Category Archives: China and foreign relations

North Korean complaints get a Chinese book banned

Posted on 2008-09-11 by Joel Martinsen

Author Ye Yonglie has a hard time visiting North Korea and a harder time publishing a book about his trip. Then the book is banned to preserve international harmony for the Olympics.

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China, Obama and McCain

Posted on 2008-06-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The US elections and China: candidates’ foreign policy advisers and Chinese opinion of Obama.

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American paranoia or prudence: Why block Chinese direct investment?

Posted on 2008-06-20 by Lydia

The surge of investment developing countries are pouring into more developed economies is a phenomenon that is receiving increasing attention.

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Danwei FM: Technology policy in Asia

Posted on 2008-01-04 by Robert Ness

Interview with David Wolf, CEO of Wolf Group Asia, on China’s technology policy.

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Australia to get Mandarin speaking prime minister?

Posted on 2007-09-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Fergus Ryan writes about Kevin Rudd (陆克文) and his use of Mandarin.

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Sex and drugs and rock ‘n roll in Sudan

Posted on 2007-09-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Sudanese Thinker writes on China’s presence in the Sudan.

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WTO suit brews; China establishes patent centers

Posted on 2007-09-07 by maya

As a non-adversarial approach to IPR enforcement that transforms the Chinese from “bad guys” into stakeholders, these in-house patent resource centers seem promising.

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The soft power of parody

Posted on 2007-08-22 by Joel Martinsen

An essay by Tang Yu (唐虞) in the Ta Kung Pao (大公报) on how historical revisionism harms a country’s soft power.

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US vs. China: pointless IPR-related WTO suit drags on

Posted on 2007-08-21 by maya

IPR at the WTO from China Business Times (中华工商时报).

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China, US getting nowhere fast in the WTO

Posted on 2007-07-12 by maya

China “strikes hard” against counterfeits No news isn’t good news when it comes to the two IPR-related WTO cases that the US filed against China on April 11. According to WTO procedures, the parties were to have had 60 days … Continue reading →

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