简介:<正>China’sautomobileindustryhadagoodstartintheyearof2014.Lastyear,thosemajorautoenterprisesransmoothly,whoseleadingeco-nomicindicatorsremainedasteadygrowth.AccordingtoChinaAssociationofAutomobileManufacturers(CAAM),inJanuary,theproductionandsalesofautomobilesinChinakepta
简介:<正>EventhoughtheSriLankanenvoytotheCourtofClaudiusCaesarinthefirstcenturyA.D.mentionedabouttradebetweenSriLankaandChina,ittook19morecenturiesforthetwopeoplestodevelopanuninterruptedmutualawarenessandfriendship.Linkagesofdiplomatic,culturalandtradewhichoccurredduringthatlonghistoricalepisodecouldnotregisteralasting
简介:China'smalemarriagesqueezeanditspotentialconsequencehaveattractedmuchattentionandgivenrisetodebate,butmoststudiescontributethissqueezetosexstructureandneglecttheagestructure,andsomestudiesuseflawedmethodtostudythecontributionofagestructureinthissqueeze.InthispaperwedevelopanindicatorofSpousalSexRatio(SSR)andapplyadecompositionmethodintoageandsexstructure.BasedonthedatafromChina's2010censusandprojection,wepredictthatfrom2010to2020,theagestructurewillbethedominantfactorforChina'smalemarriagesqueeze,andfrom2020to2034,thecontributionofsexstructurewillbeincreasing,whereasthatofagestructurewillbedecreasing.From2034to2045,China'smalemarriagesqueezewillmainlyfromimbalancedsexstructure,andtheagestructurewillcontributelittleornegativelytoChina'smalemarriagesqueeze.
简介:Threebasicelementsstandoutintheinternationalpattern:globalpowerdistribution,thesystemofinternationalnorms,andthetransnationalvaluesystems,allofwhichareofvitalimportanceintheinteractionbetweenChina’sriseandthefutureinternationalpattern.First,theprospectsforSino-U.S.relationsinthefaceofapower
简介:TheglobalorderwassetinplacefollowingtheendoftheSecondWorldWarbyaconsortiumofwesterncountriesheadedbytheU.S..Sincethen,themajorwesterncountrieshavestrivedtomaintaintheirlongdominanceinglobalpoliticsandeconomics.Withtheriseofnationalistmovements,formercoloniesgainedtheirindependence,andmanydevelopingcountriesjoinedtheUN.Inrecentyears,theeconomiesofthe
简介:<正>PrefaceOnequestionfrequentlyraisedindiscussionswithcolleaguesfromneighboringcountries,andwithEuropeanandAmericanscholarswhofollowcloselyChina’sneighboringrelationsis,howdoesChinadefineitsrelationswithneighboringcountries?Althoughasearlyassixtyyearsago,theChinesegovernmentalreadyprovidedtheansweroffiveprinciplesofpeacefulcoexistence
简介:ThispaperstudiesthecurrentavailableoptionsforfloatingproductionplatformsindevelopingdeepwateroilfieldsandthepotentialdevelopmentmodelsoffutureoilandgasexplorationintheSouthChinaSea.Adetailedreviewofcurrentdeepwaterplatformsworldwidewasperformedthroughtheexamplesofindustryprojects,andtheprosandconsofeachplatformarediscussed.Fourtypesofplatformsarecurrentlyusedforthedeepwaterdevelopment:tensionlegplatform,Spar,semi-submersibleplatform,andthefloatingproductionsystemoffloading.Amongthese,theTLPandSparcanbeusedfordrytreeapplications,andhavegainedpopularityinrecentyears.Thedrytreeapplicationenablestheextensionofthedrillingapplicationforfixedplatformsintofloatingsystems,andgreatlyreducesthecostandcomplexityofthesubseaoperation.Newlybuiltwettreesemi-submersibleproductionplatformsforultradeepwaterarealsogettingtheirapplication,mainlyduetothemuchneededpayloadfordeepwatermakingtheconversionoftheolddrillingsemi-submersibleplatformsimpossible.Theseplatformshavebeenusedindifferentfieldsaroundtheworldfordifferentenvironments;eachhasitsownadvantagesanddisadvantages.Therearemanychallengeswiththesuccessfuluseofthesefloatingplatforms.Alotoflessonshavebeenlearnedandextensiveexperienceaccumulatedthroughthemanyprojectapplications.Keytechnologiesarebeingreviewedforthesuccessfuluseoffloatingplatformsforfielddevelopment,andpotentialfuturedevelopmentneedsarebeingdiscussed.SomeofthetechnologiesandexperienceofplatformapplicationscanbewellusedforthedevelopmentoftheSouthChinaSeaoilandgasfield.
简介:<正>AttheinvitationoftheChineseAssociationforInternationalUnderstanding(CAFIU),a6-memberAustralianandNewZealand’sRotaryClubdelegationvisitedChinafromSeptember23toSeptember27.AsastaffmemberofCAFIU,Ihadthehonortotakepartinthereceptionofthedelegationthroughoutthistrip.
简介:ThesubstantialchangeintheinternationalsystemsincetheendoftheWorldWarIIhasbeenaboontonon-Westernnations,whichmakeupthree-quartersofallthecountriestoday.Mostnationalities,populationsandcountriesthathadlittlefreedomandalmostnovoicehaverepresentationtodayintheUnitedNationsandG20,andtheybenefitfrom
简介:AlthoughChina’scoreinterestsintheMiddleEastareeconomic,theseareinterwovenwithitsotherinterestsincludingthoseintheareasofpolitics,strategy,securityandoverseasinterests.Becauseofthesignificantgapbetweenitsinterestsanditsinfluence,ChinashouldadoptanewstrategyintheMiddleEast,onethatisdifferentfromthosethatotherpowershaveemployedintheregion.
简介:Itislearnedfromthe2013SummitForumonStrategicDevelopmentofCoal-to-NaturalGasinChinathattheChinaSedinEngineeringCompany,Ltd.hasdevelopedwithindependentintellectualpropertyrightstwoexperimentalfurnacesforpressurizedgasificationofcrushedcoal,5min
简介:Aconvergingpointhasemergedonthehorizon,withanincreasingnumberofcallsforbuildingChina-U.S.+XmechanismsamongChinesescholars,andaveritablezealforinitiatingaROK-U.S.-ChinadialoguefromPresidentParkGeun-hyeofSouthKorea.Thispaperintendstoexplorethepossibilityofsuchatrilateraldialogueandcooperationarrangement,byanalyzingthebackgroundtothetrilateralrelations,theirrespectivestanceandconsiderations,aswellasanyhurdlesinvolvedintheprocess.
简介:TheissueofgrainsecurityinChinaisattractingglobalattention.Inthisresearch,weanalyzetherelationshipbetweengrainproductionandcroplandresources.Theresultsindicatethatdecouplingofthesetwovariablesisrealizedatthenationallevel,andfertilizerandirrigationplayincreasinglyimportantrolesingrainproduction.Ofthe18principalgrainproducingprovinces,sevenshowedabsolutedecoupling,threeshowedrelativedecoupling,fiveshowedquasi-relativedecoupling,andthreeprovincesshowedcoupling.Also,therelativeimportanceoffertilizerandirrigationingrainproductionisdifferentamongthefourdifferentmodesofcoupling/decoupling.