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INDIA: In Search of 'Mind-boggling' Amounts of Investments from Europe
By Peter Dhondt
BRUSSELS, Jun 13 (IPS) - The Indian economy can start growing by 10 percent a year if India is able to attract the huge investments it needs in infrastructure and agriculture, including from Europe.
Common Interests Bring U.S, India Closer
WASHINGTON, Jun 10 (IPS) - One of the enduring mysteries in international relations was the hitherto cool relations between the United States and India. Both were, and are, proud democracies. Both are suspicious of Islamic fundamentalism. Both are deeply concerned with the rise of China. And yet, the two nations ended up in opposite camps during much of the Cold War.
Shifting Gears, China Wins Influence in South-east Asia
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By John Feffer
WASHINGTON, Apr 20 (IPS) — As the world’s most populous country and the fourth largest economy, China has undeniable global influence. Chinese President Hu Jintao’s meeting this week in Washington with U.S. President George W. Bush, their fifth in little over a year, further underscores Beijing’s central role on the global stage.
With China as Backdrop, Past Shapes Japan-Korea Ties
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Relationships between nations are always complex, but how do you characterise a relationship that is burdened with historical grievances, present-day rancour and future uncertainties? In addition, imagine a large ambitious neighbour hovering nearby, ready to exploit any opportunity.
'ASEAN Must Confront Rights Issue’ — Anwar
By Tim Shorrock
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Recent unprecedented moves by South-east Asian nations to press neighbour Burma to speed up reforms are examples of the kinds of steps the countries must take if they are to have any legitimacy as a political force in the global community, said Malaysia's former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Slowly But Surely, China-Japan Ties Deepening
By Tim Shorrock
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (IPS) — Despite the friction between China and Japan, some Asian scholars believe that the two nations are slowly building a framework for economic and political cooperation that could provide the underpinnings for long-term stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
In Asia, Washington Loses Ground to China
By Tim Shorrock
WASHINGTON (IPS) — The United States is losing regional influence in South-east Asia to China with its overly narrow focus on terrorism and a propensity to place bilateral ties above multilateral relationships, U.S. and Chinese analysts said.
China-Japan Ties at All-time Low
By Tim Shorrock
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Until Japanese leaders stop paying officials visits to the Shinto shrine where the country's most notorious war criminals are buried, there can be "no true reconciliation" between China and Japan and bilateral military tensions will continue to rise, a leading Chinese scholar has predicted.
India Central to Future Economic Community - Expert
By Tim Shorrock
WASHINGTON (IPS) — A surge of investment from nearby countries is transforming India into a major player in an emerging Asian economic community that could rival the European Union (EU) and North America in size and scope.
Angry Nationalism Emerging in North-east Asia
By Tim Shorrock
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Public opinion, not the power of government, is driving the emergence of an angry nationalism in North-east Asia, putting states on the defensive and adding an element of instability to a region nervous about North Korea's nuclear intentions, adjusting to China's rise as a superpower and chafing at Japan's continued refusal to own up to its wartime past.
