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Two major themes in contemporary international
relations-Sino-European relations and global governance-are both
addressed in this volume. In its focused analysis of Sino-European
relations, global governance serves as both a topic for analysis
and a conceptual framework to join together individual chapters.
Featuring perspectives from a diverse group of established and
promising young scholars from China, Europe, and elsewhere, this
book has important implications for Chinese foreign policy, the
European Union, the future of global governance, and international
relations at large.
Since the mid-1990s, the European Union has defined the Asia
Pacific as one of its key strategic targets on its ambitious road
towards a global power. Over the past decades, big changes have
taken place on both sides and the wider world. It's high time to
evaluate the EU's performance in its Asian policy. In fact, the EU
is at crossroads with its Asia Pacific policy. On several aspects,
the EU is compelled to redefine its interests and roles, and
rethink its strategies and policies towards the dynamic and ever
important Asia Pacific region. This volume addresses this theme, by
elaborating the general context, major issues and countries in the
EU's Asia Pacific policy. It covers issue areas of traditional
security, economy and trade, public diplomacy, and human security
and focuses on the EU's relations with China, Japan, the ASEAN
countries, and Australasia. -- .
When Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, China symbolically
asserted its role as an emerging world power -- a position it is
not likely to relinquish anytime soon. China's growing economy,
military reforms, and staggering productivity have contributed to
its ascendancy as a major player in international affairs. Western
scholars have attempted to explain Chinese foreign policy using
historical or theoretical evidence, but until this volume, few
studies from a Chinese perspective have been published in
English.
In Challenges to Chinese Foreign Policy: Diplomacy,
Globalization, and the Next World Power, editors Yufan Hao, C. X.
George Wei, and Lowell Dittmer reveal how Chinese scholars view
their nation's rise to global dominance. Drawing from a wealth of
foreign relations experts including scholars native to the region,
this volume examines the unique challenges China faces as it adapts
in its role as a world leader, and it analyzes how China's evolving
international relationships are shaping the global landscape of the
twenty-first century.
In this collection of essays, edited by Jianwei Wang and Yufan Hao,
the contributor's explore the driving factors that lie behind
Macao's increased visibility, including: the rapid economic
development and growth, the "one country, two system"
administration under which they operate, the influx of foreign
investment, and the role of Macao in China's foreign policy,
especially as it relates to the United States. Macao underwent
tremendous growth in various spheres during its evolution from a
minor colonial power into a global player with increasing influence
on the world stage. Their enhanced international profile is largely
a result of their economic and political development over the 20th
century, culminating with their handover to China in 1999. With
more than 60 countries that have established consular services in
Macao, and their membership in several international organizations
- WTO, UNESDO, and the World Tourism Organization) - Macao
continues to play an important role in the Eastern hemisphere.
Macao's entrance into the world market improved their reputation in
East Asia and led to spectacular economic growth, but it also
attracted foreign investment, especially from the United States,
that changed the cultural landscape. American influence has grown
steadily in Macao, and with their increased exposure to
international economics and politics, Macao's role as a buffer
between China and United States is increasingly important. Macao
and U.S.-Chinese Relations uses a local perspective to analyze the
complicated relationship between these two world superpowers and
Chinese foreign policy as a whole.
Since the mid-1990s, the European Union has defined the Asia
Pacific as one of its key strategic targets on its ambitious road
towards a global power. Over the past decades, big changes have
taken place on both sides and the wider world. It's high time to
evaluate the EU's performance in its Asian policy. In fact, the EU
is at crossroads with its Asia Pacific policy. On several aspects,
the EU is compelled to redefine its interests and roles, and
rethink its strategies and policies towards the dynamic and ever
important Asia Pacific region. This volume addresses this theme, by
elaborating the general context, major issues and countries in the
EU's Asia Pacific policy. It covers issue areas of traditional
security, economy and trade, public diplomacy, and human security
and focuses on the EU's relations with China, Japan, the ASEAN
countries, and Australasia. -- .
The potential of stripper oil and gas fields for energy supply is
large.With increasing energy demand, integrated reservoir studies,
secondary and tertiary recovery, and infill drilling are becoming
more common.The objective of this book was to optimize oil and gas
production from stripper well fields.We integrated geologic and
engineering data to build a detailed reservoir model for a stripper
gas field.The objective was to provide insights to controls on gas
production.For the stripper oil field,we evaluated the Green River
formation of Monument Butte field,Utah. 3D geostatistical
realizations were ranked using streamline simulation.Interwell
connectivity vs well spacing was evaluated. A water-flood-only
strategy provides more oil recovery than a primary-then-water-flood
strategy.Infill drilling may effectively produce unswept oil and
double oil recovery. CO2 injection is much more efficient than N2
and CH4 injection.Water-alternate-CO2 injection is superior to
continuous CO2 injection.The results of this study should be
applicable to similar stripper gas and oil fields. Together, the
two studies demonstrate the use of integrated reservoir studies for
improving oil and gas recovery.
When Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, China symbolically
asserted its role as an emerging world power -- a position it is
not likely to relinquish anytime soon. China's growing economy,
military reforms, and staggering productivity have contributed to
its ascendancy as a major player in international affairs. Western
scholars have attempted to explain Chinese foreign policy using
historical or theoretical evidence, but until this volume, few
studies from a Chinese perspective have been published in
English.
In Challenges to Chinese Foreign Policy: Diplomacy,
Globalization, and the Next World Power, editors Yufan Hao, C. X.
George Wei, and Lowell Dittmer reveal how Chinese scholars view
their nation's rise to global dominance. Drawing from a wealth of
foreign relations experts including scholars native to the region,
this volume examines the unique challenges China faces as it adapts
in its role as a world leader, and it analyzes how China's evolving
international relationships are shaping the global landscape of the
twenty-first century.
In view of its size, and vast land and sea boundaries that it
shares with its neighbours, China has always regarded its
peripheral policy as a crucial aspect of its national security.
Such a mentality conforms to Chinese leaders' core belief that a
stable external environment - in particular, its immediate region -
remains the sine qua non for the continued and sustained
rejuvenation of their nation.This book examines China's evolving
strategies towards its surrounding peripheries. It is the first
book to examine in detail President Xi Jinping's steering of
China's peripheral diplomacy. It argues that China pursues an
ambitious, omnidirectional regional diplomacy that emphasizes the
entire periphery region, and not just specific peripheries.
According to this book, Chinese regional policy cannot be properly
and adequately understood without taking into account its full
breadth, substance and scope. Featuring chapters that explore
China's evolving policy in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South
Asia and Central Asia, and addressing new developments under Xi,
this book fleshes out the intricacies of how China has been
managing its peripheral relationships in Asia under new
circumstances and new leadership.
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