CSR 2019: Chinaโ€™s Influence on Interpol – Progress and Pushback

By Sam Boone Introduction As China continues down its road of modernization, Chinaโ€™s leaders hope to increase not only their countryโ€™s economic strength but also its international political influence. Since the Peopleโ€™s Republic of China joined the United Nations in 1971, China has been gradually increasing its role in international organizations and becoming more intertwined …

CSR 2019: Challenges to SOE Mixed Ownership Reform in China – A Case Study

By Dominic Chiu Introduction The reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China is crucial for sustaining the countryโ€™s economic growth through increased productivity and innovation. In 2013, Chinaโ€™s state sector owned assets equivalent to 145 percent of Chinaโ€™s GDP, the highest ratio in the world and almost double that of the runner-up, India.[i] State sector …

CSR 2019: Chinaโ€™s Strategies in Pursuing Global Food Security

By Anna Woods Introduction Access to food is one of humankindโ€™s most fundamental needs and rights. Population growth, natural disasters, climate change, and conflict all throw this access into question. If we proceed from the standpoint that international organizations and regimes have the potential to assist in governing and mitigating problems that apply globally, global …

CSR 2019: Organizational Reform as a Key Driver of Chinese Military Science and Technology Innovation

By Brian Hart Since Xi Jinping rose to power in November 2012, he and the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have initiated significant reforms to all three pillars of the Chinese polity: the party, military, and government. Some of the most sweeping reforms are taking place within the Peopleโ€™s Liberation Army (PLA). …

CSR 2019: An Innovation-Driven Economy with Chinese Characteristics

By Kevin Garrahan Introduction Over the past twenty-five years of Chinaโ€™s economic rise and expanding influence, politicians, business leaders, and economists have questioned whether China is capable of innovation. In more recent years, this issue has taken on even greater significance. From the perspective of the US and other advanced economies, Chinaโ€™s progress in high-tech …