The US financial crisis and subsequent European sovereign debt crisis not only constitute serious threats to the security of China’s foreign exchange reserves, but also provide an advantageous opportunity for China to change its ideas on foreign exchange reserve management. First, according to...

Introduction to Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 4/2011: China's Evolving Africa Policy: The Limits of Socialization

In recent years concerns have been raised over the impact of Chinese competition on Latin American exports, particularly those from Mexico. This article shows that Brazilian manufactured exports too have been negatively affected, and that this has been reflected in the "primarization" of...

In recent years there has been a growing literature which analyses the threat which Chinese exports pose to the exports of other developing countries. This paper provides a critique of the standard measures of export similarity which have been used to estimate the threat from China in these...

The impact of environmental regulation on competitiveness is a major issue of concern to policy makers. It has also been the subject of considerable academic debate in the last few years between those who see an inherent conflict between the protection of the environment and international...

Democracy Without Equity: Failures of Reform in Brazil. By Kurt Weyland Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. Pp. xii + 293. $49.95 and $22.95. ISBN 0 8229 3924 X and 5583 0 Marketizing Education and Health in Developing Countries: Miracle or Mirage? Edited by Christopher...