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Shutting Down Russia's Superiority Complex. An Analysis Of The International Community's Response To Russia's 2014 Annexation Of Crimea., Luisa Valles

CMC Senior Theses

The United States, the European Union and allies responded to the Russian Federation’s 2014 Annexation of Crimea with economic sanctions. After providing a basic understanding of Russia’s political economy and rent redistribution economic system, this paper supplies an overview of the Western sanctions within Russia’s three economic sectors — the energy industry, the defense industry, and the financial system. From there, I make an analysis of the Russian response to the sanctions is within each sector. Furthermore, I argue that the United States supports ulterior motives for implementing the economic sanctions. Concluding with the effects of the sanctions to Russia's …

Trickle Down Nationalism: Interactions Between Liberal Nationalism And Colonialism In The Raj And Nigeria, Aaryaman Sheoran

CMC Senior Theses

The combination of nationalism and colonialism has remained understudied in academia, despite the important interaction between the two phenomena. European ideas bled over into their colonial empires and began to fill the power vacuum created by colonial enterprises. This study analyzes the impact of British colonialism on the development of national identity in British India and Nigeria.

British influences included large scale economic disruption, cultural reform through ‘westernizing’ the population and abolishing local customs, and creating a new set of institutions to replace traditional power centers. Inevitably, these factors created a nationalist surge across both the Raj and Nigeria, as …

Children’S Development And Crisis: Comparing Developmental Best Practices Against Aid Program Curricula, Martha Baker

CMC Senior Theses

Using the monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptive management model (MEL4AM), this paper examines how international organizations translate productive criteria for early childhood development (ECD) into emergency response programming for children. Early childhood is a crucial developmental time in individual’s lives and adverse experiences undermine, among other things, language development, self-regulatory capabilities, and child-caregiver interactions. International aid organizations are operationalizing the research on ECD best practices into site-level programming. This thesis examines whether the developmental needs of these children in crisis are being met through these efforts and offers two in-depth case studies: Sesame Workshop’s intervention for Syrian refugee children …

The Erosion Of Press Freedom: An Examination Of Hong Kong’S Book Publishing And Journalism Industries Post-Handover, Salonee Goel

CMC Senior Theses

Hong Kong was once touted for the openness of its press and its vibrant independent publishing scene. Now, seemingly reputable news organizations, such as the South China Morning Post, are undergoing editorial shifts and engaging in self-censorship while independent book publishers are being replaced by Chinese state-owned companies. These changes are a result of years of direct and indirect pressure on these industries by the Chinese government, which began even before the 1997 handover. In the past decade, these tactics have become more overt and their effects on the city’s news organizations and book publishers are increasingly visible. Through interviews …

Republicanism’S Globalist Problem: How The Inevitability Of International Engagement Undermines States’ Capacity For Self-Governance, Andrew R. Ciacci

CMC Senior Theses

This thesis examines the difficulties philosophical theories have in adapting to international issues. This work primarily focuses on the philosophical theory of government known as “Republicanism”. According to republicanism, the government’s overarching goal is to promote freedom, which republicans understand as the ability to pursue choices without being under the arbitrary power of others. After establishing its merits, I lay out the core principles of republicanism as are most clearly articulated in Phillip Pettit’s work, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government. The second chapter then examines how Pettit applies his own view to analyze the state of Republican freedom …

The Road To Human Emancipation - The Moral And Political Foundations Of Markets, William Shi

CMC Senior Theses

The thesis aims to provide both a real public ideology and the legal and socioeconomic structures to realize Karl Marx’s ideal of human emancipation. Marx argues that in capitalist society, the legal and political superstructure forces the ruling class to represent its interest as the public interest, which legitimizes the massive inequality in resources and social power. To demonstrate how to realize the substantive public interest, the two parts of the thesis have two goals. The first part aims to formulate a rightful candidate to the public ideology of human emancipation, which represents the substantive public interest rather than the …

Healthy And Unhealthy Responses To American Democratic Institutional Failure, Thomas D'Anieri

CMC Senior Theses

I have set out on the hunch that politics in America “feels different,” that we are frustrated both with our institutions as well as with one another. First, I will seek to empirically verify this claim beyond mere “feelings.” If it can be shown that these kinds of discontent genuinely exist to the extent that I believe they do, I will then explain why people feel this way and why things are different this time from the economic, political, and social points of view. Next, I will examine two potential responses, what I will call the populist and the institutional …

@Usa Vs. @Realdonaldtrump: The Decline Of Democracy In 280 Characters Or Less, Bryn Edwards

CMC Senior Theses

From threats, to hate speech, to potential criminal statements, Donald Trump has made use of Twitter like no president or world leader before him. His presidency and communication strategy have been defined by his “tweetstorms” and a consequent slew of legal issues. The prolific rate of his tweeting has made large-scale analyses difficult as they quickly become dated.

Nevertheless, this thesis has aimed for a more holistic analysis by uniquely linking trends in his tweeting to its perceived social consequences, situating this work in a long line of analyses of presidential rhetoric and media strategies. Moreover, it assesses Trump’s use …

Mobilization And Polarization: American Jewish Politics Following The 2016 Election, Jennifer Gurev

CMC Senior Theses

The 2016 election sparked fundamental changes in American politics. From the rise of Donald Trump’s popularity to the growth of progressive protests in response to his election and subsequent policies, this paper explores how fundamental changes stemming from the 2016 election directly impacted American Jewish interest groups and political stances, particularly on the issue of Israel. Prior to the 2016 election, the American Jewish community was growing increasingly divided on Israel primarily due to the disparate experiences between young Jews and that of older generations, as well as increasingly right-wing Israeli politics. However, the election of Trump—and his alignment with …

Humanization Is Liberation: ‘Emorational Morality’ In The Mitigation Of Inequitable, Dehumanizing, Domestic Educational Policies, Nirel Jonesmitchell

CMC Senior Theses

Top researchers in the field of critical pedagogy signify that humanization--the process of understanding and connecting with the humanity of another individual—literally liberates the brain from fear. This allows for student creativity and higher-order thinking; without cultural awareness and empathy, researchers claim, educational apartheid will persist. American notions of both teacher and student intelligences as well as ideas of ‘proper’ teacher-student relationships are contextualized by the political philosopher John Locke who delineated a capitalistic political framework based on his interpretation of human motivations: reason and the pursuit of happiness. The corresponding narrow conceptions of intellect, educational success, morality, and emotionality …

Industrial Policy For Regional Development In Lithuania, Guoda Terleckaite

CMC Senior Theses

Lithuania is internationally recognized as a high-income developed country, but the high standard of living is limited only to a small minority of citizens. While the capital is emerging as a financial center and a hub for information technology, cities in the Western and Central parts of Lithuania are rapidly declining. Formerly industrial regions, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Alytus, Utena, Tauragė, Telšiai and Marijampolė, now suffer from massive emigration, brain drain, high unemployment rates, and an increased risk of poverty and social exclusion among residents. Unlike larger cities, poorer counties have not been magnets for foreign direct investment and have benefited little …

“It’S The Procedure, Stupid!”: Amendment Procedures And Their Effects On Constitutional Stability, Joseph Noss

CMC Senior Theses

Constitutions must change. No human can stop time from marching forward, nor the social, economic, cultural, and technological developments associated. As a result, constitutions necessitate mechanisms that allow for their own progress. The amendment procedure of a constitution—the rules that govern what changes can occur—is therefore fundamental to any constitutional system. Importantly, scholars, politicians, and citizens alike fail to take into account the significance of these amendment processes and their effects on the constitutions they govern. While usually treated as a constitutional after-thought, amendment procedures have one of the most pronounced, substantive effects on the permanence of a constitutional order. …

Desperate For Democracy: A Comparison Between Hong Kong’S 2014 Umbrella Movement And 2019 Antielab Protests, Annette Wong

CMC Senior Theses

Within the last five years, the special administrative region of Hong Kong found itself embroiled in two major anti-government protests that brought the entire city to a standstill. While both the 2014 Umbrella Movement and the 2019 AntiELAB Protests were similar in pro-democracy rhetoric and substantive collective action, the 2019 protests devolved into a much more violent and radical movement than that of 2014. This study investigates the factors that contributed to the differing protest cultures of the Umbrella Movement and the AntiELAB Protests. This study first explores the language of the Joint Declaration and Basic Law, and investigates British …

Obama, Trump, And Xi: Three South China Sea Strategies In The U.S.-China Battle For Global Hegemony, Adam Singer

CMC Senior Theses

The South China Sea is one of the world's largest regions of untapped resources and fisheries. Moreover, one-third of all global trade flows through its waters. Due to its rapid ascension to great power status, China has been able to aggressively expand into the region and both build new islands and lay claim to already existing ones. With no other countries capable of or willing to push back against Beijing, the United States stepped in.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the strategies undertaken by the Obama administration and the Trump administration in the face of China’s expansion …

Hong Kong Identity On The Rise: Understanding The Role Of Subnational Identity In The 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protests, Gemma Sykes

CMC Senior Theses

In 2019, Hong Kong erupted in mass protests demonstrating the city’s desire to be recognized as having a distinct peripheral identity with separate political expectations. What began as demonstrations against the proposed Extradition Bill quickly became a mass display of the differences between Hong Kong’s peripheral nationalism and the national Chinese identity. Since 2008, the subnational ‘Hongkonger’ identity has seen a dramatic rise in self-identification polls from only 18 percent in 2008 to 52.9 percent in 2019. Moreover, in 2019, 92.5 percent of 18 to 29 year olds in Hong Kong identified solely with the ‘Hongkonger’ identity. This thesis seeks …

Populism: An Exploration Into The American Case Through The Academic Literature, Data Analysis, And Fiction, Maxwell Knowles

CMC Senior Theses

The twenty-first century has seen a rise in populist leadership and rhetoric throughout the globe, with the United States standing as one powerful case. This thesis hopes to develop the “story” of populism from multiple perspectives, attempting to not only inform but change the way we approach the populist movement in America, and perhaps, the world. In Part I, I summarize and blend much of the core literature written on populism and economic change, developing the story that populism in America today has its roots in the significant techno-economic and cultural paradigmatic shifts of the 1970s. Social media and an …

Buying Influence? An Analysis Of The Political And Economic Impacts Of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment In The European Union, Ethan Kable

CMC Senior Theses

This thesis analyzes the economic and political impacts of the recent influx of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) into the European Union (EU). I consider the ways in which EU perceptions of Chinese OFDI have evolved over the course of the past decade as well as what attempts the EU has made at an institutional level to address challenges posed by Chinese investment. I contend that despite institutional efforts to respond to these perceived challenges – namely losing a technological edge, security concerns, and unreciprocated market access – Chinese OFDI in the EU has had a divisive effect. Not …

Were The French Government’S Brexit-Related Worries Prior To The 2016 Referendum Overstated?, Claudia Michelle Chandra

CMC Senior Theses

The prospect of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union during the 2016 Brexit referendum was deeply troubling to French officials. As a historic leader of the European integration project, the French government and media worried that Brexit would embolden Eurosceptics in France. This threatened to undermine France’s identity as a pro-European nation. Also, due to France’s position as one of the UK’s main trading partners, French citizens and businesses feared that the end of freedom of movement between these countries would create burdensome legal and economic consequences. Nevertheless, more than three years have passed since the Brexit referendum and …

Territorial Inequality In Health Service Delivery: Lessons From Latin America’S Federations, Agustina Giraudy, Jennifer Pribble

Political Science Faculty Publications

Access to quality healthcare varies across the national territory inside Latin American countries, with some subnational units enjoying higher-quality care than others. Such territorial inequality is consequential, as residents of particular regions face shorter life spans and an increased risk of preventable disease. This article analyzes trajectories of territorial healthcare inequality across time in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. The data reveal a large decline in Brazil, a moderate decline in Mexico, and low levels of change followed by a moderate decline in Argentina. The article argues that two factors account for these distinct trajectories: the nature of the coalition that …

Strengthening The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Pathways For Bridging Law And Policy, Columbia Law School, 2020, Nobuhisa Ishizuka, Masahiro Kurosaki, Matthew C. Waxman

Faculty Scholarship

During the three years leading up to this year ’s 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1960 U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, a series of workshops were held under the joint sponsorship of Columbia Law School’s Center for Japanese Legal Studies and the National Defense Academy of Japan’s Center for Global Security. Bringing together experts in international law and political science primarily from the United States and Japan, the workshops examined how differing approaches to use of force and understandings of individual and collective self-defense in the two countries might adversely affect their alliance.

The workshop participants explored the underlying causes …

Modern Peace Keeping In Africa: Lessons From Nigeria, Solomon Hailu

College of Arts and Cultural Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

Solomon Hailu, "Modern Peace Keeping in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria," The Journal of African Policy Studies, Volume 26 No. I, 2020, pp. 69-86

Different approaches to conflict resolution and peacekeeping in African failed states have taken the centre stage of this analysis. These approaches are based not merely on theory or doctrine but on the self-perceived interests of the stakeholders in peacekeeping inside Africa. The Western powers have repeatedly expressed the view that they will not commit their armed forces to resolve African conflicts. The West's desire to place responsibility on African states, rather than sharing it, will not bring …

Disappropriation, Matthew B. Lawrence

Faculty Articles

In recent years, Congress has repeatedly failed to appropriate funds necessary to honor legal commitments (or entitlements) that are themselves enacted in permanent law. The Appropriations Clause has forced the government to defy legislative command and break such commitments, with destructive results for recipients and the rule of law. This Article is the first to address this poorly understood phenomenon, which it labels a form of “disappropriation.”

The Article theorizes recent high-profile disappropriations as one probabilistic consequence of Congress’s decision to create permanent legislative payment commitments that the government cannot honor without periodic, temporary appropriations. Such partially temporary programs include …

Reflections On The Effects Of Federalism On Opioid Policy, Matthew B. Lawrence

Faculty Articles

One thing we have seen today that we talk about in health law all the time is how the policy, the laws and institutions up at the 10,000 foot level, can so dramatically influence the personal, people’s lived experiences. Our speakers today have done a really great job of drawing out abstract institutional questions and also showing us how those questions have influenced the lives of real people in often tragic ways. Another thing we have seen that we talk about in administrative law all the time is the importance of expertise, especially given how hard it is to trace …

Partisan Voting On The California Supreme Court, Mark P. Gergen, David A. Carrillo, Benjamin M. Chen, Kevin M. Quinn

Faculty Articles

When did ideology become the major fault line of the California Supreme Court? To answer this question, we use a two-parameter item response theory (IRT) model to identify voting patterns in non-unanimous decisions by California Supreme Court justices from 1910 to 2011. The model shows that voting on the court became polarized on recognizably partisan lines beginning in the mid-1900s. Justices usually did not vote in a pattern that matched their political reputations and party affiliation during the first half of the century. This began to change in the 1950s. After 1959 the dominant voting pattern is partisan and closely …

Workshop And Side Events Report : Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Towards The Development Of A Balanced, Effective And Universal International Agreement, World Maritime University

Reports

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Germany’S Digital Health Reforms In The Covid-19 Era: Lessons And Opportunities For Other Countries, Sara Gerke, Ariel D. Stern, Timo Minssen

Faculty Scholarly Works

Reimbursement is a key challenge for many new digital health solutions, whose importance and value have been highlighted and expanded by the current COVID-19 pandemic. Germany’s new Digital Healthcare Act (Digitale–Versorgung–Gesetz or DVG) entitles all individuals covered by statutory health insurance to reimbursement for certain digital health applications (i.e., insurers will pay for their use). Since Germany, like the United States (US), is a multi-payer health care system, the new Act provides a particularly interesting case study for US policymakers. We first provide an overview of the new German DVG and outline the landscape for reimbursement of digital health solutions …

Deindustrialization And Voting Behavior In Ohio Rust Belt Counties, Casey B. Craig

Digital Repository: Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence

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International Law, Steven R. Ratner

Book Chapters

International law is central to both the discourse and practice of global justice. It offers a critical institutional site for transforming theories about global justice into binding rules with institutional enforcement; many of its rules have strong claims to morality; and it can offer insights into the nature of just arrangements at the international level. This chapter first introduces the key participants and fundamental norms of international law that respond to the various claims of those participants. Second, it elaborates on the range of engagement by international legal scholarship with questions of global justice. Legal scholars have incorporated concepts of …

การกำกับดูแลความปลอดภัยของการบินพลเรือนระหว่างประเทศ : กรณีศึกษาIcao กับประเทศไทย, ปวริศ อ่อนสุทธิ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

สารนิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์การวิจัย สองข้อ คือ หนึ่ง การวิเคราะห์เหตุปัจจัยที่ทำให้องค์การการบินพลเรือนระหว่างประเทศ (International Civil Aviation Organization : ICAO) ทำงานด้านการกำกับดูแลมาตรฐานความปลอดภัยได้อย่างมีเข้มแข็งและมีประสิทธิภาพ โดยพิจารณาจากการที่ประเทศต่างๆ ยอมรับและปฏิบัติตาม ข้อกำหนดต่างๆ ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับมาตรฐานความปลอดภัย และ สอง เพื่อแสดงให้เห็นการทำงานของ ICAO และการปฏิบัติตามข้อกำหนดของประเทศสมาชิกจากปัจจัยที่ได้วิเคราะห์ไว้ โดยใช้กรณีประเทศไทยที่ ICAO เข้ามาตรวจสอบและได้รับเครื่องหมายธงแดงเป็นกรณีศึกษา สารนิพนธ์มีข้อเสนอหลักตามกรอบแนวคิดทฤษฎี Neoliberal Institutionalism ว่า ICAO สามารถช่วยรัฐสมาชิกบรรลุความร่วมมือและผลประโยชน์ร่วมกันในด้านการบินพลเรือนด้วยการทำหน้าที่วางข้อกำหนดเกี่ยวกับมาตรฐานและมาตรการด้านความปลอดภัยให้รัฐสมาชิกรับไปปฏิบัติ และจัดระบบตรวจสอบการรักษามาตรฐานของสมาชิก ความเข้มแข็งของ ICAO มาจาก สามปัจจัยสำคัญ ปัจจัยแรกมาจากการที่ ICAO เป็นกลไกเชิงสถาบันทำหน้าที่เป็นจุดประสานการกำหนดและตรวจสอบมาตรฐานความปลอดภัยของกิจการการบินพลเรือนระหว่างประเทศ ทำให้การดำเนินการของแต่ละประเทศเป็นไปอย่างสอดคล้องและมีประสิทธิภาพสม่ำเสมอกัน ปัจจัยที่สอง การปฏิบัติตามข้อกำหนดและคำวินิจฉัยของ ICAO มาจากการที่แต่ละประเทศมุ่งรักษาผลประโยชน์ของตนเอง ไม่ต้องการนำเรื่องความปลอดภัยของการบินพลเรือนไปเสี่ยงกับประเทศที่ ICAO ตรวจสอบพบว่าการดำเนินการไม่ได้มาตรฐาน และปัจจัยที่สาม มาจากข้อเสนอของ Ian Hurd เกี่ยวกับความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างความชอบธรรมขององค์การระหว่างประเทศกับการปฏิบัติตามของรัฐสมาชิก สารนิพนธ์เสนอว่า ICAO ได้รับการยอมรับจากรัฐสมาชิกเพราะกฎข้อบังคับและมาตรฐานด้านความปลอดภัย ICAO มีความน่าเชื่อถือ ได้รับการพัฒนาอย่างต่อเนื่อง และแนวทางดำเนินการตรวจสอบของ ICAO มีความชัดเจน โปร่งใส และปฏิบัติต่อทุกประเทศด้วยมาตรฐานและแบบแผนอย่างเดียวกัน กรณีศึกษาประไทยกับ ICAO สะท้อนให้เห็นถึงความสำคัญของปัจจัยทั้งสามอย่างชัดเจน ดังจะเห็นได้ว่าหลังจากไม่ผ่านการตรวจสอบและได้รับธงแดง ทางการไทยได้เร่งแก้ปัญหานี้อย่างเร่งด่วนโดยถือเป็นวาระระดับชาติเพื่อปรับปรุงระบบกำกับดูแลกิจการการบินพลเรือนของไทยให้ได้ตามมาตรฐานของ ICAO จากกรณีศึกษานี้ สารนิพนธ์มีข้อเสนอแนะให้หน่วยงานที่เกี่ยวข้องกับด้านการบินควรมีการพัฒนามาตรฐานความปลอดภัย ปรับปรุงและแก้ไขข้อกำหนดต่างๆ อีกทั้งควรมีการประชาสัมพันธ์และให้ความรู้ที่เป็นมาตรฐานเพื่อประสิทธิภาพสูงสุดในการปฏิบัติงาน

การจัดการขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ในจีน, ปภินวิช ปวินท์วรกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การเติบโตทางเศรษฐกิจอย่างก้าวกระโดดของจีนในศตวรรษที่ 21 ส่งผลให้จีนกลายเป็นผู้ปล่อยมลพิษมากที่สุดในโลก หลายประเทศมีข้อกังวลเรื่องการจัดการปัญหาสิ่งแวดล้อมของจีนและเรียกร้องให้จีนหันมาให้ความสำคัญกับปัญหาสิ่งแวดล้อมมากขึ้น หากจีนจะรักษาบทบาทในฐานะมหาอำนาจของโลกในยุคปัจจุบัน จีนจำเป็นต้องแสดงความรับผิดชอบต่อประชาคมโลกขณะที่ผลจากการพัฒนาภาคอุตสาหกรรมภายในประเทศทำให้จีนเผชิญปัญหามลพิษทางอากาศที่เลวร้ายส่งผลให้ประชาชนได้รับผลกระทบด้านสุขภาพอย่างรุนแรง ดังนั้น งานวิจัยครั้งนี้ได้ทำการศึกษาการจัดการปัญหาสิ่งแวดล้อมและการใช้มาตรการทางนโยบายสาธารณะ โดยวิเคราะห์ว่าผู้นำจีนให้ความสำคัญในการออกกฎหมายเพื่อแก้ไขปัญหาสิ่งแวดล้อมและนำไปสู่การดำเนินการของหน่วยงานที่เกี่ยวข้องอย่างไร การศึกษาครั้งนี้ จะมุ่งเน้นศึกษาการจัดการขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ในจีน โดยมีวัตถุประสงค์ ดังนี้ 1) อธิบายแนวทางการจัดการปัญหาขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ของประเทศจีน 2) วิเคราะห์กระบวนการการออกฎหมายและการบังคับใช้ในการจัดการปัญหาขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ของประเทศจีน และ 3) ประเมินผลสำเร็จของการจัดการขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ในจีนในระดับชาติและระดับท้องถิ่น ผลการศึกษาพบว่าจีนมีความพยายามในการจัดการสิ่งแวดล้อมภายในประเทศเพื่อรักษาความชอบธรรมของการปกครองระบอบคอมมิวนิสต์ที่เป็นอำนาจการผูกขาดในบริหารประเทศ จากนโยบาย Green China ของประธานาธิบดีสี จิ้นผิง โดยมีการออกกฎหมายและมาตรการในการจัดการขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ภายในประเทศ และมีการสร้างการรับรู้ให้ประชาชนตระหนักถึงปัญหาสิ่งแวดล้อม รวมทั้งมีความร่วมมือของหน่วยงานภาครัฐและเอกชนในการจัดการขยะอย่างจริงจังทำให้ปริมาณขยะภายในประเทศลดลง อย่างไรก็ตาม การดำเนินการจัดการปัญหาสิ่งแวดล้อมของจีนในต่างประเทศยังไม่มีการความร่วมมืออย่างจริงจัง และการห้ามนำเข้าขยะของจีนส่งผลให้ขยะเหล่านั้นถูกส่งมายังประเทศในอาเซียนแทนทำให้การจัดการขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ในบริบทระหว่างประเทศของจีนยังถือว่ายังไม่ประสบผลสำเร็จอย่างยั่งยืน