China: Economics Political and Social Issues

CHINA: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
ABSTRACT......Page 15
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
HISTORY OF APEC......Page 18
First APEC Ministerial Meeting (Canberra, Australia 1989)......Page 24
Second APEC Ministerial Meeting (Singapore 1990)......Page 26
Third Ministerial Meeting (Seoul, South Korea 1991)......Page 27
Fourth Ministerial Meeting (Bangkok, Thailand 1992)......Page 28
Fifth Ministerial Meeting (Seattle, Washington 1993)......Page 29
BOGOR GOALS PERIOD (1994)......Page 30
1995 APEC – Osaka, Japan Summit......Page 32
1997 APEC – Vancouver, Canada Summit......Page 33
1998 APEC – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Summit......Page 34
2000 APEC – Brunei Darussalam Summit......Page 35
2001 APEC – Shanghai, China Summit......Page 36
2002 APEC – Los Cabos, Mexico Summit......Page 37
2004 APEC – Santiago, Chile Summit......Page 39
APEC: CREDIBILITY AND REGIONALISM......Page 41
2004 ASEAN – CHINA ACCORD......Page 45
THE NEW MILLENNIUM: APEC AND CHINA......Page 48
CONCLUSION......Page 60
TRADE SUMMARY......Page 61
Trading Rights......Page 64
Import Substitution Policies......Page 65
Tariffs and other Import Charges......Page 68
Customs Valuation......Page 69
Antidumping, Countervailing Duty and Safeguard Measures......Page 70
Non-Tariff Barriers......Page 71
Import Licenses......Page 73
Taxation......Page 75
STANDARDS, TESTING, LABELING AND CERTIFICATION......Page 77
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures......Page 83
Biotechnology Regulations......Page 86
Food Labeling......Page 87
Export Licenses and Quotas......Page 88
Export Subsidies......Page 90
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) PROTECTION......Page 91
Legal Framework......Page 93
Enforcement......Page 96
SERVICES BARRIERS......Page 99
Insurance Services......Page 100
Banking Services......Page 101
Securities Services......Page 103
Financial Information Services......Page 104
Wholesaling Services and Commission Agents’ Services......Page 105
Retailing Services......Page 108
Sales Away from a Fixed Location......Page 109
Express Delivery Services......Page 110
Construction, Engineering, Architectural and Contracting Services......Page 112
Transportation and Logistics Services......Page 113
Telecommunications......Page 114
On-Line Services......Page 116
Audio-Visual Services......Page 117
Tourism and Travel Services......Page 119
Education and Training Services......Page 120
Accounting and Management Consultancy Services......Page 121
Movement of Professionals......Page 122
INVESTMENT BARRIERS......Page 123
Investment Guidelines......Page 124
Other Investment Issues......Page 126
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT......Page 127
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE......Page 129
Competition Policy Laws and Regulations......Page 130
Measures Restricting Inward Investment......Page 131
Transparency......Page 132
Legal Framework......Page 134
ABSTRACT......Page 139
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 140
2.1. FDI and Portfolio Flows in China and India......Page 142
2.2. Chinese Equity Markets......Page 146
2.3. Indian Equity Markets......Page 147
3. LITERATURE REVIEW AND COMMON HYPOTHESES......Page 148
4.1. Motivations and Empirical Methods......Page 151
4.2. Data Description......Page 152
5.1. Behavior of Portfolio Equity Flows......Page 158
5.2. Causality and Impulse Response Functions......Page 159
5.3. Additional Variables in VAR and Variance Decompositions......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 167
ABSTRACT......Page 171
INTRODUCTION......Page 172
MYTH AND SIBLING LOVE......Page 173
FATHER-SON CONFLICT......Page 176
PROBLEMATIC UPBRINGING AND PROBLEMS OF SEXUALITY......Page 180
SIBLING LOVE AND SIBLING COMPLEX......Page 183
CONCLUSION......Page 189
REFERENCES......Page 190
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF CHINESE BEHAVIOR......Page 193
CHINESE BUSINESS CULTURE......Page 194
The PRC Condition......Page 195
Confucianism......Page 196
Chinese Stratagem......Page 197
“Sun Tzu-Like Strategist”......Page 200
THE CHANGING SUCCESS AND FAILURE FACTORS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PRC......Page 201
(4) Take a People-Oriented Approach......Page 204
(7) Pad Your Price Culturally......Page 205
(11) Be Patient......Page 206
APPENDIX......Page 207
REFERENCES......Page 215
ABSTRACT......Page 217
INTRODUCTION......Page 218
Child Protection Registry (CPR)......Page 219
Case Series from Individual Organizations......Page 220
Community Surveys......Page 221
CHILD DISCIPLINE, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, AND THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE......Page 222
Corporal Punishment and Adversity......Page 223
Childhood Teachings on Filial Piety......Page 224
PATIENTS AND METHODS......Page 225
RESULTS......Page 226
The Victims......Page 232
Trends and Seasonal Variations......Page 233
The Forms and Modes of Injury......Page 234
REFERENCES......Page 235
ABSTRACT......Page 239
THEORY AND HYPOTHESES......Page 240
Participants......Page 242
Measure......Page 244
Money Profiles Using the Money Ethic Scale......Page 245
The Differences of Unethical Behavior Among Four Money Profiles......Page 246
DISCUSSION......Page 248
Money Ethics Scale (MES)......Page 249
Propensity to Engage in Unethical Behavior Scale (PEUBS)......Page 250
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 251
REFERENCES......Page 252
INTRODUCTION......Page 253
REFORMING CHINA'S RURAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS......Page 254
POLITICAL REFORMS......Page 255
ELITE POLICY CHAMPIONS AND LEGISLATION......Page 257
INNOVATIONS BY THE MASSES......Page 259
BUREAUCRATIC ENTREPRENEURS......Page 261
POLICY ADVOCATES AND POLICY ENTREPRENEURS......Page 266
CONCLUSIONS......Page 268
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW......Page 271
U.S. POLICY IMPLICATIONS......Page 273
HISTORY AND COMPOSITION OF UIGHUR MOVEMENT......Page 275
Armed Uighur Groups Alleged to Be Active in Xinjiang......Page 277
Other Extremist Groups and the Uighur Opposition......Page 279
Non-Violent Uighur Groups and Associations......Page 280
HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN XINJIANG......Page 281
SCO and the Aftermath of September 11......Page 282
1.2. Two Breakthroughs of the reform on China Technology Transfer System......Page 285
1.3. Framework of China Technology Market......Page 286
2.1. Challenges for Technology Market Rising from the Strategy of Innovation......Page 288
2.3. Analysis of Innovation Environment For Private S&T Enterprises......Page 289
3. ACCELERATE AND IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY MARKET......Page 292
INDEX......Page 295