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Introduction to the Special Issue — China’s Engagement with South Asia and Responses from the Region 特刊导言——中国与南亚的接触及该地区的反应

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-08-05 DOI: 10.1142/S1013251119020016

G. Naidu, Mumin Chen

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Engaging the Asian Giants: India, China and Bangladesh’s Crucial Balancing Act 与亚洲巨人接触:印度、中国和孟加拉国的关键平衡法案

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-08-05 DOI: 10.1142/S1013251119400034

Smruti S. Pattanaik

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia and the Indian Response 中国在南亚的“一带一路”倡议和印度的应对措施

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-08-05 DOI: 10.1142/S1013251119400022

Jingdong Yuan

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Digital Representation in an Electoral Campaign Influenced by Mainland China: The 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive Election 受中国大陆影响的选举活动中的数字代表:2017年香港行政长官选举

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-08-05 DOI: 10.1142/S101325111950005X

Fung Chan, Biyang Sun

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Modi’s Neighborhood Policy and China’s Response 莫迪的周边政策与中国应对

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-06-04 DOI: 10.1142/S1013251119400010

Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy

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Role of Social Media and Emotion in South Korea’s Presidential Impeachment Protests 社交媒体和情感在韩国总统弹劾抗议中的作用

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-03-29 DOI: 10.1142/S1013251119500024

Hee Min, Seongyi Yun

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The Nature of Popular Protest and the Employment of Repressive State Capacity in China 中国民众抗议的性质与国家镇压能力的运用

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-03-29 DOI: 10.1142/S1013251119500048

Shinn-Shyr Wang, Hsin-Hsien Wang, Wei-Feng Tzeng

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Democracy in Myth: The Politics of Precariatization in South Korea 神话中的民主:韩国不稳定的政治

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-03-29 DOI: 10.1142/S1013251119500012

Ji-Whan Yun

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The Origins of the Park Jung-hee Syndrome in South Korea 朴正熙综合症在韩国的起源

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2019-03-29 DOI: 10.1142/S1013251119500036

Eunjung Choi, Jongseok Woo

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China’s Raw Materials Diplomacy and Governance Cycle: Toward Sustainable Mining and Resource Extraction? 中国的原材料外交与治理周期:走向可持续采矿和资源开采?

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ISSUES & STUDIES Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.1142/S101325111840009X

Reinhard Biedermann

{"title":"China’s Raw Materials Diplomacy and Governance Cycle: Toward Sustainable Mining and Resource Extraction?","authors":"Reinhard Biedermann","doi":"10.1142/S101325111840009X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S101325111840009X","url":null,"abstract":"China’s raw materials diplomacy and unregulated purchasing of minerals in Africa and Latin America, as well as its domestic raw materials export quota, have for years been eyed with suspicion by state and private actors. Industrialized countries want to uphold and extend free market access to raw materials, but also strengthen their political accountability and sustainability. However, critics argue that in contrast, China, the world’s largest metals and minerals trading power, has taken the opposite course, ignoring social and environmental standards, reinforcing authoritarian governments, and erecting trade barriers. China is faced with several interrelated challenges in its resource diplomacy and governance. This article claims that an identifiable, chronological connection and pattern has existed between China’s aid and investment diplomacy for resources since the late 1990s, free trade agreements since the 2000s, Beijing’s resource nationalism since the 2010s, and the reform process of national and privately organized transnational governance toward sustainability in the present day. Is China socializing with emerging transnational standards on mining and resource extraction in the developing world, and if so, why? This article argues that China’s raw materials governance, including corporate governance, has entered a phase of reform to pacify the external environment and to implement the Belt and Road Initiative. In theoretical terms, China’s raw materials governance will continue to emphasize neoliberal and neo-mercantilist goals, cushioned by globalist features.","PeriodicalId":53213,"journal":{"name":"ISSUES & STUDIES","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78494422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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