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Title:
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Time for the US to Join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
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Author:
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Stephen Olson
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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November 9, 2015
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Description:
- From any objective point of view, the U.S. badly botched its initial response to the establishment of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Citing its concern over the potential operational practices and policies of the bank, the U.S. strongly discouraged its close partners in Europe and Asia from joining. However, the most important players, including Britain, Korea, and Australia, rejected the U.S. overtures and proceeded to join.
Asia Pacific Regional Developments
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Title:
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Building Asia’s new bank: An address by Jin Liqun, president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
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Author:
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Brookings
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Source:
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Brookings
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Date:
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October 21, 2015
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Description:
- On October 21, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted Jin Liqun, president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, for a public address, providing an introduction to the work of the bank. President-designate Jin shared his perspectives on the AIIB’s early achievements and challenges.
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Title:
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Should Japan join a Chinese-led banking body?
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Author:
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J. Berkshire Miller
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Source:
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Aljazeera America
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Date:
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October 8, 2015
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Description:
- Earlier this year China unveiled its Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), an international financial institution with goals to promote infrastructure development in the Asia-Pacific region
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Title:
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TPP to spur more US-China economic competition in East Asia
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Author:
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Yi Yong-in and Seong Yeon-cheol
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Source:
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The Hankyoreh
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Date:
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October 7, 2015
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Description:
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement largely led by the United States, was finalized on Oct. 5, and is expected to fuel the competition between China and the US for economic ground in East Asia. That’s because the TPP is essentially the rival to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), an initiative for an international financial institution initiated by China.
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Title:
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China becomes top US trade partner
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Author:
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Inquirer
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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November 6, 2015
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Description:
- China replaced Canada for the first time as the United States’ top trade partner between January and September, figures from the US Department of Commerce showed.
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Title:
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Competing visions for the Asia-Pacific could yet complement each other
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Author:
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Mark Chou
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Source:
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The Conversation
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Date:
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October 26, 2015
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Description:
- By now, you’ve probably heard that the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which Australia is a party to, will proceed without China, the world’s leading trading nation. It’s a glaring omission, argue many analysts. Even with China’s slowing economy, concluding a trans-Pacific free trade agreement without it makes little economic sense.
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Title:
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Quo Vadis, China and the Philippines
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Author:
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Efren S. Cruz
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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October 25, 2015
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Description:
- The United States is preparing to send a naval fleet to within 12 nautical miles of the illegally constructed Chinese bases in the West Philippine Sea. Japan has now decided to start rearming itself to prepare for potential combat outside its country. Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines are diverting scarce resources to modernize their armed forces.
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Title:
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Southeast Asia’s China illusion
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Author:
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Malcolm Cook
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Source:
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Business World
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Date:
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October 12, 2015
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Description:
- Conventional wisdom is often not wise and more an illusion than reality. Today, across Southeast Asia, it is increasingly proclaimed as a fact that needs no verification that China is the paramount economic partner of the region and that this economic dependence on China will only grow.
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Title:
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ASEAN Tourism and the Philippine strategy
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Author:
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Andrew James Masigan
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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October 11, 2015
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Description:
- 2014 was a banner year for ASEAN tourism. A total of 101.4 million tourists visited the region generating revenues worth a hundred billion dollars. Some countries faired better than others
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Title:
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Japan Considers Sending Navy to Support US in South China Sea
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Author:
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Isabel Reynolds
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Source:
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Bloomberg
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Date:
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November 20, 2015
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Description:
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told President Barack Obama he’ll consider sending the country’s maritime forces to assist U.S. operations in the South China Sea. The comments in a bilateral meeting Thursday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Manila came after the U.S. sparked an angry reaction from China last month by sailing a warship close to an artificial island in waters that China views as its own territory.
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Title:
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Obama Calls on Beijing to Stop Construction in the South China Sea
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Author:
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Michael D. Smear
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Source:
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The New York Times
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Date:
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November 19, 2015
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Description:
- President Obama called on China on Wednesday to halt its construction on reclaimed islands in the South China Sea, raising the contentious issue at the start of a two-day economic summit meeting at which he and other Pacific Rim leaders also discussed trade and climate change.
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Title:
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APEC Leaders Silent on South China Sea
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Author:
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Trefor Moss
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Source:
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The Wall Street Journal
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Date:
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November 19, 2015
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Description:
- Asia-Pacific leaders called for greater cooperation to thwart global terrorism at a summit here on Thursday, but were silent on territorial disputes in the South China Sea that have fueled tensions in the region
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Title:
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Setting the Record Straight on US Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea
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Author:
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Ankit Panda
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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November 11, 2015
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Description:
- After more than two weeks of considering various public reports, citing mostly anonymous U.S. official sources and, notably, the skipper of the Lassen itself, experts have determined that the first U.S. freedom of navigation operation near Subi Reef was not an assertion of high seas freedom by the United States. Rather, the USS Lassen transited within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef in compliance with the innocent passage provisions outlined in Part II, Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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Title:
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The US Asserts Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea
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Author:
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Michael J. Green, Bonnie S. Glaser, Gregory B. Poling
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Source:
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Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Date:
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October 27, 2015
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Description:
- After months of internal debate within the Obama administration, the guided missile destroyer USS Lassen transited within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, one of China’s artificially-built features in the South China Sea, on October 27 in what is termed a “freedom of navigation” (FON) operation. It was accompanied by two maritime surveillance aircraft, a P-8A Poseidon and a P-3 Orion.
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Title:
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A Freedom of Navigation Primer for the Spratly Islands
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Author:
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Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and The Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Source:
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Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and The Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Date:
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Description:
- The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Lassen passed through the Spratly Islands on October 26 in the first freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in the area since 2012. The operation included sailing within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, a feature that was previously submerged at high-tide and on which China constructed an artificial island over the last two year
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Title:
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Amid Tensions, US, China Assert South China Sea Positions
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Author:
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Ankit Panda
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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November 9, 2015
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Description:
- Nearly two weeks after the first U.S. freedom of navigation operation near a Chinese artificial island in the South China Sea, tensions remain high. On Saturday, speaking on opposite ends of the Pacific Ocean, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter delivered parallel remarks on the South China Sea that highlighted the rift between the U.S. and Chinese positions on the issue.
Title:
Five Overlooked Developments from the Obama–Xi Visit
Author:
Graham Webster
Source:
The Diplomat
Date:
October 01, 2015
Description:
- Reporters and commentators have devoted most of their attention following President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States to a few issues: cybersecurity, climate cooperation, business relationships, and maritime disputes. As written elsewhere, in each case, we will have to wait and see to assess any progress that might have been made.
Title:
Vietnam is Changing…And So Is the Balance of Power in Asia
Author:
Carlyle Thayer
Source:
The Diplomat
Date:
October 2, 2015
Description:
- On September 15, Vietnam’s political log jam suddenly burst with the simultaneous launch of a website dedicated to preparations for the twelfth national party congress and the release of the draft Political Report and Socio-Economic Plan for 2016-2020.
Title:
Xi’s Visit Invigorates China-U.S. Relationship
Author:
Su Xiaohui
Source:
China-US Focus
Date:
September 29, 2015
Description:
- In the past few months, suspicion of China’s peaceful development was hyped in the U.S., and undermined U.S. confidence in building the new type of relationship between major powers with China. Fortunately, Xi’s visit has provided a chance for the U.S. to get back on the right track.
Title:
Have the US and China Come to an Understanding on the AIIB?
Author:
Ankit Panda
Source:
The Diplomat
Date:
September 28, 2015
Description:
- An official fact sheet on U.S.-China economic relations, issued after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House notes that “the United States welcomes China’s growing contributions to financing development and infrastructure in Asia and beyond.” The introduction to the fact sheet also noted that the “international financial architecture has evolved over time to meet the changing scale, scope, and diversity of challenges and to include new institutions as they incorporate its core principles of high standards and good governance.”