Article - Friday, July 9, 2010
Germans, Chinese loosen purse strings, begin to import more goods
Signals from Germany and China offer hope that a key goal of G20 leaders – a better balance in global trade – is more achievable than it looks.
Publication - Tuesday, June 29, 2010
National Perspectives on Global Leadership: China
Lan Xue and Yanbing Zhang reflect on the relevance of the Huntsville G8 Summit and Toronto G20 Summit and their implications for China.
Article - Monday, June 28, 2010
Keep Eye on Local Debt, Experts Warn
The debts of local Chinese governments are not huge or risky enough to evolve into a crisis like the one sweeping Europe, but the situation does deserve attention, economists at home and abroad have said.
Article - Friday, June 25, 2010
RMB reform to benefit all sides: Experts
China's foreign exchange regime reform is not only in the interest of its own economy but also can alleviate global trade and economic imbalances, foreign economists and think tank researchers have said.
Article - Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Three Leading Views on the G8 and G20 Summits in Canada
In light of the upcoming G8 and G20 summits taking place in Canada this weekend, three leading global think tanks—the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada, the Stanley Foundation in the United States, and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations—joined to weigh in on the issues on a mini-summit called “Three Voices.”
Article - Sunday, June 20, 2010
China's removal of currency peg paves way for successful G20 summit
OTTAWA - The log jam blocking the way to a successful G20 summit in Toronto this week is beginning to break up.
Article - Tuesday, June 15, 2010
G20 summit will touch on the issue of global imbalance
Researchers of three think-tanks from Canada, China and USA attended a meeting about “Leadership and Global Governance Agenda” which is related to G20 summit in Toronto University. Delegates from Canada pointed that one of the main issues of this G20 summit is Global imbalance, inevitably it will focus on China.
Publication - Thursday, January 21, 2010
Developing Countries – even China – Cannot Rescue the World Economy
Contrary to what many analysts believe, neither China alone nor developing countries as a group are economically powerful enough to pull the world economy out of recession, although their importance as an engine of global growth is rising. Global economic recovery will have to depend on growth in the US and Europe.
Publication - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
China and the Financial Crisis
This report, produced by a task force under the aegis of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and CIGI, assesses the impact of the global financial crisis on China. The report suggests that China has been perceived as relatively well insulated from the crisis, but along with other trade dependent countries outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) its integration into the global economy means exposure to the negative effects of the economic downturn.
Publication - Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Emerging Powers in Global Governance: Lessons from the Heiligendamm Process (Chinese Translation)
全球治理中的新兴国家——来自海利根达姆进程的经验
In the Chinese translation of this book, leading international relations experts examine the positions and roles of key emerging countries in the potential transformation of the G8 and the prospects for their deeper engagement in international governance. The essays consider a number of overlapping perspectives on the G8 Heiligendamm Process, a co-operation agreement that originated from the 2007 summit, and offer an in-depth look at the challenges and promises presented by the rise of the emerging powers.


