With China becoming a far more effective player in the United Nations, this paper describes how China conducts itself in New York and the positions it takes on issues such as peacekeeping, Iran and North Korea. The author, Michael Fullilove lays out these approaches on what he calls a ‘stakeholder spectrum’. China is not yet...

It is unwise to make assumptions about the liberating potential of the Internet in China or in other repressive regimes, argues this discussion paper. In late January 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – who two months before had stood at the Berlin Gate with other world leaders to celebrate the the 20th anniversary of...

This week marks the second anniversary of Ma Ying-jeou’s victory in the 2008 Taiwanese presidential election. In the period since Ma’s inauguration relations between Taiwan and China have improved markedly. There are clear signs that the two parties are taking small but vital steps towards a sustained peace. This Policy Analysis considers these steps and...

This paper develops a model to estimate the value of returning to a university degree and the causal effect of a university education on earnings in China. Estimating the rate of return to a university degree has always been difficult due to the problem of omitted variable biases. Benefiting from a special feature of the...

China's environmental problems are now at the forefront of domestic and international concern. Dr Katherine Morton examines the potential for China's system of environmental governance to respond effectively to the crises, both within and beyond territorial boundaries.