CAPP Newsletter Archive: November 2004
November 2004 Table of Contents
Message from the Director
CAPP
in the News
New RAND Publications on Asia
CAPP
News and Events
Recommended
Resources
Message
from the Director
This issue of the newsletter focuses on China. We
announce a new publication on the U.S.-China
military-to-military relationship, which recommends
increased contacts with China, as well as articles
on the resilience of the Chinese economy and
Congressional testimony on Hong Kong's recent
elections.
—Nina Hachigian, CAPP Director
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China
Shows Advantages of Accessible Economy
Commentary by William H. Overholt
Shanghai Daily - September 27, 2004
Why has China's economy continued to grow so quickly
during the past 20 years, even as the world economy
cools down? William Overholt presents five reasons,
including China’s shift in the late 1990s to domestic-
led growth from export-driven growth and the country's
relatively open economy. But despite China's noted
economic achievements, challenges for further development
exist. Overholt discusses these challenges, starting with the
bubbles created by China’s excessive bank lending.
Clashes
in China Raise Doubts Over State Control
Murray Scot Tanner quoted
Financial Times - November 3, 2004
In an article about violent clashes between protesters and police in China, Murray Scot Tanner noted that the number of local protests had increased at a minimum rate of 9 percent a year between 1993 and 1999.
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U.S.-China
Security Management:
Assessing the Military-to-Military Relationship
By Kevin Pollpeter
Restrictions
on military-to-military relations with China
imposed in 2001 stirred a debate on the value of those
activities and their place in the overall U.S.-China relationship.
This report finds that there is value in military contacts, despite
the difficulties. The relationship with China should concentrate on
security management rather than on security cooperation.
Read the report
The
Hong Kong Legislative Election of September 12, 2004
Assessment and Implications
By William H. Overholt
Elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong were held on September 12. Asia Policy Chair William Overholt presented testimony to the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China on September 23. He discussed implications of the election for the U.S., including the evolving role of democracy and China's policies toward Hong Kong.
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CAPP News
and Events
President
of Korean Defense University Visits RAND
On October 14, RAND welcomed the President of the
National Defense University of South Korea, Lieutenant
General Young-Ki Kwon, to its Santa Monica headquarters.
Head
of New Pakistani Think Tank Visits RAND
On October 26, the RAND Center for Asia Pacific
Policy (CAPP) held a roundtable discussion with
Mr. Javed Jabbar, the head of the new Pakistani think
tank International Institute for Peace and Conflict
Resolution. The group discussed the major future
challenges facing Pakistan.
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