Author: Natasha Kuhrt, KCL On 22 March, during his first visit to Russia since assuming the Chinese presidency, Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke...
Author: Trevor Wilson, ANU Australia hosted a high-level government delegation from Myanmar this week, led by President Thein Sein. Thein Sein’s ambitious program of economic and...
Author: Frederic Grare, Carnegie Endowment On 4 February, Afghan president Hamid Karzai and Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari met near London at the invitation of British...
Author: Arvind Subramanian, PIIE The list of candidates to succeed Pascal Lamy as director-general of the WTO has just been finalised. Astonishingly, not one of...
Author: Gary Hawke, NZIER The best headline among the usual profusion of journalistic reviews of New Zealand in 2012 is ‘Trivial Pursuits: The big news of...
Author: Sylvie Démurger, University of Lyon China’s rapid economic development and the government’s policy towards encouraging higher inter-regional labour mobility have led to a massive rural–urban...
Author: Eric Knight, Oxford University Chinese companies are using innovative business models to change the cost structures and capabilities involved in delivering renewable energy technology. Through...
Author: Edward J. Lincoln, GWU If there is one conclusion that economists can draw with any certainty about the future of the Japanese economy, it is...
Author: Jeffrey Choi, ANU During the recent APEC Summit in Russia, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda faced each other amidst...