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G20’s call for rapid structural reforms apt

The call given by world’s top economies to focus on structural reforms and look beyond ultra-low interest rates, would not only strengthen the global economy, but also restore confidence in the markets. The holding of G20 meeting is timely and comes amid fears driven by slowing growth in the host nation China, steep falls in world financial markets, and US ...

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Achilles’ heel in Japan’s defense plan

This week, Admiral Harry J. Harris, Jr, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) commander, made headlines for his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. In the written testimony submitted to the Committee, he articulated his view that China sees the South China Sea as “a strategic front line in their quest to dominate East Asia out to the Second Island Chain.” ...

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China gives nod to UN’s new N Korea sanctions

The United States presented a draft resolution on North Korea to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday. The resolution, which would tighten sanctions on Pyongyang, represents the culmination of nearly two months of negotiations between the United States and China, beginning just after North Korea’s nuclear test on January 6. Final agreement on the resolution came during Chinese Foreign ...

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