of China (PRC) as a new source of demand and growth. The central objective of this paper is to empirically assess whether …

Many argue that the yuan needs to appreciate to rebalance the People's Republic of China's trade. However, empirical … evidence on the effects of a CNY appreciation on the People's Republic of China's exports has been mixed for the largest …

have shown that China led the West in 1500, and maybe as late as 1750, then fell dramatically behind. It was the …

during China’s reform between 1988 and 2002. We find evidence of substantial sorting gains under the traditional system, but …

Between 1958 and 1961, China experienced one of its worst famines in history. Birth rates plummeted during these years …

China is the odd man out in the research on social capital and economic performance. A brief survey of recent World … Values Survey data depicts China to be a high-trust, achievement oriented society, which does not fit into popular pictures … guanxi in China, which results into their re-conceptualization as Ego-centric networking and relational collectivism, based …

In what format and under what timeframe China would take on climate commitments is of significant relevance to China … is being confronted with the threats of trade measures. It is of significant global relevance as well because when China …’s emissions peak is crucial to determine when global emissions would peak and because what China is going to do in what format has …

As an important step towards building a “harmonious society” through “scientific development”, China has incorporated … quadrupling of its GDP while cutting its energy intensity by about three quarters between 1980 and 2000, China has had limited … the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative its 2005 levels to …

China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations … paper provides some reflections on China’s stance and reactions at Copenhagen. While China’s reactions are generally well … rooted because of realities at home, some reactions could have been handled more effectively for a better image of China. The …

manufacturing sector of China and India. They first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international …