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East Asia
Abe arrives at Andrews Air Force Base for summit talks with Obama
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The Japanese prime minister will meet with President Barack Obama on Friday. <AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta>
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Putin talks with former Japanese PM Mori visiting Moscow as Abe’s envoy
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) meets with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (2nd L) who is Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s special envoy in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 21, 2013. They discussed issues on bilateral relationships. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori who…
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Chinese NPC chairman meets with chief executive of Macao
Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Chui Sai On, chief executive of Macao Special Administrative Region, in Macao, south China, Feb. 20, 2013. Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Macao’s delegates of the NPC,…
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US-China Should Halt Strategic Rivalry
Former US ambassador to China Stapleton Roy addresses at the East-West Center With China’s leadership in transition and incoming Secretary of State John Kerry heading a new foreign policy team in the second Obama administration, leaders in both countries must face a “frightening array of domestic and foreign policy problems”…
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Chinese god of fortune sends best wishes to guests at reception in Tel Aviv
A man dressed up as Chinese god of fortune sends best wishes to guest during a Chinese New Year reception of Chinese Embassy held in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 19, 2013. <Xinhua/Yin Dongxu>
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How to Deal With a Nuclear North Korea
*Editor’s Note: MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci gave keynote speech at the ASAN Nuclear Forum in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. The ‘Asan Nuclear Forum 2013,’ hosted by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a private South Korean think tank, began on Tuesday for a two-day run…
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Tibetan residents celebrate Shangju Festival in Sichuyan Province, China
People of the Tibetan ethnic group perform at the Shangjiu Festival in Baoxing County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 18, 2013. The residents of Tibetan ethnic group in Baoxing on Monday celebrated the annual Shangjiu Festival, which means the 9th day of Chinese Lunar New Year, to express the respect…
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Common Sense Approach to Conflicts in East Asia
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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A Spanish folk artist poses with a Shehuo perfomer in Luoyang, China
File photo taken on April 27, 2002 shows villagers gathering on a rooftop to watch a Shehuo performance in Wangwu Township of Jiyuan, central China’s Henan Province. The performance of Shehuo can be traced back to ancient rituals held by ancestors of the Chinese people to worship the earth, which…
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Park’s candid remarks feared to irritate NK leadership
Soon after North Korea’s third nuclear test, Ms. Park Geun-hye, president-elect of South Korea, met current President Lee Myung-bak. As one should expect, South Korea’s future leader found harsh words for the North Korean government and its nuclear brinkmanship. Among other things, the president-elect remarked that, ‘One should know that…
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