Archivo etiqueta «China»
By Sergey Radchenko, a lecturer in history of American-Asian relations at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China, and the author of Two Suns in the Heavens: The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 31/12/11):
With China stumping assertively on the world stage, one might think Beijing would be open, even gracious, about the country’s past. To the contrary, history remains an exceedingly sensitive subject here, drawing relentless attention from authorities anxious to keep all skeletons safely in closets.
As a university professor in China, I face the consequences of this official apprehension every day. My young, … Seguir leyendo
By Joshua Muldavin, professor of human geography at Sarah Lawrence College (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 31/12/11):
Two weeks ago peasants in Wukan, a fishing village in the prosperous southern Chinese province of Guangdong, took over their village, throwing out local leaders. Because of long unanswered grievances, they risked their lives, barricading roads into the village and facing down the police. Their central concern was the sale of collectively owned village land to property developers, which has impoverished most residents while enriching their leaders.
As the Wukan protests evolved into an international media event, a provincial party official, under pressure … Seguir leyendo
By Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and a Permanent Fellow of the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna (Project Syndicate/IWM, 28/12/11):
For a European these days, thinking about the future is disturbing. America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized, and financially indebted. The European Union seems on the brink of collapse, and many non-Europeans view the old continent as a retired power that can still impress the world with its good manners, but not with nerve or ambition.
Global opinion surveys over the last three years consistently indicate that many are turning their backs on … Seguir leyendo
By Stephen S. Roach, a member of the faculty at Yale University and Non-Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the author of The Next Asia (Project Syndicate, 27/12/11):
Today, fears are growing that China and India are about to be the next victims of the ongoing global economic carnage. This would have enormous consequences. Asia’s developing and newly industrialized economies grew at an 8.5% average annual rate over 2010-11 – nearly triple the 3% growth elsewhere in the world. If China and India are next to fall, Asia would be at risk, and it would be hard to … Seguir leyendo
Por Justin Yifu Lin, economista jefe y vicepresidente sénior para Economía del Desarrollo en el Banco Mundial. Fundó el Centro de China para la Investigación Económica en la Universidad de Pekín. Su último libro es Demystifying the Chinese Economy, Cambridge University Press (Project Syndicate, 22/12/11):
China tuvo una civilización avanzada y próspera durante milenios hasta el siglo XVIII, pero luego se degeneró y pasó a ser un país muy pobre durante 150 años. Ahora ha resurgido para convertirse en la economía más dinámica del mundo desde el lanzamiento de su transición a una economía de mercado en 1979. ¿Qué … Seguir leyendo
By Victor Cha, a professor at Georgetown, director of Asian affairs at the White House from 2004 to 2007 and author of the forthcoming book The Impossible State: North Korea, Past, and Future,” was (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 20/12/11):
North Korea as we know it is over. Whether it comes apart in the next few weeks or over several months, the regime will not be able to hold together after the untimely death of its leader, Kim Jong-il. How America responds — and, perhaps even more important, how America responds to how China responds — will determine whether … Seguir leyendo
Por Guy Sorman, filósofo y ensayista (ABC, 17/12/11):
EL 23 de julio de 2011, el tren de alta velocidad de Pekín descarrilaba en la estación de Wenzhou, matando a cuarenta pasajeros. El Gobierno trató de ocultar los hechos. Censura inútil: al cabo de una hora, toda China sabía lo que había ocurrido gracias a Weibo. Los Weibo son microblogs en los teléfonos móviles, que comunican entre ellos a cerca de 300 millones de chinos. El Gobierno no dispone de ningún medio para controlar esta comunicación instantánea de textos y fotos.
El Partido, comenta Michael Anti, un famoso microbloguero, ha … Seguir leyendo
By Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican, chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 13/12/11):
Saturday marked both International Human Rights Day and one year since Chinese intellectual Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work promoting human rights and democracy in China. Human Rights Day, which commemorates the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), is an occasion to affirm our commitment to advancing the values of human rights common to us all. Nobel Laureate Liu’s continued … Seguir leyendo
By Fu Ying, Chinese ambassador to Britain from 2007 to 2009. She is now China’s first woman vice foreign minister in 37 years, covering Europe in the foreign ministry (THE GUARDIAN, 12/11/12):
The year 2011 will have a unique place in history for the dramatic changes in the global landscape and the world economy. The most frequently asked questions from my European colleagues are: “How does China see Europe?” “Where are China-EU relations going?”
Co-operation and partnership with Europe has been running through China’s foreign policy for decades. This commitment remains strong.
China-Europe relations have come a long way. … Seguir leyendo
Por Emilio Menéndez del Valle, embajador de España y eurodiputado socialista (EL PAÍS, 12/12/11):
Cabe preguntarse hasta qué punto la expansión económica de China ha beneficiado a los países latinoamericanos. Es conocido que la mayoría de estos afrontaron la globalización en función del Consenso de Washington, esto es, una rápida liberalización comercial y una disminución general del papel del Estado en temas económicos. A diferencia de ellos, China realizó las reformas económicas desde dentro y, desde 1978, el objetivo fue reestructurar gradualmente la economía bajo control estatal.
El enfoque chino de la liberalización no pudo ser más distinto al … Seguir leyendo
By Yu Hua, a Chinese author whose first collection of essays in English is China in Ten Words. This essay, like the book (both unpublished in China), was translated by Allan Barr (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 11/12/11):
When the young Mao Tse-tung agitated for revolution, he found a vivid way to get his point across to an uneducated audience: He picked up a single chopstick and snapped it in two. Then he picked up a handful of chopsticks: They would not break. Thus he showed that so long as everyone stood side by side, no force could withstand the … Seguir leyendo
By David Wise, a writer and historian of intelligence and espionage. His most recent book is Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 11/12/11):
In 1995, a middle-aged Chinese man walked into a C.I.A. station in Southeast Asia and offered up a trove of secret Chinese documents. Among them was a file containing the top-secret design of the American W-88 nuclear warhead that sits atop the missiles carried by Trident submarines.
He told a story to the C.I.A. that was so bizarre it might just be true. He said that he worked in China’s … Seguir leyendo
By Yao Yang, director of the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University (Project Syndicate, 08/12/11):
Will China help to rescue the euro, or not? In August, Premier Wen Jiabao said that China was ready to assist Europe in its hour of need. But, in December, at the Lanting Forum in Beijing, Deputy Foreign Minister Fu Ying declared that China could not. “The argument that China should rescue Europe does not stand, as reserves are not managed that way,” she announced.
For months, European leaders and International Monetary Fund officials have been hoping that China would lend a … Seguir leyendo
By Steven Rattner, a contributing writer for Op-Ed and a counselor to the Treasury secretary and lead auto adviser. He is a longtime Wall Street executive (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/12/11):
Hardly a day goes by without news of yet another economic problem facing China. A frothy real estate market. Quickly rising wages. A weakening manufacturing sector. Tightening lending standards. The list can seem endless and frightening.
But after a recent visit to China, I remain staunchly optimistic that it will continue to be the world’s greatest machine for economic expansion. While developed countries bump along with little growth, … Seguir leyendo
Por Brahma Chellaney, profesor de Estudios Estratégicos en el Centro para Investigación de Políticas con sede en Nueva Delhi y autor de Asian Juggernaut y del recientemente publicado Water: Asia’s New Battleground (Project Syndicate, 02/12/11):
La locura de China por construir represas se topó con una pared recientemente en Birmania (Myanmar), donde la decisión audaz del gobierno de frenar un polémico proyecto de represa liderado por China ayudó a facilitar el camino a la primera visita de un secretario de Estado norteamericano a ese país en más de medio siglo.
La represa de 3.600 millones de dólares de Myitsone, … Seguir leyendo