Using data from the late 1970s, researchers have looked at almost 200 children ages 3 to 9 in Belize, Kenya, Nepal and American Samoa to determine whether modernization changes have had an effect on ...

One of the essential requirements of the Chinese path to modernization is to help build a community with a shared future for mankind. The Chinese path to modernization also links the great ...

Theories of development and modernization have played a crucial role in the formation of U.S. policy since George Washington's administration promoted the "civilization" of the eastern Native American ...

Ideas about what it means to be modern are soon dated. Not so long ago theories were in vogue claiming that a “scientific-technical revolution” was under way that would lead to a single type of ...

China's annual two sessions have begun this week. This critical series of meetings in spring is vital to defining China's approach to economic, political and foreign policy issues for the whole year.

China military development has become a key focus of US security policy as well as that of virtually all Asian-Pacific states. The Burke Chair is issuing a new report on the trends in Chinese strategy ...

At every critical historical juncture, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has consistently been able to scientifically grasp the historical direction and evolving circumstances, formulate correct ...

Teka Entehabu (left), former Ethiopian minister of trade and industry, interacts with other participants during the fourth Think Tank Forum on National Governance in Developing Countries in Beijing on ...