Asia News
Summer 2013 Internship Opportunities with NKIDP
Feb 19, 2013
The North Korea International Documentation Project is currently accepting internship applications for Summer 2013. The
application Deadline is 31 March 2013
Map: China's West-East Electricity Transfer Project
Feb 19, 2013
CEF is proud to announce that we are launching our first interactive infographic – a map of China’s West-East Electricity Transfer Project. The map underscores China’s energy and water imbalances and the looming choke point China faces in terms of water, food, and energy security. The map also illustrates how consumer goods made in China’s factories along its eastern coast are powered by coal and hydropower in the country’s western provinces.
Strategic Challenges for the U.S.-China Relationship
Feb 19, 2013
Check out KICUS Director, J. Stapleton Roy's presentation on Strategic Challenges for the U.S.-China Relationship at the East-West Center!
Video: Jennifer Turner on U.S.-China Policy Foundation's Show, China Forum
Feb 13, 2013
On February 6, CEF Director Dr. Jennifer Turner, and Dr. Joanna Lewis of Georgetown University appeared on the U.S.-China Policy Foundation‘s (USCPF) show, China Forum, discussing China’s energy usage and its impact on the environment.
Pakistan's Energy Crisis: Breaking the Chain
Feb 07, 2013
A new monograph proposes a new strategy toward resolving Pakistan's long-enduring energy crisis.
Not Rising, But Rejuvenating: The "Chinese Dream"
Feb 05, 2013
Many talk of China "rising." Chinese view their fortunes as a return to greatness from a "century of humiliation" -- and not a rise from nothing.
Japan Can't Spend Its Way Out of a Recession
Jan 31, 2013
Northeast Asia associate Shihoko Goto writes in World Politics Review that Japan must cut welfare spending and boost female employment in addition to reviewing immigration policy for longer-term growth.
What Japan's Stimulus Package Really Means
Jan 31, 2013
Northeast Asia associate Shihoko Goto talks with CCTV Jan. 11 about what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's $114 billion stimulus package means for Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGZsc2cvGPs
CEF Partner Releases Comprehensive Report on China's Environment
Jan 30, 2013
The Asian Development Bank, a CEF Partner on Choke Point: Cities, recently released a comprehensive country environmental analysis report on the People's Republic of China. The report highlighted environmental achievements and substantial remaining challenges, while providing analysis on the drivers of environmental stress and recommendations for moving towards an environmentally sustainable future.
Call for Papers: Relations between China and States on its Periphery during the Cold War
Jan 30, 2013
The Center for Cold War International History Studies, East China Normal University, is seeking paper proposals for a conference on "Relations between China and States on its Periphery during the Cold War" to be held in Shanghai fall 2013.