http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma The Rising Eastern Yellow-Dragon Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:57:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On October 10, 2008, G7 (the world’s leading powers) including Japan met in Washington addressing five points to stabilize the financial chaos. George W. Bush tried to convince members of the G-20 countries including China, which collectively account for 85 percent of the global economy, to help the US. Without ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/01/05/g7-%e2%86%92g20%e2%86%92g1/ The word APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) has often been heard in the mass media, but a few people have heard of ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting). The difference between ASEM and APEC is “without Uncle Sam” or “with Uncle Sam.” ASEM, which was established in 1996 will have its seventh meeting ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/30/asem-vs-uncle-sam/ Since January 2008, a total of 3,631 small-sized toy producers, 52.7 percent of the industry’s businesses, shut down, according to the Chinese and Japanese media. The rising Chinese currency, along with escalating production costs, drove these exporters out the business. In addition, the financial meltdown in the US provided another ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/28/50-of-toy-exporters-out-of-business/ For years, both Japan and Chinahave negotiated with the Russians to construct an oil pipeline in the Asian region. As Wen Jiabao made his trip to Russia in the end of October, the Russians agree to extent the oil pipeline to the Chinese border. Once again, Japan fell behind the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/26/russian-oil-pipeline-went-to-china-but-not-japan/ The paramount Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping went Tokyo and signed the China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty with the Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Takeo in October 23, 1978. The year 2008 is the 30th anniversary of the peace treaty. Unfortunately, there is no cause for celebration regarding Sino-Japanese relations. A few ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/21/the-30th-anniversary-of-sino-japanese-peace-treaty/ In 1929, the former Soviet Union invaded Heixiazi (R: Bolshoi Ussuriysky) Island while the Chinese empire was in chaos. In addition, the Russians occupied Yinlong (R: Tarabarov) Island. Heixiazi and Yinlong islands are located at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers in Manchuria, about 1,000 miles northeast of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/19/territory-between-china-and-russia/ On November 3rd, Chen Yunlin, Head of Mainland Affair Council, arrived in Taiwan, becoming the first Chinese high official to visit the island. Chen and Chiang Pin-kun, Head of the Straits Exchange Foundation, signed an agreement by stopping “3 NOs” from Taiwan. The major items in the agreement are:               a. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/15/a-historical-day-for-the-chinese/ In September, the former Prime Minister, Koizumi Junichiro, announced that he would not run in the next lower house election. But, Koizumi recommended his 27-year-old son to take his seat to run the next election simply because Koizumi inherited this political seat from his family at age 27. Nearly, one-third ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/09/37/ By now, many people are wondering why did the American government save AIG, but abandon Lehman Brothers. There is one factor that many don’t know- the “China Factor.” According to some Chinese sources, Beijing pressured to Washington to save AIG because a majority of Chinese companies and institutions including insurances, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/04/save-aig-not-lehman-brothers/ Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, made an interesting proposal to create an Asia Bond to save Asian countries (Financial Times October 6, 2008). According to his plan, Asian countries including China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand, could agree to pool some of their reserves in a certain ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2008/12/01/asia-bond/