Thailand News with a China Business Perspective
Thailand News with a China Business Perspective
Author: Kirill Nourzhanov, ANU After the USSR collapsed in 1991, the energy potential of Central Asia — especially the hydrocarbon reserves in the Caspian Sea basin — generated much excitement in the West. In 1994 former US Secretary of State…
Author: Peter van der Hoest, GRIPS The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is home to 75 per cent of the world’s oil, iron and tin reserves. India, Japan and China have all contributed to what they consider their national interest to…
Author: Adam P. MacDonald, Halifax For decades, China has been Myanmar’s principal international partner. In the years preceding Myanmar’s opening up, China dominated Myanmar’s foreign discourse as an important economic and military partner, and a source of international diplomatic protection…
Author: Liam Gammon, ANU Indonesia’s PDI-P party, the home of Soekarno-ist nationalism, was expecting Wednesday’s legislative elections to carry it to a stunning comeback after a decade out of government during the Yudhoyono years. It had the good fortune of…
Author: Tuvshintugs Batdelger, National University of Mongolia In recent years Mongolia has become one of the most rapidly expanding economies in the world. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, it was one of the top performers in 2013, with economic…
Authors: Kym Anderson, ANU and University of Adelaide, Maros Ivanic and Will Martin, World Bank Many countries use trade policy to protect their own consumers from spikes in international food prices. It turns out that this well-intentioned practice can actually…
Author: Andrew Elek, ANU China’s president, Xi Jinping, announced the creation of an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) just before the October 2013 APEC meeting in Bali. If the new bank is managed professionally to finance commercially viable investments in…
Author: Kirill Nourzhanov, ANU By local standards, 2013 proved quite successful for the people and leaders of the five Central Asian republics. There were no major wars, natural disasters, or coups d’etat. The governments continued to muddle through the usual…
