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COMMENTARY / World

May 14, 2004

Controversies stoke Chinese nationalism

By Eric Teo Chu Cheow

SINGAPORE -- Controversy in Taiwan over the March 20 presidential poll as well as political stirrings in Hong Kong over China's "final" say in deciding reforms have probably contributed to rising nationalism in China. These three trends could affect the future development of China and the stability of...

COMMENTARY

May 13, 2004

Chinese nuclear deal buoys Islamabad

By Farhan Bokhari

ISLAMABAD -- China's agreement to supply a second 300-megawatt nuclear power reactor to Pakistan encourages Islamabad's ruling establishment, which is eager to develop the country's nuclear energy potential in a significant way. The deal for the new reactor, to be located at Chashma in central Punjab...

COMMENTARY / World

May 12, 2004

What's next as ASEAN+3 integrates?

By Yoshihiro Iwasaki

MANILA -- As we watch with interest the expansion of the European Union, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Three (China, South Korea and Japan) continues to make its own progress toward regional economic integration. Needless to say, there is a long way to go. But the question...

COMMENTARY

May 10, 2004

Do all parties agree on CVID?

By Ralph Cossa

HONOLULU -- North Korea has agreed to participate in a six-party working group meeting Wednesday in Beijing to help lay the groundwork for the third session of the more senior-level Six-Party Talks (North and South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States) expected before the end of June. The...

COMMENTARY / World

May 10, 2004

Taiwan opposition must swallow loss to live

By Alexander K. Young

NEW YORK -- On March 20 the governing Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) ticket of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu won re-election over the pan-blue ticket of Kuomintang (KMT) chairman Lien Chan and the People First Party (PFP) chairman James Soong by a narrow margin of...

COMMENTARY

May 9, 2004

Democratic model for developing nations

By Brahma Chellaney

NEW DELHI -- At a time when international terrorism has intensified debate on the potential role of democracy in moderating extremist trends, the world's largest-ever election in India is a reminder that democracy and freedom are not luxuries but central to the building of stable, pluralistic and prospering...

COMMENTARY / World

May 9, 2004

Dahka stalling on joint border patrols

By Anand Kumar

NEW DELHI -- The importance of joint border patrols on the Indo-Bangladeshi border cannot be overemphasized. Although India's northwestern border makes news due to problems in Kashmir or to cross-border terrorism of the most vicious kind, the eastern border that India shares with Bangladesh also has...

COMMENTARY / World

May 9, 2004

Seat China at the top table

By Kevin Rafferty

Can China successfully take the steam out of its overheating economy without causing a collapse, or more appropriately, given the steam metaphor, a meltdown? The question is not an academic one, but very real — and not just for the 1.3 billion people in China.

COMMENTARY / World

May 5, 2004

China can't stop counterfeit DVD sales

By David Wall

LONDON -- Some months ago I was coming out of a classroom at Fudan University in Shanghai when a man sprinted past me with a suitcase under his arm. He was closely followed by a policeman, who suddenly leaped at him in a rugby tackle and brought him down. The suitcase went up in the air and came crashing...

COMMENTARY

May 4, 2004

Blair's hard sell of a new EU

By Sarah Benton

LONDON -- "It's ghastly," Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, said with a shudder. He was speaking of the referendum -- that Prime Minister Tony Blair has declared, after no consultation with his Cabinet, will now be held -- on the draft EU constitution. Why is a referendum ghastly? Because,...

COMMENTARY / World

May 3, 2004

Myanmar sanctions hurt more than help

By Philip J. Cunningham

BANGKOK -- With the imminent release of prodemocracy leader Aung San Su Kyi from house arrest, it is not too soon to reconsider the usefulness of U.S. sanctions against Myanmar.

COMMENTARY

May 3, 2004

Koizumi's open-ended legac

By Keizo Nabeshima

On April 26 the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi entered its fourth year in power. Following his three-year rule under the slogan "No growth without reform," the Japanese economy is finally on a recovery track.

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