Scholarships strengthen links with ASEAN Scoop Thursday, 22 July 2010, 5:31 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Government | Scholarships, initiatives strengthen links with ASEAN | A big boost to education scholarships is one of four initiatives that will help New Zealand strengthen its relationship with ASEAN, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announ...
US slips, China glides in Thai crisis Asia Times | Jul 20, 2010 ASIA HAND | US slips, China glides in Thai crisis | By Shawn W Crispin | BANGKOK - When United States Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell bid to bring together top Thai officials and close associates of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra at a...
From globalisation to migration Al Jazeera | Of the innumerable tragedies caused by the ongoing leak in the Gulf of Mexico, few are as poignant as the plight of Vietnamese fishermen who plied the waters off Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The fishermen, who today make upwards of half the ...
Samoa: Pacific Islands Business Mentoring Scoop Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 1:31 pm | Press Release: BMNZ | Media Release | Date: Wednesday, 28th July | Samoa Becomes Third Country to Benefit From Pacific Islands Business Mentoring Programme | The new Pacific Islands Business Mentoring Programme has ...
ASEAN becomes China's 4th largest trade partner China Daily | The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has now become China's fourth-largest trade partner since the official launch of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area on January 1, china.com.cn reported Monday, citing Vice-Minister of Commerce Gao Huc...
Scholarships strengthen links with ASEAN Scoop Thursday, 22 July 2010, 5:31 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Government | Scholarships, initiatives strengthen links with ASEAN | A big boost to education scholarships is one of four initiatives that will help New Zealand strengthen its relationship ...
China makes six-point proposal to deepen East Asia co-op China Daily | HANOI - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made a six-point proposal to the 11th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting here on Wednesday to boost East Asian cooperation. | "ASEAN plus three countries should focus on financial cooperation, a...
US slips, China glides in Thai crisis Asia Times | Jul 20, 2010 ASIA HAND | US slips, China glides in Thai crisis | By Shawn W Crispin | BANGKOK - When United States Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell bid to bring together top Thai officials and close associates of ...
Cafta the way forward The Star | Having an open market is inevitable and it is now up to all chambers and trade associations from Asean and China to sit down and increase regional competitiveness. | TRADE between Asean and China continues to surge steadily, thanks in part to the C...
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Ford Adds Sprint Nextel's Hance to Board The New York Times | Filed at 9:23 a.m. ET | DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. says it has appointed Sprint Nextel Corp. Chairman James Hance Jr. to its board of directors as it expands the panel to 14 ...
Iran: Merchants on Strike for 3rd Day The New York Times | Widespread strikes continued for a third day on Thursday at Tehran’s central bazaar, according to Iranian news sites, as merchants protested a proposed tax increase on their earnings. One merchant was arrested, the Jaras Web site reported, an...
China is losing its low-cost allure The News & Observer | SHANGHAI -- Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China the world's factory floor. | A series of strikes over the past two months has ...
Vietnam Short on Dollars, and Confidence The New York Times | HO CHI MINH CITY — The Ha Tam jewelry shop here sells foreign currency the way a filling station sells gasoline. So it was only seconds after pulling in on his motorbike that Quan Phan had swapped a fistful of Vietnamese dong for a neat stack...
US slips, China glides in Thai crisis Asia Times | Jul 20, 2010 ASIA HAND | US slips, China glides in Thai crisis | By Shawn W Crispin | BANGKOK - When United States Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell bid to bring together top Thai officials and close associates of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra at a joint breakfast meeting in Bangkok in early May, ...
