Since Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, China’s foreign policy has become increasingly proactive. China’s Communist Party chairman has taken more foreign trips than any other Chinese leader in history, embraced a cooperative tone with the United States on ...
Australia is a key player in the growing economic and political power concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region. With an economy highly dependent on trade, Australia is one of the 12 Pacific Rim countries that successfully concluded negotiations on the Trans ...
Pictures of Beijing’s skyline under “Red Alert” levels of pollution flooded the internet in late 2015. The government, in response, shut down hundreds of factories and canceled hundreds of flights – an action not at all surprising to western business lead ...
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and the Japan Economic Foundation released the findings of an independent study group of American and Japanese business, government, and academic leaders on October 3, 200 ...
Drawing upon a three-day workshop in Chicago, Thomas J. Wright, executive director of studies for The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, authored a report analyzing the implications of the 2008-2009 financial crisis for soft power and influence in East Asi ...
Executive Summary Rapid urbanization, population growth, and rising incomes in emerging economies are changing local and global food systems. Among these changes is increased demand for food in cities that is affordable and safe. As developing nations lib ...
Taiwan recently elected its first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, of the Democratic Progressive Party, after eight years under the Kuomintang or Nationalist Party. Tsai has tried to make it clear that she will not upset the status-quo, but that she will al ...
This was to be “The Chinese Century.” Lower-cost cars, textiles, and smart phones produced in China have fueled a manufacturing juggernaut that now accounts for 25 percent of global production. But the low-wage labor supply chain that propelled China’ ...
fdifirestorm_560x320.jpg Anonymous's blog In the midst of a heated presidential campaign, in which Donald Trump accuses China of “ killing ” America, the Chicago Stock Exchange decided the time was right to sell itself to a Chinese consortium. The re ...
http://www.newsy.com/videos/are-china-s-leaders-taking-smog-seriously/ Dali L. Yang March 2, 2016 NewsyGlobal Energy, Global Economy, AsiaGlobal Energy, Global EconomyAsia Dali L. Yang ...
