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	<title>Daniel Michaeli: Asia Ruminations &#187; Miscellaneous</title>
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		<title>Legacies of War: Yasukuni Shrine</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/08/20/legacies-of-war-yasukuni-shrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Colonialism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, August 15th, was the 65th anniversary of Japan&#8217;s surrender to end World War II, in which tens of millions perished, from Europe and North Africa through Russia to Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and the United States. In a departure from my usual blogging style, I want to share some more personal reflections on one of the historical legacies that continues to haunt Northeast Asia.
On a trip to the region earlier this month, I met with scholars from Japan, China, and Korea, in part to explore the ways ...]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Southeast Asia Peaceful</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/26/keeping-southeast-asia-peaceful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southeast Asians want the United States active and engaged in the region, and the U.S. is clearly trying to deliver. But Southeast Asian countries cannot hope to receive full U.S. support in the South China Sea until they resolve ongoing disputes among themselves.
This burst of U.S. activity in Southeast Asia is, in part, a response to China&#8217;s recent assertiveness, particularly in the maritime space (more on that here). Southeast Asians hope drawing the United States more deeply into the region can help balance China&#8217;s heft in multilateral organizations and deter China ...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-South Korea Ties Strengthen as China Shirks Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/13/u-s-south-korea-ties-strengthen-as-china-shirks-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asian Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Myung-bak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the UN Security Council came out with a weak statement that failed to assign blame for the attack and sinking of a South Korean naval ship in March. China and Russia declined to participate in an international inquiry, watered down the Security Council statement, and now willfully look the other way as North Korea continues denying its involvement. The Council&#8217;s statement mentioned the results of the internationally-backed inquiry that showed a North Korean torpedo was responsible, but that was all.
Frankly, Korean president Lee Mung-bak failed to take advantage ...]]></description>
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		<title>Progress in the Taiwan Strait</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/06/30/progress-in-the-taiwan-strait/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/06/30/progress-in-the-taiwan-strait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cross-Strait Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma Ying-jeou]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between China and Taiwan was signed yesterday in Chongqing, promising a substantial boost to Taiwan&#8217;s export industry. (A Taiwan government-sponsored study claims the deal will create 260,000 jobs and add 1.7 percentage points to Taiwan&#8217;s GDP growth each year over the next seven years.) This agreement has been called a &#8220;game changer&#8221; by both proponents and opponents, though it still requires the approval of Taiwan&#8217;s legislature.
In 2003, China became Taiwan&#8217;s largest trading partner, replacing the United States. This is a good thing&#8211;it reflects the role ...]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea&#8217;s Chinese Buddies</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/05/03/north-koreas-chinese-buddies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kim Jong Il]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With &#8220;a battalion of security guards and female dining companions&#8221; aboard his train, North Korea&#8217;s leader arrived in China today en-route to Beijing. Kim Jong-il finds himself increasingly under pressure for the sinking of South Korea&#8217;s Cheonan in March, isolated by international sanctions, and still reeling from having angered much of North Korea&#8217;s elite with last year&#8217;s currency fiasco.
So Kim would probably be grateful for just about anything Beijing will give him. And reports suggest China has lots of goodies to offer, in exchange for access to minerals and ports ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sinking of the Cheonan: Opportunity and Danger</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/23/sinking-of-the-cheonan-opportunity-and-danger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/23/sinking-of-the-cheonan-opportunity-and-danger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cheonan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea has a history of aggressive behavior towards the South. So it would not be entirely out of character for it to have ordered an attack on a South Korean ship in retaliation for a naval skirmish last year, as some are alleging (including a North Korean defector).
If it becomes clear that North Korea&#8217;s top leaders ordered this attack, with a probable death toll of 46 sailors, the South Korean public will demand a forceful response from President Lee Myung-bak. Since the Cheonan was sunk nearly four weeks ago, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Russia and Iran Sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/10/21/russia-and-iran-sanctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/10/21/russia-and-iran-sanctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In just a few years&#8217; time, Iran&#8217;s tally of uranium enrichment centrifuges has grown 35 times from 164 to 6,000. Along the way, the intransigence of Iran&#8217;s president&#8211;which drew international condemnation, caused western companies to pull out of ventures in Iran, and led the International Atomic Energy Agency to send Iran&#8217;s nuclear program to the UN Security Council&#8211;has fueled an unprecedented amount of internal instability within the Islamic Republic.
Russia has appeared wary of sanctions, but Medvedev&#8217;s remarks at the G-20 summit suggest the distinct possibility of a Russian move towards ...]]></description>
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		<title>Can the World Avert a U.S. Dollar Crisis?</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/10/06/can-the-world-avert-a-u-s-dollar-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/10/06/can-the-world-avert-a-u-s-dollar-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The value of the dollar has taken a hit as rumors spread that oil producers are exploring a scheme to price oil in a basket of currencies instead of the U.S. dollar. (The Wall Street Journal subsequently reported that Gulf officials &#8220;strongly denied&#8221; the rumors.)
This week&#8217;s news follows a year in which more and more banks and foreign governments have voiced concern that the U.S. dollar will weaken in the coming years. This has been discussed most openly in Asia, where China and Japan&#8217;s massive foreign exchange reserves are at ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why China Doesn&#8217;t Want a Nuclear North Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2008/01/09/why-china-doesnt-want-a-nuclear-north-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2008/01/09/why-china-doesnt-want-a-nuclear-north-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 9 January 2008.
Publication: Far Eastern Economic Review.
Author: Daniel Michaeli.
North Korea’s nuclear program is a danger not only to the United States, but also to China. A proliferation crisis, particularly in the Middle East, would carry consequences compromising the delicately balanced domestic economic and social stability that China’s leaders strive to maintain. In order to preserve its own interests, China must prevent such a crisis from occurring.

 
The discovery of another nuclear weapons program in the Middle East would inflame tensions and could lead to a wide-scale war. North Korea was ...]]></description>
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