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The aim of this dissertation was to study the characteristics and development of Beijing aerosol pollution and to evaluate the effects of governmental mitigation measures thereon, while considering meteorological conditions. Based on a decade of aerosol measurements, chemical elements, black carbon (BC), particulate mercury (HgP) and size distribution of aerosol particles were studied to quantify the effects of these measures. Gallium was recommended as a tracer for coal ...

From 2002, the Chinese government insisted that it would not give in to international pressure to change the renminbi (RMB) exchange rate regime. The main question asked in this paper is whether the Chinese government did resist this pressure from early 2002 to mid-2008. Judging from Chinese official documents, records released after bilateral meetings between the United States and China, testimony given by U.S. officials in the U.S. Congress, Chinese government policy statements, and measures related to the RMB exchange rate, we conclude that, in addition to economic and domestic factors, China's exchange rate policy was indeed influenced by American political pressure, and that this pressure led to reform of the RMB exchange rate regime and the widening of the floating band of the RMB exchange rate. (Issues Stud/GIGA)

Between 1988 and 2008, Taiwan-Invested enterprises (TIEs) contributed enormously to the economic development of China. However, the official statistics do not reflect the actual status of TIEs in China. Through literature compilation, statistical analysis and use of appropriate formula for estimation, the aggregate statistics of TIEs in China at the end of 2008 were estimated at: USD166.5billion Taiwanese direct investment in China; USD116.6 billion fixed asset investment of TIEs in China; USD1,965.3 billion cumulative international trade of TIEs in China; and 14.34 million people employed by TIEs in China. (China/GIGA)

The November 2010 urban mayoral elections in Taiwan will set the stage for national elections in 2012 between the Nationalist Party and the rising Democratic Progressive Party. Meanwhile, Taiwan and China successfully concluded the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement in summer 2010, deepening economic ties across the Taiwan Strait.

Given the availability of many comprehensive electronic databases, online research has become an indispensable part of scholarly pursuit, & is also an advantageous skill for researchers in most social science fields. This paper provides an overview of many useful websites & databases of use to researchers interested in Taiwan-US-China relations. Web resources catalogued here were chosen based on their comprehensiveness, user friendliness, & pertinence to the topic. These online research sources are categorized by data source: think tanks & professional associations, government sources, journal articles & conference papers, newspapers, news agencies & collections, reference materials, & online bookstores. 1 Appendix. Adapted from the source document.

A first-hand account of what life was like in the period before the revolution and in Mao's reign, China was a vast human drama, as real people confronted, not political abstractions, but concrete, real challenges, often involving life and death, and she was a witness to the choices, the ways people behaved, in that situation. The Secret Listener gives a unique perspective on the era. Yuan-tsung Chen, who is now 90, and lived through most of it offers a vantage point that provides us with a new, wider perspective on the Maoist regime, one of the most radical political experiments in modern history and a force that genuinely changed the world.