
East-West Center in the News

(2011-07-31) Both the United States, the longtime global economic power, and China, the emerging economy, practice capitalism, but vastly different forms of it, said Christopher McNalley, a nonresident fellow at the East-West Center and director of China-U.S. relations at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Under "Sino capitalism," the largest enterprises in China are entirely or majority owned by the government, McNalley said. At the same time, however, "China has a form of network capitalism of mainly small- and medium-sized enterprises that are extremely flexible and extremely entrepreneurial, and that already have the global imports," he said.
Unlike the "Anglo-American capitalism" model where a competitive market is basically a self-governing and self-regulating force, China, even since before communism, has had "a tributary state, an imperial state that lorded over the economy and you had, yes, small-scale merchant capitalists," McNalley said.
... Charles Morrison, East-West Center president, said that while APEC is not formally a setting where policy negotiation takes place, it is "a forum for leaders at all different levels to get together and discuss these issues and try to develop common approaches."

(2011-07-31) -- Also appears in: publicdiplomacypressandblogreview.blogspot.com



(2011-08-03) Satu Limaye, director of the East-West Center in Washington, echoes the sentiment. "I think Beijing can tolerate an awful lot from Pakistan as they can from North Korea. What they absolutely cannot tolerate from either are spillovers into domestic stability. China will pull no punches to make sure Pakistan takes action to stem the infiltration," he said. -- Also appears in: Asian News International, Hindustan Times, New Kerala, TruthDive











(2011-08-11) -- Also appears in: States News Service, US Fed News




(2011-08-17) -- Also appears in: KHON2

(2011-08-16) "Civilian women and children are often the most vulnerable victims of violence and exploitation in times of conflict and humanitarian crises," said David Cohen, director of the Asian International Justice Initiative, or AIJI – a collaboration between the East-West Center and the University of California-Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center. "We are especially gratified that our Summer Institute this year was able to provide critical training in contemporary policies and practices to promote and protect the rights of women and children." -- Also appears in: ISRIA (registration), Zamboanga Times


(2011-08-20) -- Also appears in: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, ISRIA, Thai Press Reports


(2011-08-23) -- Also appears in: Negros Chronicle

