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Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Some Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening the Reform, November 12, 2013

November 12, 2013

Adopted at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on November 12, 2013

U.S. Congressional–Executive Commission on China, "Annual Report 2013," October 10, 2013

October 10, 2013

The Congressional-Executive Commission offers its annual report on human rights in China and current affairs in regards to rule of law.

Xi Jinping, On the maritime silk road, China-ASEAN cooperation, October 2, 2013

October 2, 2013

Xi Jinping addressed the Indonesian parliament in Jakarta and laid out his wish that China and Indonesia work together in building a Maritime Silk Road. The initiative wasn't formally named at the time, but would become 一带一路, the Belt and Road Initiative.

Xi Jinping, Speech in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Building a Silk Road Economic Belt with Central Asian Nations, September 7, 2013

Xi spoke at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan.
September 7, 2013

Xi Jinping announced China's Belt and Road Initiative though not with that name or vision. At this speech in the capital of Kazakhstan, Xi highlights the historical links between China and Central Asia. The next year he spoke in Indonesia of the maritime silk road portion of what will be known as the Belt and Road Initiative.

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, “Red Cloud Rising: Cloud Computing in China,” September 5, 2013

September 5, 2013

This report was prepared for the commission by Leigh Ann Ragland, Joseph McReynolds, Matthew Southerland,and James Mulvenon of the Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis.

Congressional Research Service, "China's Economic Rise," September 5, 2013

September 5, 2013

This CRS report was written by Wayne M. Morrison, specialist in Asian Trade and Finance.

Congressional Research Service, "China's Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues", July 22, 2013

July 22, 2013

This CRS report was written by Wayne M. Morrison (specialist in Asian Trade and Finance) and Marc Labonte (specialist in Macroeconomic Policy).

Foreign Correspondents Club of China, “Annual Working Conditions Survey,” July 11, 2013

July 11, 2013

232 FCCC correspondent members were sent surveys. 98 responded.

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