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East Asia
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang talks with Australian PM Julia Gillard
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard review the honour guard during a welcoming ceremony before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, April 9, 2013. <Xinhua/Ding Lin> Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L) holds talks with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (3rd R) in Beijing, capital…
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A cold war waiting ahead?
Editor’s note: The current wholesale leadership transition across Northeast Asia comes at a time of renewed tension over North Korea’s belligerence, China’s more aggressive posture and the American “pivot” toward Asia. At stake in current diplomatic maneuvering, writes Gilbert Rozman on the spring 2013 issue of Global Asia, is whether…
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Cambodian PM Hun Sen talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2013. <Xinhua/Yao Dawei> Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center left, talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center right, during the signing ceremony at the Great Hall of…
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East Asia
A FAO official addresses a Chinese workshop on Forests in Istanbul
Eva Muller, official for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, addresses a Chinese workshop on the sidelines of the UN Forum on Forests in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 8, 2013. A Chinese workshop on the sidelines of the UN Forum on Forests was held on Monday, discussing China’s practices…
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East Asia
Boao Forum claims to be ‘Asia’s Davos’
Chinese President Xi talks of peace, openness and common development Asia has become a major growth engine for the world economy but needs to transform its development model, Chinese President Xi Jinping said. Xi also expressed China’s wish to work with regional leaders to build a better future for Asia…
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China offers to reduce friction over hotspots
With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that no one country should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional hotspots. In a speech to a regional business…
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Paper submission for Indonesian students conference extended
Conference of Indonesia Student in Korea 2013 – Extension of Paper Submission Deadline to April 28 Around 500 Indonesian students currently studying in the country of ginseng, South Korea. Despite living away from the homeland, the sense of togetherness and nationalism inspire them to actively participate in the Indonesian Students…
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Visitors pass by weapons at Korea War Memorial Museum as tensions escalate between the two Koreas
Visitors pass by weapons deployed in the Korean War era at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 7, 2013. South Korea’s top security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that…
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Chinese President Xi meets Mongolian Chairman of State Great Hural
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Chairman of State Great Hural of Mongolia Zandaakhuu Enkhbold during their meeting on the sidelines of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. <Xinhua/Li Xueren>
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East Asia
Despite doomsday warnings, life continues in Pyongyang
Editor’s note: North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric and actions over the past few weeks have gone too far. It has been extraordinary. It has threatened the United States with nuclear weapons with the promise to rain missiles on mainland America and military bases in Hawaii and Guam and declared a “state…
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