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2006 US State Department Report on Human Rights in Taiwan, March 6, 2007
This report describes the human rights practices by the Taiwanese government. Problems exist in the following areas: corruption by officials, violence and discrimination against women, trafficking in persons, and abuses of foreign workers.
Franke and Loeken, Losers and Winners (film), 2007
Maurizio Marinelli reviews the film for H-Asia.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: Major Internal Challenges Facing the Chinese Leadership," February 2-3, 2006
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on February 2-3, 2006. 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.
Zelin, The Merchants of Zigong: Industrial Entrepreneurship in Early Modern China, 2005
Thomas Hirzel reviews the book H-HistGeog, January 2009.
China’s Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Innovation Policy
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will hold a hearing on intellectual property rights and indigenous innovation policy in China.
Discussion with Lynette Ong, Author of Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China
Lynette Ong discusses her book which examines the bias in RCC lending patterns, focusing on why the mobilization of rural savings has contributed to successful industrial development in some locales but not in others.
Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness: Workers and Change in China
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a discussion with Manfred Elfstrom on the growing wave of labor unrest in China, the state's response, and the the long-term implications for both activists and the government.
Hong Kong Today – the Special Administrative Region at 10
USC panel discussion marks changes in Hong Kong since the creation of the Special Administrative Region in 1997.
Strikes in Vietnam and China: The Impact of the State on Workers' Struggles for Their Rights
The Institute for the Study of Social Change presents a talk with China expert Anita Chan.
Changes in the World’s Workshop: How new laws, more demanding workers, and activist trade unions are transforming the Chinese workplace
The Berkeley Center for Law, Business and Economy hosts a lecture on labor laws and worker's rights in 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?