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us-asia relations Archive
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US to Join East Asia Summit
US President Barack Obama will attend the 2011 East Asia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, say reports quoting informed sources in Washington. The decision is a significant one as the US had not previously engaged at the highest level with ASEAN-centric regional processes, though its leaders have attended APEC, which has a different membership and mandate. The East [...] -
Japan PM Visits Okinawa in Attempt to Appease Protestors
Embattled premier Yukio Hatoyama is scheduled to visit Okinawa island to resolve a damaging row over an unpopular US airbase that has strained ties with Washington for months. He hopes to appease the mass protesters by presenting a new plan to end the dispute which has damaged his support ratings ahead of upcoming summer elections. [...] -
Protestors Gather in Okinawa Against US Base
Nearly 100,000 demonstrators gathered in Okinawa on Sunday to rally for a long-term US air base to shift off the island. This dispute is one of the largest in years, and is driving a large wedge between Tokyo-Washington relations. Protestors signaled warnings toward Prime Minister Hatoyama by dressing in yellow, reminding him of the promise he [...] -
China following managed floating exchange rate regime
In the midst of the BRIC summit, President Hu Jintao said that China has been following a managed floating exchange rate regime in accordance with the principle of independent initiative, controllability and gradualism. Hu said “despite the tremendous difficulties caused by the global financial crisis, we have kept the RMB exchange rate basically stable and have [...] -
The changing state of US-Asia ties
The Straits Times, THINK TANK, 24 Mar 2010 UNITED States President Barack Obama’s decision to postpone his visit to Indonesia and Australia last week was understandable. The health-care Bill, a centrepiece in his legislative agenda, was at a critical juncture and domestic priorities trump international visits. Moreover, the President had visited Asia less than six months [...] -
US, China face off with sanctions, censure over Taiwan, Iran
The United States and China are locked in an escalating row over US arms sales to Taiwan. The row was sparked by a 6.4 billion-dollar sale of missiles, helicopters, ships and other weaponry. -
NYT: In Japan, US losing diplomatic ground to China
The New York Times gives an overview report today on the recent straining of US-Japan relations and concurrent thawing of China-Japan relations. Since last year’s election, there have been a flurry of diplomatic visits between China and Japan. The Yoimuri Shimbun even cited an anonymous diplomatic source that said there could [...] -
Clinton cancels remainder of Asia tour to deal with Haiti crisis
News sources are now reporting that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has canceled the remainder of her Asia trip to deal with the crisis in Haiti. The trip would have taken her to Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. Secretary of State Clinton called the long history of natural disasters that continue to trouble Haiti [...] -
US announces pragmatic human rights approach for China, Russia
Agence France Presse reports: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined a pragmatic stance on human rights in China and Russia, saying it is sometimes better to raise problems with them “behind closed doors.” The chief US diplomat’s speech sparked concern from leading human rights group Amnesty International, even as her spokesman urged China publicly to immediately [...] -
Koreas, US, China to discuss peace treaty
AFP reports: SEOUL (AFP) – The United States and North Korea agreed to discuss a peace treaty on the Korean peninsula at four-nation talks involving the two nations, China and South Korea, a news report said Sunday. The “common understanding” was reached when US envoy Stephen Bosworth visited Pyongyang from December 8 to 10, Yonhap news agency [...] -
Developed, developing countries clash at Copenhagen conference
AFP reports that a major rift has surfaced at the ongoing climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. An early draft text proposed by Denmark infuriated developing countries, including China and India. China accused developed nations of shirking their responsibilities to address climate change. Chinese envoy Yu Qingtai accused rich countries of a “lack of sincerity” in meeting [...] -
US envoy to visit Pyongyang on Asia-Russia tour
AFP reports that US envoy Stephen Bosworth will visit Pyongyang next week at the start of an Asia-Russia tour aimed at bringing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament negotiations, officials said Thursday. Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, said Bosworth will arrive in the North Korean capital on Tuesday before traveling to Seoul on December 10, [...] -
Seoul not optimistic on US-North Korea talks
SEOUL: South Korea sees prospects for a US-North Korean meeting next month as “dark” because Pyongyang has yet to promise to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, a news report said Sunday. Stephen Bosworth, US special representative for North Korean policy, is scheduled to visit the communist state on December 8 with an aim to persuading [...] -
India: India, US sign clean tech deal
The US and India have signed a deal in Washington, DC aimed at promoting the development of green technology. The deal comes in the runup to the UN conference on climate change scheduled for Copenhagen for December 7-18. The details of the entire proposal have yet to be released. Clinton said only that India and the [...] -
US, China stress cooperation on world issues, broach divides
BEIJING: US President Barack Obama and China’s Hu Jintao Tuesday pledged to apply their joint political might to the world’s toughest problems, but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran. In solemn talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the high point of Obama’s debut visit to China, the leaders ploughed through [...]
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