Young & Restless in China

PBS Television will broadcast a Frontline special Young & Restless in China beginning June 17, 2008. See video preview below, or go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/youngchina/ for streaming video and other resources on the program.

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Global Issues in China: Young & Restless in China

WSJ: China Beckons for M.B.A. Trips

The Wall Street Journal (June 17 2008) describes the value of study tour trips to China that part of fast-track Executive M.B.A. programs.

Samar Srivastava (2008, June 17). China Beckons for M.B.A. Trips; Tours Offer Chance To Make Contacts, Learn Lay of Land. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition), p. D.7. Retrieved June 17, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1495858631).

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Global Issues in China: WSJ: China Beckons for M.B.A. Trips

The Geopolitics Of China

John Mauldin, president of Millennium Wave Advisors, LLC, a registered investment advisor, writes a blog titled "John Mauldin's Outside the Box". On June 12, 2008, Mauldin posts an article titled "The Geopolitics of China," a summary of new monograph to be published June 16, 2008 by George Friedman and his team at Stratfor. Their geopolitical focus on understanding the fundamental and underlying drivers behind China's national policy. They advance the thesis that contemporary China basically functions like an island. The outer shell of mountains, oceans, jungles and wastelands serve to both contain and protect China. What are the political, social and economic implications of this geographic reality? The article explores the challenges and potentialities that emerge from this context. For the full article, see: http://www.investorsinsight.com/blogs/john_mauldins_outside_the_box/archive/2008/06/12/the-geopolitics-of-china.aspx

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Global Issues in China: The Geopolitics Of China

China's New Intelligensia

Prospect Magazine has published an article (March 2008) titled, "China's new intelligensia" by Mark Leonard, the executive director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and author of the new book What Does China Think? Although China is not an intellectually open society, Leonard argues that there is a climate of freer political debate and rising expectations from the west and from international events like the Olympics. These trends and pressures give rise to a new world-view that may become an alternative, non-western path for the rest of the world to follow. For the full article, see: http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10078

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Global Issues in China: China's New Intelligensia

New China-Taiwan Agreements

BBC News reports (June 12, 2008) that China and Taiwan have agreed to establish offices in each other's territory to facilitate travel for airline passengers and tourists. This agreement resulted from the first formal talks in nearly ten years between delegations from both sides. For the full story, see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7447536.stm

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Global Issues in China: New China-Taiwan Agreements

China’s Cyber-Militia

The National Journal Magazine reports (May 31, 2008) that computer hackers in China have penetrated information systems of U.S. companies and government agencies, stolen proprietary information from American executives, and even gained access to electric power plants in the United States. This breach may have triggered two recent blackouts in Florida and the Northeast. For the full story, see:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20080531_6948.php

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Global Issues in China: China’s Cyber-Militia