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Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
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US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
Asia Times
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US interests in the strategic region. The USCC was addressed by five members of the US Congress, a pair of se...
Tiger - Animal - Wildlife
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13 countries craft plan to save tigers
Denver Post
| Click photo to enlargeIn this photo taken Jan. 20, 2010, two adult male tigers look on at Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno Forest Monastery in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. The monastery and its Buddhist Monks dedicated to what has become a wildlife sanctuary for tigers. Estimates for the number of tige...
Indonesia's Yudhoyono arrives in Australia for state visit+
Breitbart
SYDNEY, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Australia on Tuesday for a three-day official visit. | Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd welcomed Yudhoyono and his wife, Ani, when they touched down in t...
EU, Singapore to start FTA talks next week+
Breitbart
SINGAPORE, March 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The European Union and Singapore will start negotiations for a free trade agreement next week, the European Commission and the Singapore government announced Wednesday. | EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and...
Tiger showing its neo-colonial instincts
Deccan Herald
By Walden Bello | China will beat out the country’s Asean neighbours in achieving control of the domestic market. | On January 1, 2010, the China-Asean Free Trade Area (CAFTA) went into effect. Touted as the world’s biggest Free Trade Area, CAF...
EU, Vietnam to Start Free-Trade Talks
Wall Street Journal
By MATTHEW DALTON | BRUSSELS—The European Union and Vietnam will launch talks on a free-trade agreement, the European Commission said Tuesday. | Trade in goods between the two countries was almost €12 billion ($16.27 billion) in 2008 and ...
ASEAN eyes single market
The Himalayan
| PUTRAJAYA; Southeast Asian nations on Sunday said they are still | aiming to set up a European Union-style economic | community by 2015 | despite concerns that the global slump has led to a rise in trade protectionism. | The 10-member Association o...
Despite protectionism, ASEAN eyes single market
The Boston Globe
| PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia-Southeast Asian nations on Sunday said they are still aiming to set up a European Union-style economic community by 2015 despite concerns that the global slump has led to a rise in trade protectionism. | The 10-member Associatio...
Despite protectionism, ASEAN eyes single market
Philadelphia Daily News
| EILEEN NG | The Associated Press | PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Southeast Asian nations on Sunday said they are still aiming to set up a European Union-style economic community by 2015 despite concerns that the global slump has led to a rise in trade prot...
Bangladesh Awami League party chief Sheikh Hasina speaks as she unveils her party's election manifesto in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Bangladesh's two main political parties formally began their election campaigns Friday as restrictions on political rallies were lifted ahead of national polls due later this month. The banner reads: "Election manifesto 2008- A Chartered for change, Bangladesh Awami League."
AP / Pavel Rahman
Delhi, Eastward Ho
Deccan Chronicle
Delhi, Eastward Ho | The Bangladesh Prime Minister’s recent visit to New Delhi has rightly been acclaimed as promising a new beginning in bilateral ties. Notwithstanding India’...
Despite protectionism, ASEAN eyes single market
Newsvine
| — Southeast Asian nations on Sunday said they are still aiming to set up a European Union-style economic community by 2015 despite concerns that the global slump has led to a rise in trade protectionism. | The 10-member Association of Southea...
Despite protectionism, ASEAN eyes single market
Wtop
By EILEEN NG | Associated Press Writer | PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) - Southeast Asian nations on Sunday said they are still aiming to set up a European Union-style economic community by 2015 despite concerns that the global slump has led to a rise in t...
ASEAN still targets EU-style economic bloc by 2015 despite rise in trade protectionism
KDVR
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian nations on Sunday said they are still aiming to set up a European Union-style economic community by 2015 despite concerns that the global slump has led to a rise in trade protectionism. | The 10-member...
Business
The cigarette vendor and her family lives only at the street corner in Malate.
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Gates Foundation gives $7M to support SE Asia cigarette taxes
Business Journal
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