Peace and cooperation between these two neighbours makes eminent sense if the Pacific Century is to live up to its name.

China And The Emerging Eurasian Agenda: From Special Interests To Strategic Cooperation, R. James Ferguson

R. James Ferguson

[extract] China remains a multinational and multi-ethnic state with diverse relations across its southern, northern and western borders. From the third century B.C. onwards trade contacts were made westwards along the ancient Silk Road, while by the Tang Dynasty China had established strong influence in Central Asia. Today a 'new Silk Road' is being developed, this time based on oil politics, as well as renewed political and cultural contacts. China has forged a 'strategic partnership' with Russia aimed at establishing a multipolar world, while from 1994 extensive negotiations have led to strong diplomatic ties among China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and …

Air Pollution As An Asset: China's Use Of The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, Bryant Walker Smith

Bryant Walker Smith

This article, which examines the use of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in the People's Republic of China, has two purposes. First, it places both China and the CDM in the larger context of international environmental law. Second, it analyzes and assesses China’s use of the CDM.

The article has six parts. Following a brief note about Taiwan, Part 3 discusses climate change and China. Part 4 tracks the global response to climate change, including the CDM. Part 5 examines the relationship between the CDM and China, and Part 6 concludes with a consideration of additional challenges present …

Mandopop Under Siege: Culturally Bound Criticisms Of Taiwan's Pop Music, Marc Moskowitz

Marc L. Moskowitz

No abstract provided.

Review Of Stalnaker: Overcoming Our Evil, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

Review Of John Makeham: Lost Soul- “Confucianism” In Contemporary Chinese Academic Discourse, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

人权与和谐, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

参与的必要性, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

Reintroduction Of The Chinese Tiger, Philip J. Nyhus, Urs Breitenmoser, Ron Tilson

Philip J. Nyhus

No abstract provided.

比较哲学中的分化, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

比较哲学中的分化, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

比较哲学中的分化, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

Defining 'Virtue Ethics' And Exploring Virtues In A Comparative Context: Comments On Bryan W. Van Norden, Virtue Ethics And Confucianism In Early Chinese Philosophy, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

Is Nafta A Good Model For China?: Lessons From Mexico And The United States, Carmen G. Gonzalez

Carmen G. Gonzalez

In response to skyrocketing food prices, the global financial crisis, and the degradation of farm lands due to urbanization and industrialization, China has placed rural development at the top of its political agenda. China’s renewed emphasis on rural development is taking place against a backdrop of global efforts to reduce trade barriers in the agricultural sector. This article uses the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as a case study on the complex ways that trade policy affects domestic efforts to protect the environment and promote rural development. The objective is to draw lessons from the experiences of the United …

Review Of John Makeham: Lost Soul- “Confucianism” In Contemporary Chinese Academic Discourse, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

The China–Asean Tariff Acceleration Clause, Chin Leng Lim

Chin Leng Lim

比较哲学中的分化, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

Defining 'Virtue Ethics' And Exploring Virtues In A Comparative Context: Comments On Bryan W. Van Norden, Virtue Ethics And Confucianism In Early Chinese Philosophy, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle