I am attending a conference in Chicago on global branding that aims to marry best practices from both countries. It is difficult to pull this off because the location always dilutes the efficacy of …

Another year, another plan by China’s propaganda divisions to build giant media empires that it feels will help better position the country in the global media marketplace.  After the Olympic torch relay debacle last year, …

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In a wide ranging discussion, we hit on a number of points in this podcast.
Looking across key topics of industrial pollution, energy production, and material consumption, Michael finds reasons to be optimistic because of the …

2000年江泽民对以色列的历史性访问已经过去了近十年,今天中国正锲而不舍地在相互矛盾甚至冲突的需求之间寻求平衡。2000年4月江对以色列的访问表明北京方面不再认为对以的意识形态对抗符合其利益.但同时,
它又无法疏离自己数十年来长期支持的亚西尔·阿拉法特及全心全意力挺的巴勒斯坦解放组织.别忘了中国是反对促成以色列建国的1948年分治决议的国家之一,并直到1992年才开始与特拉维夫建交.所以,在评价中国当前的中东政策时,必须牢记的一个绝对关键是北京认可这个犹太国家的时间还不到二十年.
因此中国政府从根植于革命意识到基于务实政治的政策调整必然经历了一个走势急剧的学习曲线. 今天,中国中东政策的中心目标可用一个词来概括:平衡.

The China Energy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently concluded that the positive impact of recent conservation policies will be negated by the modernization of the Chinese household.
I find it interesting that we commonly …

This Thursday’s podcast will present points of view on China’s prospects for a clean and green future. There are many points of view on this topic, and we will cover these, but also attempt …

The BBC/Public Radio International program “The World” just wrapped up a five part series on innovation in China that dovetails nicely with the blog post/podcast that we filed earlier this week on CTP.  Correspondent Mary …

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Almost 10 years after Jiang Zemin’s historic visit to Israel in 2000, China is working overtime to balance its Mideast policy among several competing, often conflicting, demands.  With the April 2000 Jiang visit …