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EU Elevates China to
'Strategic Partner'
(AP, Dec. 13, 2006) The European Union has elevated its 'maturing' relations
with China to a strategic partnership, saying that China's phenomenal
economic growth is driving a revamp of trade and other relations.
India, China to Cooperate in
Nuke Energy
(Times of India, Nov. 22, 2006) India and China took the path-breaking step
to promote cooperation in civil nuclear energy, four days after the US Senate
voted for a similar tie-up between Washington and New Delhi.
China's Hu Jintao Visits
India to Bolster Political, Trade Ties
(AFP, Nov. 20, 2006) Chinese President Hu Jintao begins a historic visit to
India to improve political and economic links between the two Asian giants
and mend fences from a bitter border war 44 years ago.
Bush Cautiously Backs
Pacific Rim Free Trade
(Washington Post, Nov. 17, 2006) President Bush reassured Pacific Rim leaders
Thursday that the United States stands squarely behind efforts to liberalize
trade with the region, and he promised to continue pressuring North Korea to
abandon its nuclear weapons program.
China and India Reaffirm Claims to Disputed State
(Straits Times, Nov. 15, 2006) China and India have publicly restated their
claims on a large expanse of territory bordering Tibet, underscoring the key
issue that remains unresolved as the Chinese President prepares to visit New
Delhi.
China, Russia Sign Array of
Trade Deals
(Reuters, Nov. 10, 2006) China and Russia signed a series of trade and
investment deals in sectors including energy, car production and
infrastructure.
China, Africa to Build
Strategic Partnership
(Straits Times, Nov. 6, 2006) China and Africa wrapped up a two-day forum
with US$1.9 billion in new business deals and a pledge to build a 'new
strategic partnership'.
Soft Power, Hard Deals as
China-Africa Forum Opens
(Reuters, Nov. 2, 2006) China will be projecting soft power and seeking hard
deals as it hosts dozens of African leaders at a summit this weekend that
cements the Asian superpower's deepening trade and political ties with the
continent.
China Wants to Deepen
Military Ties with ASEAN
(Reuters, Oct. 31, 2006) China and Southeast Asia should deepen their
military ties and speed up negotiations on the creation of the world's most
populous free trade area, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said.
China
Trade Policies Draw a Warning from Europe
(New
York Times, Oct. 25, 2006) The European Union told
China on Tuesday that it could face barriers to its booming exports like
clothes, shoes and electronic goods if it did not work toward creating a
two-way street for global commerce.
Australia Could Be Exporting
Uranium to China Early Next Year, Official Says (Associated Press, Sep. 4, 2006)Australian uranium exports to China
could begin early next year, with Australia expected to capture about one
third of the growing Chinese uranium market.
Government Denies 'Checkbook
Diplomacy'
(China Post, Aug. 17, 2006) The government denied accusations of
"checkbook diplomacy" from New Zealand's foreign minister, who
accused Taipei of playing a role in recent riots in the Solomon Islands.
NZ Foreign Minister Hits Out
at Taiwan's Chequebook Diplomacy
(AFP, Aug. 16, 2006) New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has cited
Taiwan's alleged role in this year's Solomon Islands riots as an example of
the dangers of chequebook diplomacy in the Pacific.
Asia to Strengthen
Civilian-Military Disaster Cooperation
(AFP, July 29, 2004) Asia's top security forum, which includes the United
States, China and Russia, plans to develop guidelines for civilian and
military cooperation to ensure swift responses to natural disasters.
China, India Gearing Up to
Open Historic Border Pass
(AFP, July 4, 2006) China and India will reopen an historic trading route
through Tibet that has been closed for 44 years, in a further sign of warming
ties between the world's two most populous nations.
Australian PM's China Visit
Reflects 'Best Ever' Ties
(AFP, June 25, 2006) Australian Prime Minister John Howard's visit to China
to launch a multi-billion dollar gas deal reflects a readiness to accept
Beijing's growing economic and political clout as an opportunity, not a
threat.
Little Prospect of EU
Lifting China Arms Ban: UK
(Reuters, June 8, 2006) Britain said it saw little prospect of the European
Union lifting its arms embargo on China in the near future. British Foreign
Minister Margaret Beckett said there was still disagreement within the
25-member bloc.
China and India Sign
Military Cooperation Deal
(Straits Times, May 30, 2006) Once-bitter rivals China and India have signed
an agreement to step up military cooperation and uphold peace on their
disputed border. No details were immediately available on the agreement.
Study Says Taiwan Will
Suffer Over PRC-ASEAN Pact
(Central News Agency, Feb. 27, 2006) Taiwan will see its gross domestic
product shrink by 0.0187 percent if it fails to take measures to cushion the
impact of the establishment of a free trade zone between China the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a think tank warned.
Taiwan Creates Council to
Build Closer Business Ties with India
(Financial Times, Feb. 11, 2006) Taiwan will launch a government-backed body
intended to build closer ties with India, amid calls from the island's
president for action to reduce its economic dependence on rival mainland
China.
China Scores for Its Dealings
with Asean By Roger
Mitton
(Straits Times, Feb. 6, 2006) The roles of China and the United States in
South-east Asia were contrasted at a forum of regional ambassadors and top
Asian experts, with China being praised and the United States being criticized.
India and China: A Delicate
Dance By Michael
Vatikiotis
(International
Herald Tribune, Jan. 23, 2006) India and China are performing an awkward
tango. Each is wary of the other as partners; both are talented and
experienced on their feet. But dance together they must.
China, India to Cooperate in
Oil Hunt
(AP, Jan. 13, 2006) China and India have agreed to share information on what
they're paying for foreign oil and gas for their energy-hungry economies in an
effort to tone down a multibillion-dollar rivalry that was driving up asset
prices abroad.
Bolivia's Morales Makes
China Overture
(AP, Jan. 8, 2006) Bolivia's president elect invited energy-hungry China to
help develop his country's vast gas reserves after his government carries out
plans to nationalize them.
Vietnam Protests Spratly
Runway Plan
(Taipei Times, Dec 31, 2005) Vietnam has asked Taiwan to immediately stop
plans for building a runway on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, the
state-run Vietnam News reported.
China, India Co-operate in
Oil Deal
(China Daily, Dec. 22, 2005) State-owned China National Petroleum Corp and
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp have provisionally agreed to buy a Canadian
oil company's 37 per cent stake in Syrian oilfields for US$581 million.
East Asia Stages Inaugural
Summit
(BBC News, Dec. 14, 2005) Leaders from 16 nations gathered in the Malaysian
capital Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to hold the inaugural East Asia Summit.
Rising China Seen Keeping
Low Profile at WTO Talks
(Reuters, Dec. 12, 2005) China is a rising trade colossus with more farmers
than any other country in the world, but it is expected to keep a low profile
at world trade talks as negotiators debate contentious agricultural reforms.
China Says Growth Poses No
Danger to Neighbors
(Reuters, Dec. 12, 2005) China's rapid economic rise spells an opportunity,
not a threat, to the rest of East Asia, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reassured
leaders from neighboring countries.
Australia Inks Asia Pact,
Rejects "Puerile" Remark
(Reuters, Dec. 11, 2005) Australia signed a peace treaty with its Southeast
Asian neighbors and rejected what it called puerile comments about it being
America's deputy sheriff in the region.
Security to Dominate in
Annual Asian Jamboree
(Reuters, Dec. 6, 2006) Security, trade and energy will top the agenda when
Asian leaders meet in the Philippines next week, with declarations expected
on combating terrorism, accelerating economic integration and boosting energy
security.
Hu Ends South Asian Trip
Focused on Trade Diplomacy
(Reuters, Nov. 27, 2006) Chinese President Hu Jintao ended a four-day visit
to Pakistan during which he promised to work with Islamabad to elevate
strategic ties to ''a new high'' and strengthen trade and economic
cooperation.
China's Ambitions in Africa
(BBC, Nov. 25, 2006) China has stepped up its business presence in Africa,
but is being criticized for not pushing for improvements in human rights and
governance in some countries.
Asia’s Agenda: This Time,
Terrorism Takes a Back Seat to Trade Issues By David Sanger (New York Times, Nov. 22, 2006) Perhaps it was an example of what
Graham E. Fuller, a former vice chairman of the National Intelligence
Council, described recently as “superpower fatigue” — a sense that Washington
is overstretched, and that other nations sense the opening that creates for
them.
Wall of Doubts Looms as
China's Hu Arrives in India
(Reuters, Nov. 21, 2006) Mistrust and misperceptions left over by history
linger just below the surface, creating hurdles and threatening to distract
what could be a lucrative partnership between two of the world's fastest
growing economies.
Hu's India trip to Symbolize
China's New Pragmatism
(Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Nov. 16, 2006) Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit
to India will mainly show that the world's two most populous nations can cooperate
despite border disputes and China's long-term alliance with Pakistan, Chinese
and Indian analysts say.
China's Power Play Bearing
Fruit By Yuan Jing-dong
(Taipei Times, Nov. 3, 2006) China and member states of ASEAN are marking the
15th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN dialogue this week
in Nanning, China. Held for the first time in a Chinese city, the China-ASEAN
Commemor-ative Summit is living testimony to Beijing's rising (soft) power.
Beijing Lays the Ground for
Soft-Power Influence By Sheng Lijun
(Straits Times, Oct. 30, 2006) While China has gained influence in South-east
Asia, it still lacks the economic, social and strategic influence to replace
the United States and Japan as the main players in the region.
East Asian Community a Tough
Prospect
(Japan Times, Oct. 30, 2006) Pessimists warn that unresolved historical
issues, fundamentally different systems of government among the nations and
the current structure of Japan's alliance with the United States mean that
it's unlikely an integrated East Asian community will become reality anytime
soon.
Asean-China Ties Reaching
New Milestone
(Straits Times, Oct. 28, 2006) When the southern Chinese city of Nanning
rolls out the red carpet for Asean and Chinese leaders next week, it will
mark the first time that the Asean-China summit is being held in China as the
two sides celebrate 15 years of dialogue which began in 1991.
Rivals China, Taiwan Jostle
for South Pacific Ascendancy
(Reuters, Oct. 28, 2006) There is room in the South Pacific for diplomatic
rivals China and Taiwan, say island states who benefit from their chequebook
diplomacy, just so long as they don't stay at the same hotel.
A New Way
to Do Business with China By Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Peter Mandelson (IHT,
Oct. 22, 2006) After two decades of rapid change in China, Europe needs a new
strategy for managing the relationship that responds to today's global
challenges and encompasses both a frank debate on values and tough commercial
competition.
China Returns to Africa By Paul Kennedy
(The Khaleej Times, Oct. 16, 2006) In five to 10 years’ time, hundreds of
Chinese merchant vessels may be steaming in and out of African ports, just as
they have steamed in and out of Long Beach and Seattle over the past
quarter-century.
The East
Asian Triangle By Joseph Nye
(Taipei Times, Oct. 16, 2006) Dialogue between the
US, China and Japan, which share a common interest in maintaining peace in
East Asia, is crucial to the region's stability.
Singapore Military Juggles
Ties with Taiwan and China
(Reuters, Aug. 27, 2006) Singapore has begun scaling back its military
presence in Taiwan in recent years as it sought to warm relations with China,
which regards Taiwan as a renegade province.
A Thaw Between India and
China
(LA Times, August 24, 2006) The reopened Nathu La pass is an apt symbol of
Sino-Indian ties in more ways than one. Leaders in India and China hailed the
event as a sign of the growing rapprochement between neighbors that have eyed
each other with distrust since a 1962 border war.
Asean: A Different Plane
(Editorial, Straits Times, July 31, 2006) The framework agreement that the US
and Asean signed at last week's Asean Regional Forum meeting, setting out a
five-year action plan to improve economic and political ties between them,
signals Asean's growing weight.
Asian Pols Face Second-Term Blues By Simon
Montlake
(Christian Science Monitor, July 20, 2006) A severe bout of second-term blues
is afflicting the leadership of some of the region's most vibrant, US-allied
democracies. How their institutions resolve the various clouds is shaping up
as a crucial test of their resilience.
Q&A: China-North Korea
Relationship By Esther Pan
(New York Times, Jul. 13, 2006) China and North Korea have been allies for
more than half a century. But as Kim tests ballistic missiles and develops
his nation's nuclear weapons capacity, China may be rethinking its support.
Asia Turns to Nuclear Power
as Global Oil Prices Soar
(Associated Press, July 8, 2006) Led by fast-growing China and India, Asia is
going nuclear in a big way to feed its ravenous appetite for energy. Eighteen
reactors - about 70 per cent of the world's total under construction - are
going up in Asia, and 77 more have been planned or proposed.
N. Korea Puts China in
Difficult Spot By Charles Hutzler
(Associated Press, July 7, 2006) When North Korea fired a volley of missiles
this week, it not only defied warnings from longtime enemies the United
States and Japan, it also spurned the pleas of its chief benefactor — China.
China-India Ties Growing But
Many Obstacles in the Way
(Straits Times, July 4, 2006) While India and China are drawing closer to
each other, there remains a serious lack of knowledge of each other's
countries on both sides.
U.S. Competes With China for
Vietnam's Allegiance By Jane Perlez
(New York Times, June 19, 2006) With the fastest growth in East Asia after
China and a capitalist game plan that is attracting global investment,
Communist Vietnam is emerging as a regional economic power as it moves steadily
from rice fields to factories.
Shanghai Club, Once Obscure,
Now Attracts Wide Interest By Howard W. French (New York Times, June 16, 2006)
Five years after its founding as an obscure regional organization with a
nondescript name, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization opened its annual
gathering here in an unaccustomed flush of interest from nations eager to
join.
Race to Lead Japan May Turn
on Asia Ties By Norimitsu Onishi
(New York Times, June 4, 2006) With Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi set to
retire in September, the battle in the governing LDP over who will succeed
him as party leader and prime minister is well under way. So far, the race is
turning into a referendum on what to do about Japan's troubled
relations with its Asian neighbors, especially China.
Rumsfeld Lauds Growing Asian
Security Networks
(Reuters, June 3, 2006) U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld on Saturday hailed an expanding network of multilateral
security co-operation in Asia as a ``welcome shift'' in a region that has
lacked institutions like NATO in Europe.
Russia, China Close Ranks in
Central Asia
(AFP, May 31, 2006) Russia and China moved to fortify their growing security
cooperation in Central Asia but reassured the United States that their
new-found unity of purpose in the prized region was not designed to subvert
US interests there.
Singapore Could Have Role in
Cross-Strait Talks: KMT
(Straits Times, May 8, 2006) Singapore can play a constructive role in
cross-strait ties as it has done before, Taiwan's chief opposition leader Ma
Ying-jeou said in Singapore.
Asian Leaders Acting Badly:
The Makings of Nightmares By
Tom Plate
(Japan Times, Apr. 24, 2006) If Japanese, Chinese and Korean leaders are not
careful, the territorial disputes their countries are embroiled in could spin
out of control.
Report Finds PRC-Taiwan
Rivalry Fuels Pacific Corruption
(Reuters, Apr. 4, 2006) A recent Australian Senate committee report on China
says competition for diplomatic recognition between Beijing and Taipei among
the region's 12 island states could hurt political stability and economic
development in the South Pacific.
Taiwan Says 'Go to India'
But Businesses Are Wary
(Reuters, Apr. 1, 2006) It may be the world's second most populous country,
with an economy growing at 8 per cent a year, but there are many reasons why
Taiwan companies are wary about their government's exhortations to invest in
India.
Beijing Still Quiet on
US-India Deal By Yuan
Jing-dong
(Taipei Times, Mar. 16, 20060 China's official response to the March 2
US-India nuclear deal has been rather low-key, if not completely muted. There
is a lot at stake for the two Asian powers, and neither would benefit from an
adversarial relationship.
'Relax' Indo-China Talks By Ravi Velloor
(Straits Times, Mar. 6, 2006) India and China will hold their next round of
border talks in a southern Indian holiday resort favoured by the rich and the
famous, and the backdrop will be Chinese-style fishing nets in the lagoon.
India, China, and the United
States: A Delicate Balance By Esther
Pan
(New York Times, Mar. 1, 2006) Neither India nor the United States is
interested in any kind of containment of China." Still Chinese officials
still harbor suspicions about U.S.-Indian intentions.
The East Asian Model to
Creating a Regional Community By Yiyi Lu and
Chris Hughes (Straits Times, Dec. 24, 2005)
Rather than stumbling blocks, all these issues can actually serve as
catalysts for regional cooperation in East Asia at the present stage.
Future of E. Asia's New
Institutions By Ralf
Emmers
(Straits Times, Dec. 20, 2005) The inaugural meeting of the East Asia Summit
(EAS) is an important event for the region. Some trends characterize the East
Asian multilateral architecture when examined from a security perspective.
False Dawn in East Asia By Baradan Kuppusamy
(Asia Times, Dec. 17, 2005) Leaders billed this week's inaugural East Asia
summit as the dawn of a new era, but critics, pointing to the sheer diversity
among member states, say it will end up as yet another talk shop.
Asian Leaders Search for
Common Interests, in America's Absence By
Seth Mydans
(New York Times, Dec. 15, 2005) Japan and China
were not talking. Russia was talking to everybody. Australia was fending off
bad press. The Philippines was denying coup rumors. India was offering to teach
English. And the United States, for once, was looking in from the cold.
ASEAN and China Form
Strategic Partnership By Jusuf
Wanandi
(Jakarta Post, Dec. 15, 2005) A new era has
dawned in East Asia. ASEAN and China have forged a Strategic Partnership for
Peace and Prosperity. The strategic partnership is a means to making an
effective contribution to regional and global peace and prosperity.
East Asian Summit Marked by
Discord By
Edward Cody
(Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2005) Sixteen Asian leaders held a groundbreaking
summit Wednesday designed to promote regional economic and security
cooperation outside the traditional umbrella of U.S. military power and
political leadership.
As an Asian Century Is
Planned, U.S. Power Stays in the Shadows
(New York Times, Dec. 13, 2005) The focus was on Myanmar Monday as a regional
summit meeting began here, but the broader view was on the evolving shape of
Asia as economies grow and alliances shift in the decades to come.
Asean's Vision 2020
(Straits Times, Dec. 12, 2005) ASEAN has an ambitious vision of turning
itself into an integrated community by 2020, and the job of drafting the
document that will set its direction has fallen on a group of 10 'wise men'.
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