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By Matthew McGee Source: CSIS’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. China has become increasingly assertive in pursuing its maritime claims in recent years, particularly in the South China Sea. Although Beijing has conducted negotiations with many of its neighbors in an attempt to decrease...

Executive summary 01 Introduction 03 1. The strategic context of Vietnam/ pg 04 2. Vietnam’s relations with China/ pg 10 3. Vietnam’s relations with the United States/ pg 20 4. Balancing the United States and China/ pg 28 Conclusions/pg 31 End notes/pg 32 The author/pg 36 Source...

As relations warm, islanders see opportunity in longtime enemy’s tongue ENLARGE A growing rapprochement between Cuba and the U.S. has spurred Cubans—who previously mostly studied Russian—to learn English.PHOTO: ENRIQUE DE LA OSA/REUTERS By KEJAL VYAS Updated Nov. 22, 2015 6:52 p.m. ET 48...

Can India modernize its manufacturing economy and supply electricity to its growing population without relying heavily on coal—and quite possibly destroying the global climate? By Richard Martin on October 7, 2015 An old man wakes on the floor of a hut in a village in southern India. He is...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the biggest trade agreement in history, reducing tariffs and other forms of protectionism in a dozen countries making up about 40 percent of the global economy with economic output of almost $30 trillion. The White House estimates it will eliminate 18,000...

By Ganeshan Wignaraja, Peter Morgan and Michael G. Plummer. Posted May 25, 2015 A new opportunity for South Asia–Southeast Asia integration Asiapathways – adbi – The time is ripe for enhancing economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia. The new “normal” era of slow growth in...

Next year’s National Congress is not expected to significantly alter Vietnam’s current policy of proactive international integration, but the question of Vietnam’s future leadership is still in the balance, writes Carlyle A Thayer. The Vietnam Communist Party (VCP) is scheduled to hold its...

As China’s power and influence continue to grow in Asia and beyond, many analysts look to Chinese history to understand how a strong China will behave and view the world in the future. Many of these attempts to apply an historical lens engage in gross simplifications and misreadings of the...

Earlier this year on the sunny morning of April 30, several thousand members of the Communist Party of Vietnam, retired and current military personnel, and select foreign guests assembled in the center of Saigon (officially known as Ho Chi Minh City) to commemorate the 40th anniversary of...

Summary Vietnam is on track to become an emerging country, with rapid economic growth ahead, and the removal of the FOL in some industries beginning next month. VinaCapital's Vietnam Opportunity Fund and Vietnam Holdings are attractive options for investors due to their low valuation, and...

Kim Ryen-hi, who left North Korea four years ago, says her defection was a mistake. She now works at a recycling plant, operating a machine that chops up wires.CreditJean Chung for The New York Times SEOUL, South Korea — Since the late 1990s, some 28,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea...

And why aren’t more of those companies in India? BY RUPA SUBRAMANYA AUGUST 18, 2015 In the popular imagination, India is perhaps best known for its exports of curry, yoga, and Bollywood films. But another product is becoming a winner, too: chief executives of major multinational companies...

] February 3, 2015 Nationalism and Chinese public opinion Written by Andrew Chubb. Few terms in public political discourse are as contested, contradictory and downright slippery as nationalism. Deployed to describe an enormous variety of social movements, ideologies, popular attitudes, mass...

Who Will Build a Better Future for Russia? (Op-Ed) By Ivan Sukhov Jul. 29 2015 20:21 Last edited 20:21 An old college friend whom I have known for more than 20 years is planning to leave Russia for good in early September. Like clouds gathering before a storm, both close and distant...

Xiaomi, Foxconn open phone factory in Andhra Pradesh JAVED ANWER | | VISHAKHAPATNAM, AUGUST 10, 2015 | UPDATED 14:32 IST Xiaomi, along with its manufacturing partner Foxconn, on Monday announced that it was opening a plant in Sricity, Andhra Pradesh. The plant, which will exclusively assemble...

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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/business/trans-pacific-partnership-seen-as-door-for-foreign-suits-against-us.html?ref=todayspaper

What the West should know about Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader since Mao BY JONATHAN FENBY PUBLISHED 23 JUNE, 2015 - 12:12 Xi Jinping delivers his speech for the National Day reception in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, September 2014. Photo: How Hwee Young/EPA In the two...

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