简介:Theyearof1996wasnotbadatallfortheUnitedStates.Itseconomywentsmoothly,thePresidentandtheRepublicanpartybothgotwhattheywantedintheelections,andthecountrydidnotsufferanymajorforeignpolicycrisis.Theyearof1997maybesomewhatdifferent.Mosteconomistsforeseethatthisyear,theseventhyearofeconomicgrowthfortheU.S.sincetherecoveryin1991,wouldbeanothermoderateyearforthe
简介:CAFIUDelegation'sVisittotheUnitedStatesWangLipeiAttheinvitationoftheAmericanForeignPolicyCouncil(AFPC),aCAFIUdelegation,heade...
简介:EDITOR’SNOTE:TheStateCouncilInformationOfficeofthePeople’sRepublicofChinapublishedareporttitled'HumanRightsRecordoftheUnitedStatesin2013'onFebruary28,2014.Followingisthefulltextofthereport:ForewordTheStateDepartmentoftheUnitedStates,whichposedas'theworldjudgeofhumanrights,'madearbitraryattacksandirresponsibleremarksonthehumanrightssituation
简介:ElexiblevarietyhasallalongbeenahallmarkofAmerica’sglobalstrategywithdifferentiatedtreatmentforspecificnations.Inthenewcentury,Washingtondividesthemajorworldforcesintofourcategoriesinlightofacomprehensivecrite-rionofwhethertheyhavebeenfusedintotheinternationalsystem,aregoingto-warddemocracyorbenefitworldstability.Theyinclude:insidersorallies(EuropeandJapan),marginalizedones(someunderdevelopedAfricannations),outsidersor"rogues"(Iraq,NorthKorea)andfinally,travelersonthewayor"transitionstates".InterpretationsbyU.S.strategicreportsdefinethe"transitionstates"as
简介:<正>Inthelate1930’sAmericansdevelopedtheirfirstcomprehensivelawofbankruptcyreorganization.Inlargercases,thatlawprovidedfortheappointmentofatrusteeandseizureofcontrolofthebusinessfromthebusiness’spriorcontrolgroup.In1978,thatwasallchanged;theprototypeintheUnitedStatesnowleavesthe"debtorinpossession"chargedwithoperatingthebusinessforthebenefitofthebusiness’screditors.Inthisandmanyotherways,America’slawdifferssubstantiallyfromChina’srelatively-newbankruptcylaw.ThisarticlebrieflylooksatsomeofthestrongerdifferencesbetweenthetwosystemsandgivessomebackgroundtohowandwhytheAmericansystemevolvedfromtheoldermodeltothenewerone.WhilewemighteasilyidentifymanyfundamentaldifferencesbetweentheAmericanandChinesesystems,drawingnormativepolicyrecommendationsfromthosedifferencesisamuchmorechallengingtask.Onemight,ofcourse,betemptedtodosoanyway.Butthedifferingcultural,legal,andeconomiccontextswithinwhichbankruptcyreorganizationexistssuggeststhatonesotemptedshouldproceedverycautiouslyand,perhaps,withanextrameasureofmodestyaswell.
简介:Eightyearshavepassedsincetheeruptionof'ColorRevolution'.Duringthisperiodoftime,WesternNGOswhichoncetrainedpro-Westernpoliticalforcesinthenameofhumanrightsanddemocracyseemtohavevanished.Nevertheless,theyhavenotstoppedtheiractivitiesinCISstatesinreality.Itisjustthattheyhavechangedtheirusualpracticesofpreaching
简介:EversincetheestablishmentoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO),therelationshipbetweentheUnitedStatesandtheSCOhasremainedunclear.Despitesomecasualbutnotinstitutionalcontactsbetweeneachother,thebilateralrelationsaremorelikeanemptyshell.However,astwoimportantactorsinCentralAsia,theUnitedStatesandtheSCOdohaveacertainrelationshipintheregion.