China Analysis (2009)
Chinese sexual norms, a fear of authority among problems in UK anti-human trafficking efforts
Nov 5, 2009
Chinese sexual norms and a fear of authority figures are among factors preventing Chinese victims of human trafficking in the UK from having their needs identified and protected, according to this study by Jackie SHEEHAN, Associate Professor at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at The University of Nottingham. Dr. Sheehan regularly serves as an expert witness in asylum cases involving Chinese nationals in the UK.
Historical review shows consistent benefits of global interaction to China's economy
Oct 21, 2009
Interaction with global markets has consistently contributed to the growth and commercialization of China's economy and to domestic prosperity, according to this review of China's links to the global economy since 1500 by Professor Thomas G. RAWSKI of the University of Pittsburg.
China’s development success rests on unique factors, paper says
Oct 15, 2009
China’s economic success rests on unique elements, offering limited lessons to other economies wanting to catch up on income growth, according to this discussion paper contributed by Thomas G. RAWSKI, Professor of Economics and History at the University of Pittsburgh.
Internet poses difficulties, but also opportunities for Chinese state, scholar says
Oct 1, 2009
Navigating cyberspace has its difficulties for the Chinese authorities, but there are opportunities too, according to Yiyi LU, Research Fellow at the China Policy Institute, in this commentary first published in the Chatham House magazine The World Today.
China marks 60th anniversary amid critical challenges, scholar says
Sept 30, 2009
China marks 60 years of economic and social achievements amid key challenges of widening inequality, corruption and environmental degradation, according to this policy paper by Professor Shujie YAO, Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at The University of Nottingham.
China on track for semi-democracy by 2020 and full democracy by 2049, scholar says
Sept 14, 2009
China will become a semi-democracy around 2020, as the government withdraws its control over non-governmental organizations, introduces democracy inside the ruling Communist Party and frees up and expands elections at the local level, and a full democracy by 2040-50, in time for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, according to Zhengxu WANG, Senior Research Fellow at the China Policy Institute.
Scholars debate China’s economic and social contradictions ahead of 60th anniversary at Nottingham forum
Sept 11, 2009
Leading China scholars from around the world gathered at The University of Nottingham this week to reflect on the “seemingly irreconcilable” images of China – its economic success and gaping social disparities under a communist one-party system – and to debate the country’s future ahead of the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China next month.
Establishment of rule of law in China will take “long long time,” Chinese official says at scholarly gathering
Sept 9, 2009
Establishing the rule of law in China will take a “long long time,” Professor YU Keping, deputy director of the Central Translation Bureau, told a forum at The University of Nottingham.
China faces some “very severe” challenges as it looks to the future ahead of its 60th anniversary
Sept 9, 2009
China faces some “very severe” challenges as it looks to the future ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic, a Chinese official told a forum at The University of Nottingham.
Chinese colonial rule concept may help explain Xinjiang tensions, scholar says
Sept 7, 2009
To understand how this summer’s unrest developed in Urumqi and other parts of the Xinjiang, what interests are in play, and why it is proving so difficult for local and national authorities to deal with, the concept of Chinese colonial rule over Xinjiang is one with considerable explanatory power, writes Jackie SHEEHAN, Associate Professor at the School of Contemporary Studies, in this commentary.
NGOs and government in China can create "win-win" outcomes through interaction, case study shows
Sept 2, 2009
Through interaction, both civil society practitioners and the government in China can create "win-win" outcomes, as shown by this case study of Beijing-based Shining Stone Community Action (SSCA) by Andreas FULDA, a lecturer at The University of Nottingham, LI Yanyan of Komazawa University and SONG Qinghua, founder of SSCA.
West has to brace itself for more direct, tougher competition from China
Sept 2, 2009
While the People's Republic of China celebrates its 60th birthday, the west has to prepare itself for more direct and tougher competition from this awakening giant, Professor Shujie YAO, Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, writes in this commentary for the China-Britain Business Council magazine.
Study shows China's largest firms embrace CSR, Chinese style
Jul 28, 2009
Whilst some of China’s most internationalized business groups appear to have embraced the idea of corporate social responsibility, they appear to have done so in a specifically Chinese fashion, according to this discussion paper by Dylan SUTHERLAND and Glen WHELAN at The University of Nottingham.
China should consider softer measures to tackle extremism, separatism and terrorism, paper says
Jul 27, 2009
As China seeks to counter extremism, separatism and terrorism, its leaders should note the limits of using hard measures to suppress unrests or crack down on activists. Softer measures should also be considered, according to this policy paper by Hak Yin LI and Zhengxu WANG at the China Policy Institute.
Sound political, social and economic policies may provide solution to Xinjiang's ethnic tension, scholar says
Jul 27, 2009
While political, social and economic realities have led to the conflict between Uighurs and Hans in China's Xinjiang region, sound policies in these areas can also provide a solution, Yiyi LU, Research Fellow at the China Policy Institute, writes in this commentary for the Common Ground News Service (CGNews).
China's goal of higher living standards in 2020 predicted to double energy demand, study says
Jul 20, 2009
China's energy demand may double as it aims to realise a "well-off society" by 2020, raising its CO2 emissions to 6.7 billion tons, according to a discussion paper by XING Lu, ZOU Ji and SHI Lei. This paper won the 2nd prize, as well as the Excellent Paper Prize, in the 1st PhD Forum of Chinese Students Scholars Association-UK sponsored by the Confucius Institute, part of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at The University of Nottingham.
Cultural differences, lack of skills among challenges to China's international communication
Jul 15, 2009
While China’s decision-makers are starting to value the importance of international communication, they may be hampered by political and institutional constraints, differences in cultural and media traditions, and insufficient communication knowledge and skills, according to a policy paper by Yiyi LU, a research fellow at the China Policy Institute.
Chinalco-Rio's failed deal heralds only the start of Chinese firms' global aspirations
Jul 9, 2009
While the Chinalco-Rio Tinto deal may have failed, it represents only the beginning of Chinese state-owned firms' aspirations to catch up with their global counterparts, according to Shujie YAO and Dylan SUTHERLAND at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Nottingham.
Students in China take up adult higher education mainly for better job prospects, study says
Jul 7, 2009
The primary goal of participants in adult higher education in China was to gain material benefit in the form of higher incomes and better promotion prospects, according to the study by Naixia WANG of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies and Professor W. John MORGAN of the School of Education at The University of Nottingham.
China may reduce US anti-dumping charges by raising export quality and through export taxes
Jul 2, 2009
Chinese exporters may face fewer anti-dumping charges from the US by increasing the quality and added value of their goods, according to a visiting scholar at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies (SCCS). SHEN Guobing of Fudan University also proposed imposing export taxes on resource- and pollution-intensive firms as a way to reduce China’s trade imbalance with the US.
It remains to be seen whether history will repeat itself
Jun 22, 2009
A rush in investment without good economic rationale and proper planning and management may mean wasted resources, writes Hongyi LAI, a lecturer at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, in this commentary first published in the current Winter 2009 issue of The International Economy, a specialized quarterly magazine based in Washington, D.C.
China's high corporate savings main cause of low domestic consumption
Jun 16, 2009
Large increases in corporate savings are the main cause of China’s low domestic consumption rather than household savings, top Chinese economist FAN Gang told an All-Party Parliamentary China Group conference organised by the China Policy Institute.
Nottingham professor predicts China outward investment to rise 50% in 2009
Jun 15, 2009
China’s outward direct investment may increase 50 percent this year as Chinese companies continue to expand overseas, Shujie YAO, a professor at The University of Nottingham, told an All-Party Parliamentary China Group conference in London.
China’s view of responsibilities differs from global expectations
Jun 15, 2009
There is an “appreciable gap” between China’s view of its responsibility and the expectations of the broader international community, Yongjin ZHANG, a professor at the University of Bristol said at a London conference organised by the China Policy Institute last week.*
China to continue with high growth for 10-20 years, top official tells APPCG conference organised by CPI
Jun 12, 2009
China will be able to continue with fast economic growth for the next 10-20 years because it has only gone half way towards its goals of industrialisation and urbanisation and will remain a low-wage economy, according to FAN Gang, a top Chinese economist at an All-Party Parliamentary China Group conference in London organised by the CPI.
China sees preliminary success from economic measures, top official tells APPCG conference
Jun 10, 2009
China is seeing “preliminary successes” from action taken to deal with the financial crisis, ZHANG Xiaoqiang, vice-chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, told an All-Party Parliamentary China Group conference in London yesterday, adding that the country’s trend of economic decline has been arrested.
Chinese NGOs-State relations described as “dependent autonomy” by CPI scholar
Jun 4, 2009
Chinese NGOs are heavily dependent on the state for bureaucratically-allocated resources and political protection, yet they enjoy a significant amount of de facto autonomy, writes China Policy Institute Research Fellow Yiyi LU in an article for the Dutch journal, Development Issues. She describes their relationship with the state as “dependent autonomy.”
UK Foreign Secretary sees China as “indispensable power,” UK major newspaper says
May 28, 2009
China is becoming “an indispensable power” in the 21st century, said UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, predicting that China would become of the “two powers that count” along with the US over the next few decades in an interview given to a leading British newspaper published this month.
China’s “revive the northeast” plan may test leaders’ governance strategy, paper says
May 26, 2009
The outcome of a revival plan in China’s northeast region, dubbed the “cradle of China’s industry, will test the ability of the Hu Jintao-Wen Jiabao leadership to reduce income disparities and keep social stability, according to a newly-published paper by three scholars from The University of Nottingham, Seoul National University and Hanshin University.
Subject, class rank have little effect on starting graduate wages in China, study says
May 13, 2009
Subjects taken at university and class rank do not really matter when it comes to getting a high-paying job after graduation, according to a newly-published paper in the International Journal of Educational Development by researchers from Tsinghua University, Peking University and The University of Nottingham.
Chinese workers in Italy face barriers to local healthcare access, scholars say
May 12, 2009
Chinese workers in Italy face difficulties in accessing the local healthcare service because of language barriers, long working hours and the attitudes of Chinese employers, which force them to consult unlicensed Chinese clinics, according to a discussion paper by Bin WU of The University of Nottingham and Valter ZANIN of the University of Padova.
Sichuan Earthquake gives Chinese media room to bargain for greater autonomy
May 7, 2009
The 2008 Sichuan Earthquake has given the Chinese media room to negotiate for greater autonomy from the State as the the ruling Communist Party increasingly recognises the media's role in building its image and public trust, according to this discussion paper by Xiaoling ZHANG, a lecturer at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Nottingham.
Hong Kong's 2008 Elections reshape politics with splits in pro-democracy camp
Apr 1, 2009
The 2008 Legislative Council Elections in Hong Kong have reshaped the city's politics with splits seen within the pro-democracy camp while the pro-Beijing side consolidates under the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), according to Hak Yin LI and Zhengxu WANG at The University of Nottingham.
Private sector in China seen to expand and play bigger role in China, paper says
Mar 23, 2009
Private enterprises in China are expected to keep expanding and play a bigger economic role while improving corporate governance and industrial structures, according to Hongliang ZHENG at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Yang YANG at the Renmin University of China.
China must undertake institutional reforms to achieve objectives of 4-tln-yuan stimulus
Mar 19, 2009
China has to undertake serious institutional reforms such as in healthcare and social security, and continue to privatise state firms, so as to increase capital efficiency and achieve the intended benefits of its 4 trillion-yuan stimulus package, according to this policy paper by Yanrui WU at the University of Western Australia Business School, and Zhengxu WANG and Dan LUO at The University of Nottingham.
China may see better results by spending more of 4-tln-yuan plan on social welfare reform
Mar 19, 2009
China's 4 trillion yuan stimulus package may yield greater results if more of the funds were used to enhance social security so that people may save less and boost domestic consumption, according to this policy paper by Yongnian ZHENG and Minjia CHEN at the China Policy Institute.
WTO agreement may improve China's public procurement legal framework, scholar says
Mar 12, 2009
China's accession to the WTO Agreement on Public Procurement (GPA) may improve China's public procurement legal framework and help it fight corruption -- long-term benefits that may outweigh immediate uncertainties, according to Ping Wang, a law lecturer at The University of Nottingham.
China and the US should work together at G20 to stabilize global economic system, scholar says
Feb 26, 2009
China and the United States should work together at the April G20 meeting in London to coordinate measures to stimulate the global economy, fight economic nationalism and bring about the harmonization of regulation governing financial institutions, according to Wing Thye WOO, a leading economist and China scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
China may overtake Japan to become world’s No. 2 economy as early as this year
Feb 19, 2009
China may overtake Japan to become the world’s second largest economy in 2009, or latest by 2010, in nominal dollars, as it continues to grow at a fast, albeit subdued rate, in current financial crisis, according to Shujie YAO and Minjia CHEN at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies of The University of Nottingham.
China-UK study to inform sustainable flood risk management policy and decision-making
Feb 17, 2009
Findings from a China-UK study will inform sustainable flood risk management and decision-making in China's Taihu Basin, according to this paper by Gemma HARVEY, Edward EVANS and Colin THORNE from The University of Nottingham, UK, and Xiaotao CHENG from the Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research in Beijing.
China's tertiary education reforms carry implications for China and world, scholars say
Feb 10, 2009
China is probably the first low-income country to carry out major tertiary education reforms as part of its development strategy, which pose implications for China, the world economy and the global education system, according to Yao LI and John WHALLEY at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and Shunming ZHANG and Xiliang ZHAO at Xiamen University in China.
Intellectuals' debate underlies China's changing concept of role in international relations
Jan 26, 2009
Chinese intellectuals have tried to create China’s own visions, concepts, motivations and trajectory, in a debate underlying China's view of its place in international relations, prompting the removal of the "peaceful-rise" concept from official propaganda, according to this study by Dominik MIERZEJEWSKI at the University of Lodz.
Eonomic downturn puts Communist Party's governing ability to the test, scholar says
Jan 21, 2009
The economic downturn itself will not necessarily lead to more social unrest but the failure to improve poor governance will, putting the governing ability of China's ruling Communist Party to the test. While the state appears to be moving towards a more enlightened regime for dealing with protests, it is not yet clear how far it is prepared to go, according to Yiyi LU in a commentary first published by Chatham House's monthly magazine The World Today.
China will focus on economy while balancing political demands in 2009
Jan 21, 2009
China will focus on keeping the economy growing at more than 8 percent in 2009 through major infrastructure works and easing its monetary policy, while balancing increasing pressure from within and abroad to expand civil rights and political freedom, according to this political review by the China Policy Institute in Nottingham and the East Asian Institute in Singapore.
China and West should shift focus to collaboration in low carbon technologies to tackle climate change
Jan 14, 2009
The focus of the debate between China and the West on tackling climate change should move from the narrow, national calculation of "who pays?" to the construction of platforms for international collaboration in low carbon innovation, according to this study by David TYFIELD and James WILSDON of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Lancaster University.
Social policy plays critical role in China's sustainable development
Jan 6, 2009
This paper argues that the most powerful force driving China’s rapid transformation is its openness. Openness introduces new elements into society that leads to a state of disequilibrium. Social policy has an important role to play in achieving a new equilibrium that allows for sustainable development, according to China Policy Institute Head of Research Yongnian ZHENG.
