China
Productivity in China: Past success and future challenges
The present paper discusses total factor productivity (TFP) in China including its past success the current slowdown and the potential for future growth. It begins by documenting the development of TFP growth over the past three and a half decades its driving forces and its contribution to the economic growth of the country. It then analyses the reasons for the current slowdown of TFP and economic growth addresses the institutional imperfections that hinder growth and explains the government policies and strategies aimed at fostering TFP. Next it explores the potential for TFP growth from the perspective of institutional reform investment in research and development and human capital. The paper concludes that although the resources of the past successful TFP have decreased or diminished further institutional reform increasing investment in research and development and human capital and strategies promoting indigenous innovation will become new engines for future TFP growth in China. As the country’s TFP is still at a low level compared with advanced economies there is large scope for China to maintain relatively high TFP growth although uncertainty and risk are associated with this process.
The economic relations of China and India with Pakistan: a comparative analysis
En Chine, des contenus à la carte sur Himalaya FM
Ancien animateur radio de la province de Jilin (Chine) Shi Zhan s'est reconverti dans les médias audio en ligne. Il pratique aujourd'hui une nouvelle forme de récit sonore. Depuis 2014 il raconte de manière créative et vivante l'histoire des anciennes dynasties chinoises sur une chaîne nationale basée à Shanghai Himalaya FM le réseau audio le plus populaire de Chine.
Himalaya FM en China: La radio a la carta
Tras haber trabajado de locutor profesional de radio en la provincia de Jilin (China) Shi Zhan evolucionó hasta convertirse en presentador en las nuevas emisoras en línea y hoy practica una nueva forma de relato sonoro. Desde 2014 narra de manera vívida y creativa la historia de las antiguas dinastías chinas a través de Himalaya FM una plataforma con sede en Shanghai que cuenta con la red de audio más amplia y popular de China.
China strengthens the judiciary not the rule of law
The fourth plenum of the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee ended on 24 October 2014. For the first time in the history of China this important party session was devoted to the rule of law. Considering that the country is ruled according to the one-party system without separation of powers the event has led many to hope that time has come for China to initiate her path toward constitutionalism and democracy.
China: A mobile laboratory to explore the ocean floor
China’s RV Zhong Shan Da Xue is a gigantic state-of-the-art floating laboratory that will help scientists discover the deep seas. One of its first missions is to study a whale fall that was recently discovered.
How China’s first ‘silk road’ slowly came to life – on the water
Few images are more enduring in the historical imagination than a train of two-humped Bactrian camels plodding across desert sands from west to east or vice versa across the vast open spaces of Eurasia. Now that China is edging towards a modern incarnation of the ‘Silk Road’ it is worth remembering how this emblem of the ancient world actually came into being.
Las múltiples vidas de la “generación slasher” en China
Urbanitas instruidos y compenetrados con las tecnologías digitales los jóvenes de la “generación slasher” no vacilan a diferencia de sus mayores en multiplicar sus actividades y se inician a través de las redes sociales en prácticas tan diversas como el estilismo el hip-hop o la pintura.
Китай: передвижная лаборатория для исследования морского дна
Научно-исследовательское судно «Чжуншань Дасюэ» — огромная плавучая высокотехнологичная лаборатория по исследованию морских глубин. Одной из главных задач этого гиганта станет изучение останков кита которые недавно были обнаружены в Южно-Китайском море.
China: The many lives of the slash generation
Juggling jobs comes naturally to these city dwellers who are educated well-travelled and at ease with digital technologies. Slashers unlike earlier generations do not hesitate to try their hand at different professions and careers – all at the same time. Following their dreams these young people are quick to acquire new skills – whether it is painting murals or playing ancient instruments hip-hop dancing or creating fashion – and share them via social media.
China: un laboratorio móvil para explorar los fondos marinos
El RV Zhong Shan Da Xue es un gigantesco laboratorio flotante de alta tecnología para la exploración de las profundidades marinas. Una de las primeras misiones de este gigante de los mares será estudiar los restos recientemente descubiertos de una ballena.
في الصين، الحيوات المتعدّدة لجيل السلاشرز
خلافا لمن يكبرونهم سنّا، لا يتردّد السلاشرز، وهم من ساكني المدن المتعلمين والمتعودين على التكنولوجيات الرقمية، في مضاعفة تجاربهم المهنية والانسياق وراء رغباتهم سواء بتعلم تصميم الأزياء أو موسيقى الهيب هوب أو الرسم على الشبكات الاجتماعية.
Chine : un laboratoire mobile pour explorer les fonds marins
Le RV Zhong Shan Da Xue est un gigantesque laboratoire high-tech flottant destiné à l’exploration des profondeurs marines. L’une des premières missions de ce géant des mers consistera à étudier une carcasse de baleine récemment découverte.
Latin America and China: mutual benefit or dependency?
This article seeks to contribute to the debate on China-Latin America relations. It considers whether the trade relations that exist between China and the region are mutually beneficial or instead reinforce Latin America’s dependency on the international scenario. The effects of Chinese growth on a group of Latin American countries are analysed using the computable general equilibrium model of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). Chinese growth was simulated through an expansion of the Chinese capital stock thus mirroring the trend observed in recent decades. The results suggest a return to the commodity export model and a reduction in industrial activity in the Latin American countries analysed particularly in the high-tech sectors. Nonetheless well-being in Latin America also increased mainly owing to improvements in the terms of trade (resulting from the commodity price boom).
América Latina y China: ¿beneficio mutuo o dependencia?
Este artículo busca contribuir al debate sobre las relaciones entre China y América Latina. Se plantea si las relaciones comerciales entre ese país y la región son mutuamente beneficiosas o refuerzan la dependencia de América Latina en el escenario internacional. Se observan los efectos del crecimiento chino en un grupo de países de América Latina mediante el modelo de equilibrio general computable del Proyecto de Análisis del Comercio Global. El crecimiento chino se simuló mediante una expansión de la masa de capital de este país según la tendencia observada en las últimas décadas. Los resultados indican un patrón de reprimarización de las exportaciones y una disminución de la actividad industrial de los países latinoamericanos analizados en particular en los sectores de alta tecnología. Se observa un aumento del bienestar en América Latina principalmente debido a las mejoras en los términos de intercambio (auge de los precios de los productos básicos).
In China, new hope for the “children of the stars”
As early as in the seventh century what we now call autism had already been recorded in China. During the Sui Dynasty (581-618) Chao Yuanfang an imperial physician wrote in Zhubing Yuanhou Lun (On the Etiology of Diseases) of the so-called hun se (muddle-headed) yu chi (language delay) phenotype saying it was “clinically manifested in a child’s lack of speech and neurodevelopmental retardation”.