China
Preference erosion of Philippine exports to China, Japan and the Republic of Korea from the regional comprehensive economic partnership
This study provides an assessment of the extent to which preference erosion arising from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership affects the export interests of the Philippines. The Adjusted Preference Erosion is used to determine the Philippine exports threatened by the diminution of previously secured trade advantages within the markets of China Japan and the Republic of Korea under the “ASEAN + 1” trade agreements. The findings indicate that Philippine exports are vulnerable with a greater impact at the sectoral level. Policy recommendations are presented to address the adverse effects of preference erosion in the light of sustaining growth and development.
La historia de un festín ambulante en China
En Hong Kong la exposición A Movable Feast: The Culture of Food and Drink in China [Un festín ambulante: la cultura de la comida y bebida en China] presenta 5.000 años de cultura gastronómica china.
China: The story of a movable feast
Five thousand years of Chinese culture of food and drink are on display in the exhibition “A Movable Feast: The Culture of Food and Drink in China” in Hong Kong. Its lead curator art historian Nicole Chiang explains how ancient food vessels reveal social practices and rituals that continue to resonate today.
La tecnología al servicio de los glaciares en China
En la carrera contra el deshielo de los glaciares China recurre a soluciones innovadoras para desacelerar el proceso tales como la utilización de nanomateriales o la producción de nieve artificial.
Technology to combat glacier melting in China
In the race to save melting glaciers China has come up with creative solutions – such as nanomaterial blankets and artificial snow systems – to slow the melting process and they are yielding promising results.
En China, el patrimonio vivo se expone
Inaugurado en 2023 un Museo de Zhejiang consigue mostrar lo que es invisible: el patrimonio cultural inmaterial. Las artes escénicas los rituales y los saberes tradicionales se presentan a los visitantes con un enfoque interactivo e inmersivo.
Exhibiting living heritage in China
How to bring into view what is invisible: intangible cultural heritage? Inaugurated in 2023 a museum in Zhejiang is showing the way. Using an immersive and interactive approach it introduces visitors to performing arts rituals and traditional skills.
Exporting to China
Opportunities for Developing Countries in the Belt and Road Initiative
Since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013 exports from participating developing countries to China have soared by 79% to $798 billion. However almost half of the export potential from these countries to China is unrealized. There are abundant opportunities for export growth in manufacturing exports to China. While many are resource-based plenty are value-added. Efforts to leverage the former should encompass environmental sustainability and working conditions. Targeted trade promotion must be designed to unlock the latter. Beyond infrastructure improvements this global initiative promotes international economic cooperation that can materialize sustainable inclusive value-added trade for developing countries. The analysis presented in this report provides comprehensive insights into the export potential to the Chinese market for developing countries that participate in the BRI. This report also highlights that while these export opportunities can be a potent force for good they must be navigated with awareness and foresight and always with a sustainable development lens. It is not merely about trading more; it is about trading right.
China’s Policy Strategies for Green Low-Carbon Development: Perspective from South-South Cooperation
This “updated” volume China’s Policy Strategies for Green Low Carbon Development: Perspective from South-South Cooperation adds some valuable insights to the ongoing discussions on this topical issue. It aims to make a substantial contribution to the current discourse on China’s transition process encompassing both economic and climate aspects. Furthermore it will enhance the understanding of the binding constraints developing countries encounter at national level and how to advance green structural transformation through proper policy strategies formulation.
The Role of China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones in Promoting Institutional Innovation, Industrial Transformation and South-South Cooperation
This publication aims to discuss the genesis features and performance of the FTZs strategy. It also presents comparative analysis between FTZs and other special economic zones in other economies in the region. Furthermore the volume examines the role of FTZs in promoting local SDG progress industrial development and South-South cooperation through three case studies.
Submitted papers: Has COVID-19 had any impact on outward foreign direct investment from China to the ASEAN and CAREC regions?
The paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from China specifically focusing on State-owned enterprises. It also analyses the potential effects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the ASEAN and CAREC regions following the pandemic. It is evident that OFDI of BRI significantly has harmed Stateowned enterprises of China in the ASEAN and CAREC regions. Despite this the paper recommends that the BRI projects should still continue in the post-pandemic period to benefit the countries in these regions.
Policymakers’ corner: Poverty alleviation strategies in China: Evolution from an area-based to targeted strategy
Over the past four decades China has successfully eradicated extreme poverty through a series of government-led anti-poverty strategies. This paper examines the evolution of the country’s “area-based” to “targeted” poverty alleviation strategy keeping up with the changing circumstances of economic development and poverty situation. The experience of China shows that despite various challenges for a large developing country poverty reduction is achievable through policy commitments and institutional coordination adaptation to circumstances developmentoriented policy measures and mobilization of societal and financial resources.
Dans les campagnes chinoises, les écrans réduisent les distances
Pour les écoles des zones rurales le recours aux nouvelles technologies permet d’améliorer l’offre éducative et d’élargir l’horizon des élèves.
In China, online tools to level up learning in remote areas
The use of new technologies can improve learning opportunities in rural schools and help expand children’s horizons.
Китай: неизведанные миры на дне «небесных ям»
В 2016 году я и моя исследовательская группа спустились на 600 метров под землю на днотянькэна Дашивэй расположенного в уезде Лэе городского округа Байсэ в Гуанси-Чжуанском автономном районе Китая. Термином «тянькэн» что в переводе с китайского значит «небесная яма» называют крупные карстовые провалы с крутыми отвесными склонами которые в течение миллионов лет образовались в пластах карбонатных пород.
Китай: неизведанные миры на дне «небесных ям»
В 2016 году я и моя исследовательская группа спустились на 600 метров под землю на днотянькэна Дашивэй расположенного в уезде Лэе городского округа Байсэ в Гуанси-Чжуанском автономном районе Китая. Термином «тянькэн» что в переводе с китайского значит «небесная яма» называют крупные карстовые провалы с крутыми отвесными склонами которые в течение миллионов лет образовались в пластах карбонатных пород.
中国“天坑"：深入未知世界
2016 年，在中国广西壮族自治区百 色市乐业县，我和我的团队缘绳而下， 来到了地下 600 米深处的大石围天坑 底 部。“ 天 坑” 的 意 思 是“ 玄 妙 的 深 坑”，是指在碳酸盐岩层中经过数百万 年逐渐形成的带有陡峭岩壁的巨型陷 坑状负地形。
Mundos inexplorados en los ‘fosos celestiales’ de China
En 2016 en el distrito chino de Leye en la ciudad de Baise de la región autónoma Zhuang de Guangxi mi equipo y yo bajamos hasta el fondo del tiankeng de Dashiwei 600 metros bajo la superficie. En mandarín el sustantivo tiankeng o ‘foso celestial’ es lo que los geólogos denominan un sumidero una dolina o depresión del terreno generada por el derrumbe de terrenos kársticos formados durante millones de años en los estratos de rocas calcáreas.
En Chine, des mondes inexplorés dans les « puits célestes »
En 2016 dans le district de Leye ville de Baise région autonome zhuang du Guangxi en Chine mon équipe et moi-même sommes descendus au fond du tiankeng de Dashiwei à 600 mètres de profondeur. Le terme tiankeng ou puits céleste désigne les vastes dépressions d’effondrement aux parois abruptes ou dolines qui se sont formées pendant des millions d’années dans des strates de roches carbonatées.
China’s “heavenly pits”, a dive into the unknown
In 2016 in Baise Leye County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China my team and I rappelled down with a rope to the bottom of the Dashiwei Tiankeng 600 metres under the ground. The term tiankeng “heavenly pit” refers to large sink-like negative terrains with steep walls formed over millions of years and developed in carbonate rock strata.