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East Asia
CIIE to demonstrate higher level of opening up
An aerial picture of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), the venue of the first China International Import Expo (CIIE).Photo by Fan Jun from Xinhua News Agency The first China International Import Expo (CIIE) starts in Shanghai Monday. It is an event in which 82 countries and three international…
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East Asia
CIIE a practical measure for China to share new opportunities
Many foreign enterprises are now eager to test water in the Chinese market as the countdown for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) has started. The UK-headquartered biopharmaceutical enterprise AstraZeneca has meticulously planned the layout of its exhibition booth and brought the most cutting-edge products to the event, waiting for…
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East Asia
China’s opening up brings substantial opportunities for transnational enterprises: UPS
The past 40 years of China’s reform and opening up brought substantial opportunities for transnational enterprises, said Harld Peters, president of UPS China during an interview with People’s Daily. The Atlanta-based UPS, with a history of over 100 years, is one of the largest package delivery companies in the world.…
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East Asia
Rodrigo Duterte: The ‘Moderately Successful’ Populist
On a recent visit to Israel, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s confounding ability to surprise was on full display. Visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Israel in early September, he laid a wreath and said he could not imagine a country obeying an insane leader like Hitler: “I could not…
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Culture
Kimchi festival to spice up Seoul
Six thousand people will be invited to make kimchi in downtown Seoul over the weekend at the fifth Seoul Kimchi Festival. The annual festival will kick off at Seoul Plaza and nearby Mugyo-dong area on Friday through Sunday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said. People in Korea have traditionally made a…
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East Asia
Abe’s More Assertive Japan: Will He Defy Expectations Again?
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in power since 2012, has consistently defied expectations. He first came to the office in 2006, as the protégé and successor to Japan’s most popular and arguably most successful post-war prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi. By skilfully using a major electoral reform in 1994 and an…
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East Asia
Indonesia Must Lead in the Indo-Pacific Region
The notion of the Indo-Pacific region has experienced a contemporary revival and is now mentioned frequently in the capitals of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and elsewhere. In its simplest terms, the Indo-Pacific region covers the Pacific and Indian oceans. In recent years, China has introduced and promoted…
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East Asia
South Korea: CEO’s brutal attack on ex-employee
A video from a Korean investigative journalism team released Tuesday reveals the shocking moment a high-profile online business guru attacks a man at one of the companies he owns. In the video report jointly produced by News Tapa and its investigative team Sherlock, a former employee of Korean online file-sharing site WeDisk…
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East Asia
Peace in Korea: Next Steps
I thank the organizers of the Jeju Forum for giving me the opportunity to contribute to these important discussions. I am not an expert on Korea. I am sorry to say it, but I must admit that I do not even speak Korean, as all modern people should. I can…
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East Asia
Neglected No Longer: Washington Returns to Central Asia
Central Asia is not, and has never been, a United States foreign-policy priority. Neither will it displace the importance of other regions to Washington anytime soon. Moreover, numerous analysts discount it as a promising area for expanded attention. Indeed, they expect US and European presence and influence there to decline…
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