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International Religious Freedom Report 2008
China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau)
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
U.S. Department of State, International Religious Freedom Report 2008 – China, September 19, 2008
The U.S. Congress mandates that the State Department prepare an annual report on religious freedom around the world.
U.S. Dep. Sec. of State John Negroponte on U.S.-Asia Ties, September 17, 2008
Remarks by Deputy Secretary Negroponte to the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
Congressional Research Service, "China's Economic Conditions," September 16, 2008
This CRS report was written by Wayne M. Morrison, specialist in Asian Trade and Finance.
David Harquist, Jeffrey Beckington, and Ariel Collis, “China's Policy of Substantially Undervaluing the Renminbi: A Challenge for the International Monetary and Trading System,” September 15, 2008
This report was made possible by a grant by the U.S. Small Business Administration and was originally posted to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission website.
Yanchun Liu, Matthew Kemper, Patrick Magrath, and Craig Glesze,“China’s Global Trade Balance Discrepancy: Hong Kong Entrepôt Effects and Roundtripping Chinese Capital,” September 12, 2008
Executive Summary
A. Purpose of this Study
Congressional Research Service, "China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Policies," Sept. 10, 2008
A background report of China's greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation policies.
U.S. Democratic and Republican Party Platforms and China, 2008
Excerpts from the official party platforms. Compiled by the USC U.S.-China Institute.
Congressional Research Service, "Comparing Global Influence: China’s and U.S. Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, Trade, and Investment in the Developing World," August 15, 2008
A report comparing the global influence of the two countries' use of soft power in the international arena.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China's Energy Policies and Their Environmental Impacts," August 13, 2008
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on August 13, 2008. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
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Featured Articles
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?