Paul J. Bolt

China and Southeast Asia's Ethnic Chinese: State and Diaspora in Contemporary Asia

China and Asias Ethnic Chinese Asias Ethnic Chinese: Characteristics and Networks Overseas Chinese Remittances and Investments Chinas Reform Era Policies Toward Ethnic Chinese and the Ethnic Chinese Response The Economic and Political Effects of Ethnic Chinese Investments in China International Implications of Chinas Policies and Ethnic Chinese Investments in China Economic Cooperation Between China and Singapore Conclusion Bibliography Index

The Contemporary Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities for the Twenty-First Century

Abstract Today many aspects of the Sino-Russian relationship are positive. The “strategic cooperative partnership” is supported by the Treaty for Good Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation, as well as membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and a shared commitment to a multipolar world. Nevertheless, the economic foundation of the relationship is weak, energy cooperation has not reached its potential, and the two states have competing interests in Central Asia. Thus, this article argues that although the Sino-Russian relationship is multifaceted and based on practical considerations, there are nevertheless factors that limit the relationship. China and Russia have links with the West that sometimes interfere in their relationship with each other. Moreover, the legacy of history remains in the background of the relationship. Finally, Russias demographic decline, combined with Chinas economic growth, creates questions for Russians regarding their long-term security vis-à-vis China.

Information warfare across the Taiwan strait

Many security analysts believe advances in information technologies are producing changes in economy, government, and society that make information warfare an important aspect of the conflict between China and Taiwan. This study introduces the concept of information warfare and finds that Chinese and, to a lesser extent, Taiwanese strategists have developed distinctive approaches to it. Despite limited technological resources and a reputation for political constraints on innovation, China made early efforts to adopt technologies, organizational forms, and strategies to facilitate information warfare. In the event of war, Beijing hopes to disrupt advanced Taiwanese and American network-dependent economies, governments, and militaries while protecting access to the more limited information it requires. Taiwan is building information warfare capabilities by drawing on both its advanced information technology firms and US assistance. American policymakers should take steps to prevent the emergence of information warfare in the context of the cross-strait rivalry from undermining deterrence and crisis stability.