Chorus
at WEF: Chindia has arrived
Hindustantimes.com, 31 January 2007
Meenakshi Iyer
While Western nations have begun to feel the sting of this transition,
deliberations at the World Economic Forum indicate that the rise
of the Asian giants should be seen as an opportunity and not as
a threat.
The rich nations, it seems, are already on a path to try and capitalise
on the inevitable emergence of what will become the powerhouse of
the world's economic activity.
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Eastern
initiatives
Frontline, Jan 27- Feb 9, 2007
P.S. Suryanarayana
THE fledgling East Asia Summit (EAS), a forum that includes some
of the world's established and emerging powers but excludes the
United States, is beginning to dream of flying high. The 16 EAS
participants - China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, New
Zealand and the 10-member ASEAN - are not surely clueless as such.
But the challenge before them is how best to carve out a niche role
for themselves.
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An
East Asian community? Not so fast
atimes.com 19 January, 2007
Bennett Richardson
The meeting of 16 national leaders at the second East Asia Summit
(EAS) on the Philippine island of Cebu last week offered the promise
of the politically fractious but economically powerful Asian mega-region
one day coalescing into a single meaningful unit.
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Rise
of China and India changes course of global economic history
Shanghai Daily, 22 January 2007
There
is a fundamental transfer of power that we are witnessing around
the world: The rise of some new economic and geopolitical powers
at the same time that globalization becomes more widespread.
These
trends are challenging societal norms and reshaping relations between
states, markets, companies and consumers.
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Compete
as you cooperate
Mukul G Asher, National University of Singapore
Dnaindia.com, 22 January 2007
The
recently concluded annual round of meetings in Cebu (Philippines)
involving India, Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations),
East Asian countries (China, Japan, and Korea), Australia and New
Zealand provides a convenient occasion to reflect on the progress
in India's engagement with the region.
India's current trade with the countries that attended this meeting
is around $125 billion, and growing rapidly. The presence of Indian
businesses and diaspora in these countries is also increasing. This
augurs well for deepening of India's linkages.
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Nations
required to develop new strategy to embrace U.S.
The Korea Herald, 20 January 2007
Kim Soung-chul, Senior Fellow, Sejong Institute in Seongnam
At the latest and second East Asia Summit this week in the Philippines,
leaders of the 16 member countries signed an energy security pact
that seeks to reduce oil dependency and greenhouse gas emissions,
although it does not offer concrete targets. The East Asia Summit
is an expanded forum of "ASEAN+3 (Korea, China and Japan),"
a representative organization of Greater East Asia.
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Asia
is still the region to watch
Gulf News, 20 January 2007
Andrew Shouler
The
Asian story is big and getting bigger. The impact of the largest
continent on the world economy in recent years has been enormous,
especially in the rise of China as an emerging economic superpower,
and lately the excitement generated by the growth of India, with
similar promise.
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Southeast
Asian free trade
The New Nation, 19 January 2007
AT
their just concluded summit at the port city of Cebu, the Philippines,
the Southeast Asian leaders agreed to turn their region into a free
trade zone by 2015 and fight hard for poverty alleviation. The summit
host, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo stressed the
need to bolster free trade within the Association of South East
Asian Nations (ASEAN) that, she said, 'is committed to expanding
its trade forum to become the largest in the world'.
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An
East Asian community? Not so fast
Asia Times, 19 January 2007
Bennett Richardson
The meeting of 16 national leaders at the second East Asia Summit
(EAS) on the Philippine island of Cebu last week offered the promise
of the politically fractious but economically powerful Asian mega-region
one day coalescing into a single meaningful unit.
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No
tradeoffs here
Business Standard, January 10, 2007
Rajiv Kumar
Prof. Stiglitz broadly makes the following points in this book.
First, globalisation has yielded positive results over a long period
for many economies. According to him, for East Asia “[g]lobalization—in
the form of export-led growth—helped pull the East Asian countries
out of poverty. Globalization made this possible, providing access
to international markets as well as access to technology that enabled
vast increases in productivity. These countries simultaneously achieved
growth and stability”.
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The
Future of East Asian Institutionalism
Ralf Emmers for IDSS, January 9 2007
The
12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu this week is an important event for the
region. Economic and security issues, as well as a proposed draft
of the ASEAN Charter, are expected to dominate the agenda.
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