Behind the Headlines articles from September 2006

Behind the Headlines archives from September 2006

China's political evolution: implications for Beijing's foreign relations: Toronto, October 12, 2006.
September 22, 2006... China's relationship with the rest of the world is not determined only by the size and speed of its economic growth. In the decades to come it will really be determined by the nature of the Chinese political system. Today I will first say...

China's rise: what it means for the rest of us: Calgary, September 7, 2006.
September 22, 2006... I first visited and served in China 25 years ago. Deng Ziaoping had only recently consolidated power and announced his reform program. China was a desperately poor, backward, and isolated country, the number 30 trading country in the world....

Economic interests and strategic rivalries in Asia-Pacific: Montreal, October 3, 2006.
September 22, 2006... The Pacific Basin is today the engine of world growth, as the transatlantic relationship had been in the post-WWII world economy. Increasing economic ties are a common feature of both periods but there is a striking difference. The former was...

China in the age of globalization, or globalization in the age of China? Vancouver, September 11, 2006.
September 22, 2006... It is entirely fitting that I am discussing China here in Vancouver. This city, in a province with a population that is ten percent ethnic Chinese, is really where China and North America meet. I have no doubt that many in this room have been...