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APEC USA 2011: A Test of Responsiveness to the Eurozone Crisis

By Michelle Tan, BASC Research Assistant The 1997 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) took place in Vancouver, Canada, in November, in the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. Several of the Asian APEC economies had seen the value of their currencies plummet, the value of their […]

Tibetan Autonomy?

Recent self-immolations by seven people in a Tibetan area of Sichuan Province demonstrate that the political status of Tibet remains a sensitive and volatile issue. The CCP crackdown on the 2008 Tibetan protests may have subdued external and visible signs of unrest, but once again, feelings of angst and anger are on the rise. The […]

China Mourns the passing of Steve Jobs

By Viola Tang, BASC Research Assistant Outside Hong Kong’s newly opened Apple store, fans held up iPhones with a flickering candle app at the i-Vigil for Steve Jobs. His passing brought immediate and widespread reaction from across the Pacific. Within four hours of the news, nearly 35 million and 23 million message responses […]

Wen Will the Time Come?

By Andrew Boyce, BASC Research Assistant Wen Jiabao is at it again. At the recent World Economic Forum meeting of business leaders in the Chinese city of Dalian, the Communist Party’s third-ranked official reiterated his growing calls for political reforms in China. This has become somewhat of a trend in recent times as the popular […]

Impact of the Nuclear Crisis on Japan’s Imports and Exports

By A. M. Newhall, BASC Research Assistant In the wake of Japan negotiating multiple trade agreements with Australia and India in terms of imports and exports, one must wonder how deeply the ongoing nuclear crisis will hinder their standing in the global economic market […]

Indonesia Rising

By Michelle Mengsu Chang, BASC Research Assistant In December 2010, Foreign Policy magazine forecast ten trends in 2011 that will come to change the world in the coming decades. Among them is the rise of Indonesia. As the world lavishes most of its attention on China and India, Indonesia doesn’t come across as a hot […]

Harmony with Chinese Characteristics

By Cindy Li, BASC Research Assistant As social unrest spreads rapidly across the Middle East, “social management” is once again a great concern for the Chinese government. In their efforts to curb the initiation of a “Jasmine Revolution,” government leaders further limited access to social networking websites and text messaging […]

Japan Seeks To Join TPP

By Michelle Tan, BASC Research Assistant On Feburary 26, 2011, the Japanese government started a series of forums nationwide to gain widespread support for possible Japanese participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The TPP is a multilateral free trade agreement that aims to integrate the economies […]

India and Japan Sign CEPA

By Viola Tang, BASC Research Assistant On February 16, 2011 India and Japan signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that will remove tariffs on 94% of trade between the two countries by 2021. The agreement aims to boost bilateral trade between the two countries, from the current amount of US$10.36 billion to US$25 billion, […]

China Moves Further Away from Global Legitimacy

By Mona Fang, BASC Research Assistant With the renewal of North and South Korean tensions, it seems all though all the nations are scrambling to find solutions with the exception of the one country whose actions could really make a difference. Despite China’s geographic, economic and political closeness to North Korea and various forms of […]

US Completes Long-Awaited Free Trade Deal with South Korea

By Ren Yi Hooi, BASC Research Assistant As highlighted by the Washington Post and CNN, the US and South Korea have finally completed talks on their free trade agreement, which has seen unending controversy since 2007. This deal was reached after key concessions were granted by both sides, including a major reduction of tariffs on […]

To Hell with the Rule of Law, “My Dad is Li Gang”

By Michelle Mengsu Chang, BASC Research Assistant “Sue me if you dare, my dad is Li Gang.” Over the past month, this phrase has become ubiquitous on every Chinese website and online community. It came from a 22-year-old man named Li Qiming, from a small city called Baoding in Hebei Province. On October 16th, Li […]