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East Asia
‘Madam is more appropriate’
How should President-elect Park Geun-hye be addressed in English? An official from Park’s transition team said the nation’s first female president could be addressed as either Madam or Ms. The Foreign Ministry also confirmed there was no preference but pointed out that Ms. was used more frequently than madam in…
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East Asia
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang Meets With Model Rural Doctors In Beijing
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with Zhong Jing (L), a rural doctor from a village in Guizhou Province, during his meeting with Zhong and 17 other…
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East Asia
Yemeni PM And Chinese Amb. To Yemen Attend Ceremony To Inaugurate National Library Project In Sanaa
Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Salem Basindwa (R) and Chinese Ambassador to Yemen Chang Hua (L) attend the inauguration ceremony of the National Library Project in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 6, 2013. Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Salem Basindwa (2nd R) attend the inauguration ceremony of the National Library Project in Sanaa,…
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Not Backing Down: China Responds to the US Rebalance to Asia
*Author, Wu Xinbo is Professor and Deputy Director, the Center for American Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai. Predictably, the last US presidential election campaign featured the usual competition between candidates over who would be “tougher” on China, a ritual political exercise that is almost always followed by even greater American engagement…
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Challenging ASEAN:The US Pivot Through Southeast Asia’s Eyes
*Author, Donald K. Emmerson heads the Southeast Asia Forum in the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. The US pivot toward Asia has been viewed largely through the lens of American security and economic competition with China. Within that context, writes Donald K. Emmerson, Washington is also deepening its…
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West Asia
Turkey’s Former Chief Of Staff Under Questioning Over His Role In Toppling Former Gov’t In 1997
Turks wave national flags and his posters as Ismail Hakki Karadayi, Turkey’s former Chief of Staff, arrives at a courthouse in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. A prosecutor on Thursday began questioning Karadayi over his role in the ousting of an Islamic-led coalition government in 1997. Police escorted Karadayi,…
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West Asia
Radical Group Members Hold Rally In Dhaka To Demand Gov’t Declare Ahmadiyya Muslim As “Non-Muslim”
Members of the radical group Tehreek e Khatme Nabuyat run from a riot policeman using a teargas spray outside the National Mosque compound in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The protest was held to demand the government declare Ahmadiyya Muslims as “Non-Muslim,” according to media reports. Members of the…
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East Asia
Memory of Kim Jong-il on the occasion of the first anniversary of his demise
One year has passed since the untimely demise of Marshall (posthumously promoted to Generalissimo) Kim Jong-il. Thus it is probably an appropriate time to say a few words about the deceased dictator, and perhaps to focus less on his shortcomings and focus more on the nicer parts of his personality…
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East Asia
13 wishful actions Asian leaders hoped to take this year
1. Could I have a dream that Mr. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; President-elect of the People’s Republic of China, will play a greater role in the global peace of the yellow continent and the world? Shops and houses are filled with Chinese…
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N. Korea’s blackmail missile
TOKYO ― The Unha-3 rocket launched from Sohae in North Korea on the morning of Dec. 12 passed through Japanese air space over the island of Okinawa 12 minutes later, and crashed into the Pacific Ocean roughly 300 kilometers east of the Philippines. The launch could be considered a mild…
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