简介:CAFIUDelegation'sVisittotheUnitedStatesWangLipeiAttheinvitationoftheAmericanForeignPolicyCouncil(AFPC),aCAFIUdelegation,heade...
简介:AsharpecohomicslidebeganinU.S.economysincethesecondhalfoflastyearafterasustainedrobustgrowthlastingclosetoadecade.ThreesuccessiveFederalReserveBoard’s(FRB)interestratecutsamountingto1.5percentagepointshavethusfarfailedtocheckthedownturn.Thesituationismoregravethanexpectedwiththebottom-outnotyetinsight.Therecoveryperiodmaybealongdrawn-outaffair,yetatraditionaldepressionmaybeavoidable,nottosayarepeatofenduringrecessioninJapanesestyle.
简介:Therighttosocialsecurityisthebasicrightofcitizensofacountry.TheInternationalCovenantonEconomic,SocialandCulturalRights,whichcameintoeffectforChinaonJune27,2001,stipulatesinitsArticle9that"theStatesPartiestothepresentCovenantrecognizetherightofeveryonetosocialsecurity,includingsocialinsurance."ItalsosaysinitsArticle2(1)that"eachStatePartytothepresentCovenantundertakestotakesteps,individuallyandthroughinternationalassistanceandco-operation,especiallyeconomic
简介:AnacademicforumwasheldonMarch22,2005onwomen’slaborrightsandinterests.Participatingweresome30expertsfromChinaSocietyforHumanRightsStudies,All-ChinaWomen’sFederation,All-ChinaFederationofTradeUnions,aswellasRenminUniversityofChinaandotherprestigiousinstitutionsofhigherlearning.JointlysponsoredbytheLaborandSocialSecurityBranchofBeijingLawSociety(BLS)andChineseWomen’sCollege(CWC),theforumreviewedthe
简介:Onthebrightly-lit,intenselywatchedworldstage,creatingapositiveinternationalimageinvolvesadvancing'Chinesestories'inthebestmannerpossibleandgivingChineseviewsonthe'stories'thatcropup.China'sinternationalimagerequirespreciselanguage,clearexpression,and,aboveall,thebest'stories'toldwell.
简介:TheIraqwaristhebiggestexperimentalsiteofBushismandthesuccessorfailureofthewartherehasadirectbearingonthespreadofBushismasastrategicmodel.HenceitisnecessarytomakeasystematicassessmentofAmerica'ssituationinIraq.ThecurrentsituationshowsthattheUnitedhasgotintoanunprecedentedstrategichaziness.Inthesecurityfield,U.S.forceshavedispatchedlargenumberoftroopstocarryoutsuppressionandwonfrequentvictories,buttheyaresufferingstrongerresistances.Intherealmofpoliticalreconstruction,thedemocraticprocessinIraqisnowunderinaccordancewiththeprescribedorder,butreligiouscontradictionsareontherise,andpoliticalstructuresbecomemorefragile.Overeconomicreconstruction,theUnitedStateshaskeptincreasinginputandatthesametimeappealedtotheinternationalcommunityformoreassistance.EventhoughIraqisfacedwithdifficultiesinthereconstruction.Therefore,thereisawideningdisagreementinAmericaover"whethertheU.S.iswinningorlosingthewarinIraq."①BasedonthemajorviewsofexpertsandscholarsfrombothChinaandoverseas,theauthorthinksthatthefollowingthreecriteriaareimportantforjudgingwhethertheUnitedStateshassucceededorfailedinpursuingitsstrategyinIraq:thefeasibilityofstrategicobjectives,balanceofobjectivesandmeansandadaptabilityofstrategicmeans.Judgedbytheabove-mentionedcriteria,theUnitedStatesisnowlandinginastrategicpredicamentinIraq.
简介:OnDecember10,2004,Japan'sSecurityCouncil(alsocalledDefenseCouncilbefore1986,whichiscomposedofPrimeMinisterandseveralimportantCabinetmembers)andCabinetapprovedandpublishedanewNationalDefenseProgramGuideline("DefenseGuideline"inshort),whichelaboratednotonlyJapan'sdefenseforceconstructionobjectivesanditsdetaileddevelopmentprograminthecoming10years,butalsogreatchangesinitsbasicdefenseprinciples,conceptofsecuritythreats,securityobjectivesandtheircorrespondingmeasure.
简介:China'sAnti-JapaneseWarWORLDWARⅡ,whichendedhalfacenturyagoinacrushingdefeatforthefascistpowers,wasalife-and-deathstrugglebetw...
简介:NationalismthreatenstoimbuemodernJapanwitharationaleforincreasedmilitarism.Post-warnationalismwasareasonJapanhadlaunchedwarabroad,butthereinvigorationofJapanesenationalismisburgeoningundertwo-termPrimeMinisterShinzoAbe.Hissenseofnationalism,whichhasdomesticandinternationalrepercussions,hasdevelopedundertheinfluenceofhisfamilypoliticalgenes.Abe'snationalismisbeingcarriedoutininternalandexternalpolicies,withincreasinglynegativeimpactondomesticandregionalorder.Theinternationalcommunityshouldremainvigilantofhisright-wingpolitics.
简介:TheglobalorderwassetinplacefollowingtheendoftheSecondWorldWarbyaconsortiumofwesterncountriesheadedbytheU.S..Sincethen,themajorwesterncountrieshavestrivedtomaintaintheirlongdominanceinglobalpoliticsandeconomics.Withtheriseofnationalistmovements,formercoloniesgainedtheirindependence,andmanydevelopingcountriesjoinedtheUN.Inrecentyears,theeconomiesofthe
简介:ChinesedevelopmentassistanceistotallydifferentinnatureincomparisonwiththeaidofferedbytheUnitedStatesandJapan.TheU.S.seesitsaidasaformof'mercy'toless-developedcountriesandgivesitwithnumerousconditionsattached.Japanseemstomainlyuseittopursuecommercialinterests.Bycontrast,Chineseaidis,inessence,cooperationandmutualsupportbetweendevelopingcountries.ThisfundamentaldifferencehelpstoexplainwhyBeijing'saidissodifferentfromthatoftheWesterndonors.