West Pacific: China’s immediate peripheryAs far as geographic location is concerned, West Pacific is naturally China’s strategic focus. For years, especially after the end of the cold war, China has tried its most to cultivat... [FULL TEXT]

As a political concept, preventive diplomacy may trace its origin back to the era of Cold War. It was first formally presented by the late UN Secretary-General Hammarskjöld, who opined that the aim of the preventive actions taken by th... [FULL TEXT]

The Second National Communication (SNC) on Climate Change of the People’s Republic of China was submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, hereinafter referred to as the Conventi... [FULL TEXT]

Energy is more than an ordinary commodity ─ it has always acquired political attributes. Access to energy resources is an important factor for the political and economic development of a country. It not only lays a solid material foundation... [FULL TEXT]

China is sometimes accused of taking a “strategic approach” rather than a “market approach,” taking resources “off the market” and conducting a state-orchestrated, worldwide search for energy and resources. Some go even further to claim tha... [FULL TEXT]

I. Zimbabwe’s Tobacco IndustryZimbabwe’s economy is predominantly agro-based therefore agriculture plays a critical role in the development of the nation. As such, the Zimbabwe Ministry of Lands notes that “of the country’... [FULL TEXT]

sources rather than Arctic shipping, even recently.[①] The government and Chinese shipping firms thus seem more interested in access to Arctic natural resources, an access the Arctic shipping routes may provide, rather than transit shipping... [FULL TEXT]

On October 24, 2012, “Energy Development Policies and Objectives”, Part II of China’s Energy Policy 2012 – white paper issued by China’s State Council Information Office, for the first time puts forward the need to “promot... [FULL TEXT]

I. Ukraine Crisis and New International SettingYang: The mainstream academia in China characterizes the current international developments as political multi-polarization, economic globalization, culture diversity and socialization of infor... [FULL TEXT]

Russian experts look at the concept of the “old industrial regions” in a broader way – as the regions which have created structure of industrial production at different stages of industrial development since the end of the 19th centur... [FULL TEXT]