简介:Thefirstdecadeofthe21stcenturyhasbeenanimportantperiodforLatinAmerica’smodernization.Inthefaceofrapideconomicglobalizationandachangingglobalorder,mostcountriesintheregionhavebeencarefullyreflectingontheirdevelopmentpaths.Afteradecadeofadjustmentsandreforms,greatchangeshavebeenseenintermsofpolitics,economics,society,anddiplomacy.Manygovernmentsintheregionarealsofacingseriouschallenges.ThenextdecadewillthereforealsobeakeyperiodforthecontinuingmodernizationofLatinAmerica,apromisingregion.
简介:Environmentalissues,mainlytheglobalwarming,theozonelayerdepletion,theacidrain,theairandwaterpollution,thedesertification,andthelossofbiodiversity--havecaughtattentionoftheentirehumanrace.Itisnowuniversallyacknowledgedthatenvironmentalprotectionisapoliticalandsocialproblemaswellasaneconomicone.Itinvolvesvarioussectorsofthenationaleconomyandsohasanimportantbearingonsustainableeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofallnations.
简介:DriftmarkedChina-Japantiesinmostpartofthe1990s,accompaniedwithwildswings.Thelastdecadeofthe20thcenturywitnessedthecommemorationofthe20thanniversary(1972-1992)ofdiplomaticnormalization,the50thanniversary(1945-1995)ofthevictoryoftheWarofResistanceAgainstJapaneseAggression,thefuroroverthe"NoWardecision"inJapan,andtheshockwavesfromthereorientationofJapan-U.S.relationshipin1996andtherevisionoftheguidelines
简介:<正>印度是一个以农业为主的国家。1981年总人口为68,381万,仅次于我国,占世界人口15.53%;人口密度平均每平方公里221人,约高于我国一倍;农村人口占76.27%,城镇人口占23.73%;人口增长率是相当高的,如1971—81年的十年中人口增长了24.75%,城镇更高为43.1%;100万以上人口的大都市,由9座增加到12座;人口的地理分布是极其不均匀的,恒河一旁遮普平原占全印总面积的13.8%,人口却占33.3%,达227.4百万。印度人口所具有的增长迅速,分布不均和城镇人口增长快的特点,也反映在一些农业为主的国家