Asia Centre

DOMESTIC POLITICS 1. The Shenzhen White Paper: another attempt at transparency? 2. Legislating on political transparency 3. China embarks on "building A New Socialist Countryside" 4. Teaching at the Central Party School: How to become a Red capitalist? THE ECONOMY 5. The 11^th Five Year Plan as seen by Ma Kai 6. Is China running out of workers? 7. Competition VS Monopoly 8. The Chinese export model reconsidered SOCIAL ISSUES 9. China's urbanization: avoiding the Latin American "trap" 10. Regional distribution:  equity or merit? 11. The Family Planning Bureau kidnaps unregistered orphans: the case of Gaoping FOREIGN POLICY 12. The US goes from strategic ambiguity to "dual clarity" in the Taiwan Straits 13. China and Russia: A partnership of convenience STRATEGIC AFFAIRS 14. Surprisingly sanguine FROM & ABOUT TAIWAN 15. Taiwan: will the CCP be tolerant to Ma Ying-jiu? 16. The DPP in Crisis