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Abstract: In the wake of Hu Jintao’s public call in 2007 to enhance China’s soft power, the Chinese government launched a range of initiatives such as internationalising its media platforms, setting up Confucius Institutes abroad, hosting summits and mega-events, and establishing its own cultural industry. 1 However, as pointed out several times by Joseph Nye who popularised the term “soft power”, China’s soft power investments seem to be largely ineffective. 2 When a new comprehensive soft power index of 30 countries was introduced in 2015, it ranked China last in terms ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: With an increasing number of individuals crossing borders and living and working in multiple states, questions regarding nationality legislation, as well as legal frameworks to promote the social and political inclusion of migrants in general, come into focus. To accommodate such trends, states are increasingly allowing dual or multiple nationalities among their populations. 1 Nationality is typically described as the legal bond between an individual and the state that defines a person as a member of that state 2 and which implies certain political ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: In contrast with the jury’s prominent role in common law systems, the utilisation of lay judges is another popular form of civil participation in judicial systems. With a strong tradition in Europe,1 lay judge practice has been adopted by non-European nations such as China and recently, Japan.2 Lay judges differ from jurors in significant aspects.3 For instance, they often join professional judges in a mixed tribunal instead of functioning independently; they share the same responsibilities and possess the same power as judges, handle both conviction and sentencing, and rule on both issues of fact and laws. A constant theme of the lay judge literature is the question of lay judges’ competency in reaching ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: The rapid development and social transformation in China over the past several decades have diversified social interests, led to massive population mobility and created many social conflicts, making it increasingly difficult for public authorities, particularly those at local levels, to address these social problems. As a result, “collaborative governance” (xietong zhili) becomes a necessary and desirable choice for the government to improve its social governance performance. In general terms, collaborative governance refers to “a governing arrangement where one or more public agencies directly engage non-state stakeholders in a collective decision-making process that is formal, consensus-oriented, and deliberative ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: China’s economy grew by 10 per cent annually in the 1978–2007 period, with productivity contributing significantly to this expansion. Productivity improvements within sectors as well as gains from the reallocation of resources between sectors—from agriculture to more productive modern industry and services—and between ownership groups—from inefficient state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to dynamic private firms—were especially important. However, China has experienced a marked deceleration in growth since the 2007–08 global financial crisis, to 6.0% in 2019. This study examines the characteristics of China’s productivity growth slowdown ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: Foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade are major parts of the field of foreign economic relations. Identifying the relationships of these economic activities between countries so that appropriate policies can be recommended and implemented is an important task for countries to achieve high-level and sustainable international economic cooperation. For China, FDI and international trade are conducted in close association with the process of opening up the economy. The Chinese government commits its continuing efforts to reforming the economy with a view to deeper regional and world economic integration.With the official launch of the ASEAN–China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) and the progress of China’s ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: Public diplomacy, a relatively young concept and field of study, 1 has become an essential topic for both practitioners of foreign policy and scholars of international relations/world politics. 2 Despite the increasing popularity of public diplomacy as a multidisciplinary field of study, its definition is not uniform. This article joins the robust debate on “what is and is not” public diplomacy by studying the case of China. In its transition from an isolated authoritarian regime to an engaged global stakeholder, China has devoted significant ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: Isabella M. Weber’s book How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate, published in 2021, is an insightful book that analyses the rich intellectual debates in the 1980s in China that, in Weber’s assessment, prevented China from embracing “shock therapy”, helped China avoid the economic disaster that has befallen post-transition Russia, and laid the foundation for China’s meteoric economic rise. Weber argues that post-1978 China “escaped shock therapy” because a group of “good” reformers (“dual-track reformers”), who learned from the policy mistakes of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the run-up to the post-communist transition ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: As a research institute based in Singapore, the EAI monitors developments in relations and interactions between China and the individual countries of Southeast Asia as well as the ASEAN grouping as a whole. This material is presented in the form of (i) a chronology of events and (ii) important documents.—the EditorsThis chronology of events in ASEAN–China relations was sourced mainly from the ASEAN Secretariat website < https://asean.org>; The Straits Times; Bangkok Post; Bernama (Barisan National News Agency); Comparative Connections: An E-Journal of East Asian Bilateral Relations <https://cc.pacforum.org>; the Chinese ... Read More PubDate: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
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