Research Noon Seminar Series
Research Noon Seminar Series
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The East-West Center Research Program Noon Seminar Series seeks to disseminate research and policy findings on environmental, social, economic, political, and international relations issues in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Noon Seminar Series invites scholars, advocates, and government officials from throughout the U.S., Asia, and the Pacific to share their findings with colleagues and students through a series of presentations in Honolulu. By capturing these talks on the East-West Center website, the Center makes these research and policy findings available to a broader audience of planners, academics, policymakers, regional specialists, the media, and the general public.
The seminar will examine China’s industrial-policy master plan “Made in China 2025” under the conditions of rapid digitization of value chains and increased international conflicts over trade, intellectual property, and socio-economic governance. At its inception around 2015, the program emphasized the automation of manufacturing as a key strategy to develop China from a “large” to a “strong” manufacturing power. Read More...
In 2016, the United States elected an avowedly protectionist candidate president. Analysis of county-level electoral data indicates that exposure to trade competition encouraged a shift toward the Republican candidate, but this effect was mediated by race, diversity, education, and age. Read More...
With the unfolding process of Korean reunification, it is important to explore how experts in Japan assess and understand the process and consequences of reunification of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Read More...
Unemployment is a critical area of study for policy analysts and policymakers as it indicates the health of the labor market and the economy in general. Young people in several countries face an uphill battle as they enter the labor force and forge their path to becoming productive contributors to the economy. Read More...
With two-thirds of the human population concentrated around coastlines accelerated coastal development and changes to natural coastlines are inevitable. Over time, natural coastlines undergo severe changes, and in many cases are completely overtaken by industrial facilities, coastal defense measures, and residential properties. Read more...
Many people blame kastom or traditional ways of doing things as the root of gender inequalities. They argue that in order to create gender equality, there is a need to transform traditional cultures to modern societies, a transition that reflects the trajectories of modernization. Read More...
Almost 55,000 people lived in the de facto stateless spaces known as enclaves along the border of Bangladesh and India until 2015. Enclaves were pieces of one state inside another where residents lacked access to basic rights, such as health, education and legal protection. Read More...
In 2016, more than 25 percent of global tuna output was caught in the exclusive economic zones of Pacific Island countries. Eight of the most productive Pacific Island countries formed a coalition, called the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), to manage their shared fishery cooperatively and improve revenue from fishing licenses sales. Read More...
Resilience strategies, climate action plans, and disaster preparedness plans are tools that cities are increasingly developing in order to address future challenges. How are cities thinking about and engaging their vulnerable communities and groups that have historically not been part of planning processes? Read More...
Developments in recent years have revealed that the world is facing a global terrorism challenge that has become a major security issue for many countries around the world including Malaysia. Since 1969, Malaysia has recorded 13 extremist militant groups that were operating in the country. Read More...
Over the past decade, China has expanded its international economic relationships while also intensifying political and policy pressure to advance Beijing’s position on human rights. Despite international legal standards to the contrary, China has promoted a human rights discourse that elevates stability and economic accumulation over political and civil rights. Read More...
Drought is a significant feature of the climate in Hawai‘i and the U.S-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), with severe impacts across multiple sectors. This talk presents an overview of drought in Hawai‘i and the USAPI. Read More...
With the exhaustion of surplus labor, China is now aiming at innovation-driven economic growth. Resurgent state dominance seems to be diminishing the vital role of the market and private firms, however. Read More...
The Pacific Islands are globally regarded as a barometer and first line of impact for climate change. In addition to their geographic predisposition to extreme weather events, the remote and isolated nature of these islands creates infrastructural challenges—such as lack of internet connectivity—which contribute to educational challenges. Read More...
The earth has become increasingly urban in character, with the number of megacities (population greater than 10 million) quadrupling to nearly 40 over the past 30 years. A majority of these cities are located on the coastal ocean, meaning that a growing share of the world’s population is not only benefiting from the climate and resources of the coastal ocean but also contributing to the myriad environmental stressors to this vital ecosystem. Read More...
It is hard to escape the reality that our climate is rapidly changing—in the natural world, and otherwise. Trends that used to be predictable are erratic. Temporary shifts, such as weather, that allowed us to adapt to momentary changes and return once again to equilibrium are no longer able to prepare us for the broader, more long-lasting changes to come. Read More...
Since gaining independence in 1991, Slovenia has experienced major changes, including a transition from self‑management socialism to a democratic and pluralistic society with a capitalist market economy. At the same time, population is ageing very rapidly. Read More...
Early estimates for 2018 suggest that South Korea’s total fertility rate fell below 1.0 for the first time. This new low follows decades of declining fertility that began in the early 1980s when South Korea’s total fertility rate initially fell below the replacement level of 2.1. In addition, South Korea’s workforce began declining in 2017, and the total population is expected to begin declining in 2027. Read More...
One of the major issues among colleges and universities in Korea is the government’s ‘Higher Education Restructuring Project’ designed to cope with a decreasing school-age population. National total fertility rates are now lower than at any other past period (estimated at below 1.0 as of 2018), which means that many colleges and universities that were established during periods of population growth will find themselves contributing to an oversupply of higher education services. Read More...
Is children’s involvement in market and household work related to the labor force status of their mothers and fathers? Among children with employed parents, is there a relationship between parents’ sector of employment and the work performed by children?And how does poverty affect the relationship between parents’ informal employment and work performed by children? Read More...
This presentation will discuss the decades-long struggles (and successes) within the humanitarian community to expand emergency response from the logistics of supplying food, water and shelter to include considerations of equal access to assistance, protection from harm, and empowerment of women and girls. Read More...
Hydrogen is an emerging industry with significant potential to deliver economic opportunity from wealth creation and jobs, fuel security, and environmental benefits to many regions in the world. The International Energy Agency estimates that the global market for hydrogen will reach $215 billion by 2022. Read More...
Evidence for rising global temperatures and evidence of the human role in causing most of that rise—by burning fossil fuels—is overwhelming. Yet humanity is not behaving as if threatened by the crisis that climate models predict. As entrenched interests and ‘science deniers’ obscure data to claim no action is necessary or the cure is worse than the disease and activists seek to bend the climate imperative to other social goals, the broader public is left threatened and confused. Read More...
Distributed energy resources and microgrids have become more common in the last decade for humanitarian, defense, and industry applications both on and off the grid. This growth is being driven by the declining cost of renewables and increasing societal interest in energy access, autonomy, resiliency, and sustainability. Read More...
Fengshui was introduced to Okinawa, Japan, then the Ryukyu Kingdom, at the end of the 14th Century by Chinese immigrants. Fengshui has had a profound influence on the settlement of the landscape, cemetery construction, landscape tree planting, and forestry management. The essential concept of fengshui in the Ryukyu Islands is hougo (抱護), literally meaning “embraced protection.” Read More...
Landscape scale reforestation is proven, cost effective and shovel-ready; indeed, forests are the most effective carbon sinks on earth. With reforestation we can reduce global warming by 0.5°C by the end of the century. Read More...
Forest carbon monitoring methods, invented in Hawaii, are now globally accepted. Asner discusses his CLASlite forest monitoring project, which provides deforestation monitoring software and training to government and private organizations in more than 130 countries. Read More...
Do individuals in all countries behave rationally or is their behavior influenced by their country’s culture, traditions, and social norms? This presentation attempts to shed light on this question as it relates to saving and bequest behavior in Japan. Read More...
This presentation examines whether marriage helps women accumulate wealth in Japan. Measuring wealth in terms of household wealth and in terms of personal wealth, these findings underscore the fact that women in Japan are potentially in a financially vulnerable position even after they marry. Read More...
Years of isolation have left North Korea economically reliant on China. Today, diplomatic efforts to contain North Korea's nuclear ambitions depend on China's ability and willingness to control trade between the two nations. After three decades of market reform, however, less than 20% of China’s trade with North Korea is now in the hands of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Read More...
Many claim that HIV epidemics in Asia are increasingly shifting toward the general population, requiring a refocusing of prevention efforts. This presentation explores the evidence from modeling HIV epidemics in the countries of Asia and explores the evidence related to this claim. Read More...
Soon after the November 6 mid-term elections in the U.S., key regional summits such as the East Asia Summit will take place in the Indo-Pacific. Vice President Pence will represent the U.S. instead of President Trump. Given Pence’s recent hard-hitting speech on China, and multiple other factors, how should we assess the state of U.S.-Indo-Pacific relations? Read More...
Countries around the world face the dual challenge of reversing ecosystem degradation while sustaining tourism. The presentation highlights key findings for several National Parks in New Zealand and preliminary findings for protected areas in Hawaii. Read More...
In recent years, several regional superpowers have made it clear that a tougher trade protectionism will be their priority, which presents a challenge to the progress of Asia-Pacific regional economic integration. Read More...
The government of Japan purported to "reinterpret" the famous war-renouncing provision of the Constitution of Japan, Article 9, in the summer of 2014. It did so in a manner that deliberately circumvented the formal amendment procedure, and the "reinterpretation" itself was a radical departure from established understanding of the provision. Read More...
There is widespread recognition for the need to address global warming and climate change. A global financial architecture has emerged to support climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives. However, significant gaps have emerged between the intent to mitigate and adapt. Read More...
Trillions of dollars are needed annually to meet global goals for sustainable development and the Paris Climate Accords. In light of these global commitments, policy makers and investors are struggling to integrate climate financing strategies at the scale commensurate with the opportunity. Read More...
Parliaments play an important role in contributing to the implementation and realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Strong parliaments are at the heart of democracy and good governance. They are central to ensuring that national efforts, policies, and programs deliver benefits for all people. Read More...
Henry F. Poor (1856–1899) was one of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s prime diplomats. He was dispatched to circumnavigate the globe in 1883–1884 and to Sāmoa in 1886–1887. Of both aboriginal Hawaiian and New England descent, Poor’s life exemplifies the cultural and political tensions inherent in late nineteenth century Hawaiian society. Read More...
Around 3 billion people cook and heat their homes using polluting fuels (i.e. wood, coal, dung, kerosene) and inefficient technologies. According to the World Health Organization, around 4 million people, mainly women and children, die from exposure to household air pollution every year. Read More...
Recently Pakistan has become one of the least water secure nations in the world and faces an impending water crisis. Pakistan’s severe water shortages highlight its dependence on the Indus River Basin and bring to the forefront a conflict with India over control of the basin. Read More...
This seminar traces the place of Chinese in discourses of public health, in the medical community and particularly with the Board of Health, to reflect on the how Chinese moved from plantation laborers to successful members of Hawai`i society. Read More...
For the past decade Taiwan has been the quiet East Asia “flashpoint” compared to North Korea and the East China Sea. But the situation that previously produced three Taiwan Strait crises remains unresolved, and with China newly emboldened under Xi Jinping and the independence-leaning party in power in Taipei, a fourth crisis may be brewing. Read More...
China faces a huge gap between its exploding data pool and its capacity for data analysis. This talk reviews China’s AI strategy and key stakeholders in China’s AI industry and provides a bird’s-eye view of China’s perceived AI strengths and weaknesses. Read More...
The war to rule in Burma – the fight to bring rebel frontier landscapes and ethnic minority populations under control of the lowland military state – has continued during the country’s celebrated opening to global capital by “turning land into capital” and “battlefields to marketplaces.” Read More...
Non-native, invasive species pose threats to environmental, economic, cultural, and social systems around the world. Biosecurity systems exist to try to limit the introduction of plants, animals, and other organisms that could potentially invade a new area and cause harm. Read More...
The relationship between law and art in contemporary China reveals important dynamics of the PRC legal system. Law in China has long been used to prevent and punish artistic expression with which the ruling regime disagrees. Read More...
In order to test citizen satisfaction with the government’s environmental information disclosure policy and other clean air policies, Professor Wang’s research team conducted face-to-face interviews in the city of Xi’an, Shaanxi provence. Read More...
The mid-hill region of Nepal is experiencing a heavy burden of climate change impacts. Changing rainfall patterns, low crop yields, increased diseases and parasites in animals, drying drinking water sources, forest degradation, and declining river discharges are some of the major climate change impacts in the region. Read More...
Coordinating trade policy and human rights is a critical issue for the world today. Trade policy has direct significance for human rights in matters such as labour relations, environmental protection, health care, and housing - particularly in developing economies. Read More...
China is a leading force in new-energy vehicles, digital cars, and shared mobility. Driven by ambitious government policies and massive urban transformation, China has emerged as the world’s largest market and production site for electric vehicles. Read More...
Deep-sea exploration projects have identified valuable deposits of gold, silver, copper, nickel, and cobalt across the Pacific—both in the open ocean under international jurisdiction and in the territorial waters of several Pacific Island nations. Read More...
In September 2015, after three years of negotiations and debate, 193 countries agreed to a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at ending poverty, protecting the environment, and ensuring prosperity for all by 2030. The agreement expresses a consensus by governments that the SDGs can only be achieved with the involvement of all stakeholders. Read more...
Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) has the highest maternal mortality ratio in Southeast Asia, with 197 women dying in 2015 from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth for every 100,000 live births. Most of these deaths could be prevented. Read more...
The East-West Center Research Program Noon Seminar Series seeks to disseminate research and policy findings on environmental, social, economic, political, and international relations issues in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Noon Seminar Series invites scholars, advocates, and government officials from throughout the U.S., Asia, and the Pacific to share their findings with colleagues and students through a series of presentations in Honolulu. By capturing these talks on the East-West Center website, the Center makes these research and policy findings available to a broader audience of planners, academics, policymakers, regional specialists, the media, and the general public.
The seminar will examine China’s industrial-policy master plan “Made in China 2025” under the conditions of rapid digitization of value chains and increased international conflicts over trade, intellectual property, and socio-economic governance. At its inception around 2015, the program emphasized the automation of manufacturing as a key strategy to develop China from a “large” to a “strong” manufacturing power. Read More...
In 2016, the United States elected an avowedly protectionist candidate president. Analysis of county-level electoral data indicates that exposure to trade competition encouraged a shift toward the Republican candidate, but this effect was mediated by race, diversity, education, and age. Read More...
With the unfolding process of Korean reunification, it is important to explore how experts in Japan assess and understand the process and consequences of reunification of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Read More...
Unemployment is a critical area of study for policy analysts and policymakers as it indicates the health of the labor market and the economy in general. Young people in several countries face an uphill battle as they enter the labor force and forge their path to becoming productive contributors to the economy. Read More...
With two-thirds of the human population concentrated around coastlines accelerated coastal development and changes to natural coastlines are inevitable. Over time, natural coastlines undergo severe changes, and in many cases are completely overtaken by industrial facilities, coastal defense measures, and residential properties. Read more...
Many people blame kastom or traditional ways of doing things as the root of gender inequalities. They argue that in order to create gender equality, there is a need to transform traditional cultures to modern societies, a transition that reflects the trajectories of modernization. Read More...
Almost 55,000 people lived in the de facto stateless spaces known as enclaves along the border of Bangladesh and India until 2015. Enclaves were pieces of one state inside another where residents lacked access to basic rights, such as health, education and legal protection. Read More...
In 2016, more than 25 percent of global tuna output was caught in the exclusive economic zones of Pacific Island countries. Eight of the most productive Pacific Island countries formed a coalition, called the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), to manage their shared fishery cooperatively and improve revenue from fishing licenses sales. Read More...
Resilience strategies, climate action plans, and disaster preparedness plans are tools that cities are increasingly developing in order to address future challenges. How are cities thinking about and engaging their vulnerable communities and groups that have historically not been part of planning processes? Read More...
Developments in recent years have revealed that the world is facing a global terrorism challenge that has become a major security issue for many countries around the world including Malaysia. Since 1969, Malaysia has recorded 13 extremist militant groups that were operating in the country. Read More...
Over the past decade, China has expanded its international economic relationships while also intensifying political and policy pressure to advance Beijing’s position on human rights. Despite international legal standards to the contrary, China has promoted a human rights discourse that elevates stability and economic accumulation over political and civil rights. Read More...
Drought is a significant feature of the climate in Hawai‘i and the U.S-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), with severe impacts across multiple sectors. This talk presents an overview of drought in Hawai‘i and the USAPI. Read More...
With the exhaustion of surplus labor, China is now aiming at innovation-driven economic growth. Resurgent state dominance seems to be diminishing the vital role of the market and private firms, however. Read More...
The Pacific Islands are globally regarded as a barometer and first line of impact for climate change. In addition to their geographic predisposition to extreme weather events, the remote and isolated nature of these islands creates infrastructural challenges—such as lack of internet connectivity—which contribute to educational challenges. Read More...
The earth has become increasingly urban in character, with the number of megacities (population greater than 10 million) quadrupling to nearly 40 over the past 30 years. A majority of these cities are located on the coastal ocean, meaning that a growing share of the world’s population is not only benefiting from the climate and resources of the coastal ocean but also contributing to the myriad environmental stressors to this vital ecosystem. Read More...
It is hard to escape the reality that our climate is rapidly changing—in the natural world, and otherwise. Trends that used to be predictable are erratic. Temporary shifts, such as weather, that allowed us to adapt to momentary changes and return once again to equilibrium are no longer able to prepare us for the broader, more long-lasting changes to come. Read More...
Since gaining independence in 1991, Slovenia has experienced major changes, including a transition from self‑management socialism to a democratic and pluralistic society with a capitalist market economy. At the same time, population is ageing very rapidly. Read More...
Early estimates for 2018 suggest that South Korea’s total fertility rate fell below 1.0 for the first time. This new low follows decades of declining fertility that began in the early 1980s when South Korea’s total fertility rate initially fell below the replacement level of 2.1. In addition, South Korea’s workforce began declining in 2017, and the total population is expected to begin declining in 2027. Read More...
One of the major issues among colleges and universities in Korea is the government’s ‘Higher Education Restructuring Project’ designed to cope with a decreasing school-age population. National total fertility rates are now lower than at any other past period (estimated at below 1.0 as of 2018), which means that many colleges and universities that were established during periods of population growth will find themselves contributing to an oversupply of higher education services. Read More...
Is children’s involvement in market and household work related to the labor force status of their mothers and fathers? Among children with employed parents, is there a relationship between parents’ sector of employment and the work performed by children?And how does poverty affect the relationship between parents’ informal employment and work performed by children? Read More...
This presentation will discuss the decades-long struggles (and successes) within the humanitarian community to expand emergency response from the logistics of supplying food, water and shelter to include considerations of equal access to assistance, protection from harm, and empowerment of women and girls. Read More...
Hydrogen is an emerging industry with significant potential to deliver economic opportunity from wealth creation and jobs, fuel security, and environmental benefits to many regions in the world. The International Energy Agency estimates that the global market for hydrogen will reach $215 billion by 2022. Read More...
Evidence for rising global temperatures and evidence of the human role in causing most of that rise—by burning fossil fuels—is overwhelming. Yet humanity is not behaving as if threatened by the crisis that climate models predict. As entrenched interests and ‘science deniers’ obscure data to claim no action is necessary or the cure is worse than the disease and activists seek to bend the climate imperative to other social goals, the broader public is left threatened and confused. Read More...
Distributed energy resources and microgrids have become more common in the last decade for humanitarian, defense, and industry applications both on and off the grid. This growth is being driven by the declining cost of renewables and increasing societal interest in energy access, autonomy, resiliency, and sustainability. Read More...
Fengshui was introduced to Okinawa, Japan, then the Ryukyu Kingdom, at the end of the 14th Century by Chinese immigrants. Fengshui has had a profound influence on the settlement of the landscape, cemetery construction, landscape tree planting, and forestry management. The essential concept of fengshui in the Ryukyu Islands is hougo (抱護), literally meaning “embraced protection.” Read More...
Landscape scale reforestation is proven, cost effective and shovel-ready; indeed, forests are the most effective carbon sinks on earth. With reforestation we can reduce global warming by 0.5°C by the end of the century. Read More...
Forest carbon monitoring methods, invented in Hawaii, are now globally accepted. Asner discusses his CLASlite forest monitoring project, which provides deforestation monitoring software and training to government and private organizations in more than 130 countries. Read More...
Do individuals in all countries behave rationally or is their behavior influenced by their country’s culture, traditions, and social norms? This presentation attempts to shed light on this question as it relates to saving and bequest behavior in Japan. Read More...
This presentation examines whether marriage helps women accumulate wealth in Japan. Measuring wealth in terms of household wealth and in terms of personal wealth, these findings underscore the fact that women in Japan are potentially in a financially vulnerable position even after they marry. Read More...
Years of isolation have left North Korea economically reliant on China. Today, diplomatic efforts to contain North Korea's nuclear ambitions depend on China's ability and willingness to control trade between the two nations. After three decades of market reform, however, less than 20% of China’s trade with North Korea is now in the hands of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Read More...
Many claim that HIV epidemics in Asia are increasingly shifting toward the general population, requiring a refocusing of prevention efforts. This presentation explores the evidence from modeling HIV epidemics in the countries of Asia and explores the evidence related to this claim. Read More...
Soon after the November 6 mid-term elections in the U.S., key regional summits such as the East Asia Summit will take place in the Indo-Pacific. Vice President Pence will represent the U.S. instead of President Trump. Given Pence’s recent hard-hitting speech on China, and multiple other factors, how should we assess the state of U.S.-Indo-Pacific relations? Read More...
Countries around the world face the dual challenge of reversing ecosystem degradation while sustaining tourism. The presentation highlights key findings for several National Parks in New Zealand and preliminary findings for protected areas in Hawaii. Read More...
In recent years, several regional superpowers have made it clear that a tougher trade protectionism will be their priority, which presents a challenge to the progress of Asia-Pacific regional economic integration. Read More...
The government of Japan purported to "reinterpret" the famous war-renouncing provision of the Constitution of Japan, Article 9, in the summer of 2014. It did so in a manner that deliberately circumvented the formal amendment procedure, and the "reinterpretation" itself was a radical departure from established understanding of the provision. Read More...
There is widespread recognition for the need to address global warming and climate change. A global financial architecture has emerged to support climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives. However, significant gaps have emerged between the intent to mitigate and adapt. Read More...
Trillions of dollars are needed annually to meet global goals for sustainable development and the Paris Climate Accords. In light of these global commitments, policy makers and investors are struggling to integrate climate financing strategies at the scale commensurate with the opportunity. Read More...
Parliaments play an important role in contributing to the implementation and realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Strong parliaments are at the heart of democracy and good governance. They are central to ensuring that national efforts, policies, and programs deliver benefits for all people. Read More...
Henry F. Poor (1856–1899) was one of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s prime diplomats. He was dispatched to circumnavigate the globe in 1883–1884 and to Sāmoa in 1886–1887. Of both aboriginal Hawaiian and New England descent, Poor’s life exemplifies the cultural and political tensions inherent in late nineteenth century Hawaiian society. Read More...
Around 3 billion people cook and heat their homes using polluting fuels (i.e. wood, coal, dung, kerosene) and inefficient technologies. According to the World Health Organization, around 4 million people, mainly women and children, die from exposure to household air pollution every year. Read More...
Recently Pakistan has become one of the least water secure nations in the world and faces an impending water crisis. Pakistan’s severe water shortages highlight its dependence on the Indus River Basin and bring to the forefront a conflict with India over control of the basin. Read More...
This seminar traces the place of Chinese in discourses of public health, in the medical community and particularly with the Board of Health, to reflect on the how Chinese moved from plantation laborers to successful members of Hawai`i society. Read More...
For the past decade Taiwan has been the quiet East Asia “flashpoint” compared to North Korea and the East China Sea. But the situation that previously produced three Taiwan Strait crises remains unresolved, and with China newly emboldened under Xi Jinping and the independence-leaning party in power in Taipei, a fourth crisis may be brewing. Read More...
China faces a huge gap between its exploding data pool and its capacity for data analysis. This talk reviews China’s AI strategy and key stakeholders in China’s AI industry and provides a bird’s-eye view of China’s perceived AI strengths and weaknesses. Read More...
The war to rule in Burma – the fight to bring rebel frontier landscapes and ethnic minority populations under control of the lowland military state – has continued during the country’s celebrated opening to global capital by “turning land into capital” and “battlefields to marketplaces.” Read More...
Non-native, invasive species pose threats to environmental, economic, cultural, and social systems around the world. Biosecurity systems exist to try to limit the introduction of plants, animals, and other organisms that could potentially invade a new area and cause harm. Read More...
The relationship between law and art in contemporary China reveals important dynamics of the PRC legal system. Law in China has long been used to prevent and punish artistic expression with which the ruling regime disagrees. Read More...
In order to test citizen satisfaction with the government’s environmental information disclosure policy and other clean air policies, Professor Wang’s research team conducted face-to-face interviews in the city of Xi’an, Shaanxi provence. Read More...
The mid-hill region of Nepal is experiencing a heavy burden of climate change impacts. Changing rainfall patterns, low crop yields, increased diseases and parasites in animals, drying drinking water sources, forest degradation, and declining river discharges are some of the major climate change impacts in the region. Read More...
Coordinating trade policy and human rights is a critical issue for the world today. Trade policy has direct significance for human rights in matters such as labour relations, environmental protection, health care, and housing - particularly in developing economies. Read More...
China is a leading force in new-energy vehicles, digital cars, and shared mobility. Driven by ambitious government policies and massive urban transformation, China has emerged as the world’s largest market and production site for electric vehicles. Read More...
Deep-sea exploration projects have identified valuable deposits of gold, silver, copper, nickel, and cobalt across the Pacific—both in the open ocean under international jurisdiction and in the territorial waters of several Pacific Island nations. Read More...
In September 2015, after three years of negotiations and debate, 193 countries agreed to a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at ending poverty, protecting the environment, and ensuring prosperity for all by 2030. The agreement expresses a consensus by governments that the SDGs can only be achieved with the involvement of all stakeholders. Read more...
Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) has the highest maternal mortality ratio in Southeast Asia, with 197 women dying in 2015 from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth for every 100,000 live births. Most of these deaths could be prevented. Read more...
