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<p>Centre for Peace and Development Studies Perhaps the most important activity of the institute is its publication Heping yu fazhan (Peace and Development). This quarterly journal contains extremely high-quality analyses of international affairs written by civilian and military analysts, both permanent and associated research staff. It is a useful “window” into the thinking of PLA international security specialists, and is probably the highest-quality journal on current international relations topics published in China today. Its breadth and depth exceed that of the journals published by CICIR or CIIS, although articles in the journal of the CASS Institute of World Economics and Politics are more theoretical. Taken together, the journals of CPDS, CICIR, CIIS and the China Institute of International Strategic Studies (the think tank affiliated with the Second Department of the PLA General Staff Department) offer excellent insights into the analysis of contem-porary international affairs being carried out in China’s civilian and military intelligence communities. The CPDS claims it is “mainly financed” by CAIFC, which means its funds largely come from the Ministry of State Security and PLA’s General Political Department. Xinhua Centre for World Affairs The Xinhua Centre for World Affairs (Xinhuashe shijie wenti yanjiu zhongxin) (XCWA) was established in 1991 under the International Department of Xinhua News Agency (Figure 6). It only has about ten full-time research fellows (many of whom are also simultaneously work- ing in the International Department) and a small secretarial staff, but a large number of affiliated fellows, mostly retired from Xinhua. The Centre claims to focus primarily on “big powers and India.” It plays an important role in the selection of materials to be translated and included in the daily Reference News (Cankao ziliao or Da cankao), not an unimportant task insofar as this publication is a critical source of infor- mation on international affairs for China’s top leaders and officials. The XCWA also has several other neibu document channels to the leadership and other international affairs units. Nevertheless, its influence should not be overstated, as it seems to be more a loose group of elderly Xinhua<br />correspondents than an organized institution.</p><p>China Society for Strategy and Management??????????????The CSSM has a relatively small permanent research staff of approxi-<br />mately ten, but operates principally as an association to draw together<br />experts from across Beijing and the rest of the country. They have modest<br />office space in the National Library of China’s annex building, but clearly<br />are fairly flush with funds. Only a minor degree of its sponsored research<br />is on international affairs, and this comes to light in the important<br />quarterly journal Zhanlu¨e yu guanli (Strategy and Management). These<br /><strong>articles often break with the mould of more official and mainstream IR<br />journals.</strong>???</p><p>Shanghai Institute of International Studies</p><p>Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences</p><p>China’s IR think tanks have grown and matured considerably over the<br />past two decades since relations with the Western and Asian countries<br />began to grow. Much of the credit for the increased quality of research is<br />owed to the role played by foreign institutions in educating and training<br />Chinese researchers. While they still operate with their own distinctly<br />Chinese paradigms, and also stubbornly cling to realist, state-centric and<br />overeign-based analysis, researchers are much more aware of foreign<br />concepts and methodologies of research. While Westerners may not agree<br />with their analysis of international affairs, at least they now come closer<br />o speaking the same language. However, there remains a large<br />“perception gap” between their analyses and those of American, Euro-<br />pean, Japanese or other Asian IR and security analysts – and there is<br />minimal evidence that this gap is being narrowed.</p><p>中国国际关系智囊团对国际外交政策的影响时有波动,但总体上来说是在增长的。其结果是政府官员和领导人会更加熟悉世界事物,意味着对将要采取的行动的后果有更加深刻的认识,更好的应对国际局势,这也是提高政府执政能力的一个方面。</p><p>以上介绍的准确性将由真正在其中工作的人员去评判,我相信我们当中的某些同学某一天会加入这一行列。更为重要的是希望本文会对同学们的职业规划有所帮助,并祝愿大家将来会对中国与世界的关系作出重要、积极的贡献。这也是每个人的梦想,愿它成真!</p> |
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