Tag Archives: East Asia

  1. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan speaks at a tourism conference in Tokyo, April 17, 2012 (WTTC)

    Vietnam Key to Japan’s Southeast Asia Policy

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    Relations between Japan and Vietnam are reaching the level of strategic partnership. Both regard China’s rise warily.

  1. Tokyo, Japan at night, December 4, 2008 (cocoip)

    Japan’s Central Bank Tries More Quantitative Easing

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    Central bank’s cheap lending policies are a temporary fix. The government needs to tackle long term impediments to growth.

  1. Amphibious assault vehicles from the transport dock ship USS Denver participate in an exercise in the South China Sea, February 10, 2011 (US Navy/Paul Kelly)

    Vietnam, United States Announce Military Drills

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    Days after a Sino-Philippine standoff in the South China Sea, Vietnam invites the United States to hold military exercises.

  1. Sailors aboard the Chinese navy destroyer Qingdao prepare to depart Pearl Harbor, September 10, 2006 (US Navy/David Rush)

    Did China Win the Day in Navy Standoff?

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    China and the Philippines appear to have diffused a crisis in the South China Sea. What are the long term implications?

  1. North Korean leader Kim Jon-un watches a mass games performance in Pyongyang with Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho by his side, October 9, 2010 (AP/Xinhu/Yao Dawei)

    Kim Jong-un Indispensable to North Korean Regime

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    Whatever power North Korea’s untested ruler truly wields, his presence is necessary for the regime to survive.