Archivo categoría «Asia»
Por Kevin Rudd, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Australia. Traducción de Kena Nequiz (Project Syndicate, 07/02/12):
Aunque la relación entre China y los Estados Unidos es esencial para el futuro de Asia, ello no significa que la región se convertirá en un duopolio sino-estadounidense. En Asia nunca se aceptará el concepto de “G-2”.
Para empezar, excepto China, el PIB combinado de Asia es más o menos equivalente al de los Estados Unidos, y excede en mucho el de China. Además, Japón sigue siendo la tercera economía más grande del mundo, mientras que economías como la India, Corea del Sur, … Seguir leyendo
Par David Camroux, maître de conférences des universités rattaché au CERI-Sciences Po (LE MONDE, 07/02/12):
Les inondations qui ont frappé la Thaïlande au mois d’octobre et coûté la vie à plus de cinq cents personnes sont les plus graves que le pays ait connues depuis plus d’un demi-siècle.
Dans l’imaginaire thaïlandais, cette catastrophe naturelle est bien plus qu’un désastre. N’estelle pas annonciatrice de la fin d’une époque ? En effet, dans l’ancien Siam, le fondement du pouvoir royal reposait sur la maîtrise des eaux (travaux d’irrigation, construction de digues, canaux, etc.) et sur le contrôle de la main-d’oeuvre employée … Seguir leyendo
By Praful Bidwai, a political analyst, an activist and a regular columnist for the Hindu (THE GUARDIAN, 07/02/12):
Underlying the debate raging over British aid to India is the myth that the subcontinent’s strong, market-driven growth of the past two decades has pulled hundreds of millions out of poverty. The economy is taking off; its people no longer need much aid, it is said.
In reality, since 1991, during which time India has experienced the highest growth in recent history, there has been no significant reduction in poverty or hunger. Two in every five children remain malnourished. A third … Seguir leyendo
Por Xulio Ríos, director del Observatorio de la Política China (LA VANGUARDIA, 31/01/12):
La celebración del XVIII congreso del Partido Comunista de China (PCCH), previsto para octubre, será el gran acontecimiento político en el gigante asiático este año 2012. La elección de una nueva cúpula dirigente, con Xi Jinping y Li Keqiang a la cabeza, abrirá paso a una nueva generación de líderes que deberá afrontar los grandes desafíos de la presente década, entre ellos la probable culminación general del proceso de modernización iniciado a marchas forzadas en 1978. La plasmación del nuevo modelo de desarrollo y la definición … Seguir leyendo
By Yuriko Koike, Japan’s former Minister of Defense and National Security Adviser (Project Syndicate, 30/01/12):
China’s behavior during the recent presidential election in Taiwan demonstrates that its leaders have learned some lessons, if only the hard way. They have learned that China can have a greater impact on Taiwanese voters through trade and making people feel richer than by threats – even threats to fire missiles – which had been China’s electoral tactics in previous Taiwanese elections, particularly when a pro-independence candidate looked popular enough to win.
Indeed, fearing the popularity of Lee Teng-hui, who ran in the 1996 … Seguir leyendo
By Yu Yongding, President of the China Society of World Economics, former member of the monetary policy committee of the Peoples’ Bank of China and former Director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of World Economics and Politics (Project Syndicate, 30/01/12):
From July 2005 until this past December, China’s renminbi (RMB) appreciated steadily. But then the RMB fell unexpectedly, hitting the bottom of the daily trading band set by the Peoples’ Bank of China (PBoC) for 11 sessions in a row. Though the RMB has since returned to its previous trajectory of slow appreciation, the episode may have … Seguir leyendo
Stephen S. Roach, a member of the faculty at Yale University, is Non-Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the author of The Next Asia (Project Syndicate, 26/01/12):
Long the most fragmented nation on earth, China is being brought together like never before by a new connectivity. Its Internet community is expanding at hyper speed, with profound implications for the Chinese economy, to say nothing of the country’s social norms and political system. This genie cannot be stuffed back in the bottle. Once connected, there is no turning back.
The pace of transformation is breathtaking. According to Internet World … Seguir leyendo
Por Xulio Ríos, director del Observatorio de la Política China (EL PAÍS, 23/01/12):
China celebró el pasado octubre el primer centenario de la revolución de Xinhai. Fue en 1911 cuando tardíamente puso fin a siglos de feudalismo, abriendo camino a un nuevo republicanismo que aportaría la modernización pendiente. El gigante oriental giró 180 grados con el objetivo de “aprender de Occidente para salvar a China”, aspiración que venía movilizando las mayores y mejores energías del país desde finales del siglo XIX.
Sin renegar al completo de ella, para la China continental de hoy, la revolución de 1911 se asoció … Seguir leyendo
THE WASHINGTON POST, 20/01/12:
Aung San Suu Kyi sat in the living room of the home where she lived under house arrest for so many years and talked about the future. She is now a free citizen, meeting with high-level foreign delegations; she’s a political star in her country and possibly a future president. In an interview with Washington Post senior associate editor Lally Weymouth on Wednesday — the same day Suu Kyi registered as a candidate for Burma’s parliamentary elections — she talked about her country’s president, U.S. economic sanctions and her political plans. Excerpts:
In the United States, … Seguir leyendo
THE WASHINGTON POST, 20/01/12:
Since Thein Sein took office as Burma’s president nine months ago, the country’s famous opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from house arrest, political prisoners have been released and the United States has normalized bilateral relations with Burma, also known as Myanmar. This week, Sein granted The Post’s Lally Weymouth his first interview with a foreign journalist. Excerpts:
President Sein: I would like to welcome you to our capital and I know The Washington Post is a renowned newspaper in America. This is the first time to meet with the foreign media. This … Seguir leyendo
By Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank (Project Syndicate, 20/01/12):
This is the year of the “Black Water Dragon,” an astrological cycle that indicates change, but with a measure of calm, sensibility, and prudence. The people and governments of Asia certainly hope that this proves to be the case, but uncertainties – from within and without the region – are growing rapidly.
Developing Asia has performed relatively well over the past two years. It led the world out of the 2008-2009 “Great Recession,” recording 9% average economic growth in 2010 and solidifying that recovery by laying the … Seguir leyendo
By Joseph S. Nye Jr., a professor at Harvard and the author, most recently, of The Future of Power (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 18/01/12):
China’s president, Hu Jintao, greeted 2012 with an important essay warning that China was being battered by Western culture: “We must clearly see that international hostile forces are intensifying the strategic plot of Westernizing and dividing China, and ideological and cultural fields are the focal areas of their long-term infiltration,” he wrote, adding that “the international culture of the West is strong while we are weak.”
Essentially, Hu was saying that China was under assault … Seguir leyendo
By Dennis V. Hickey, director of the graduate program in global studies at Missouri State University. He was in Taiwan as an election observer at the invitation of the government (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 17/01/12):
Ma Ying-jeou, the incumbent president of Taiwan, has now won his hard-fought battle for reelection. What does it mean for the United States?
To state it plainly, Ma’s victory means one less headache for any U.S. administration, Democratic or Republican. China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949. The U.S. ended its formal treaty commitment to protect Taiwan from a Chinese attack in 1979, … Seguir leyendo
Por Augusto Soto, consultor y profesor en ESADE (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 17/01/12):
Tema: En el último año ha resurgido la cuestión de si el posicionamiento de Pekín ante Occidente obedece a una singularidad estratégica de China.
Resumen: Este análisis, en primer lugar, perfila el reciente posicionamiento chino en relación con el mundo occidental. En segundo lugar, presenta un panorama general de los distintos foros y diálogos internacionales en que participa China como parte de ese impulso.En tercer lugar, reflexiona sobre una probable singularidad estratégica en el ascenso chino.
Análisis: En diciembre Pekín anunció la creación de dos históricos fondos … Seguir leyendo
By Sanjaya Baru, director for Geo-Economics and Strategy at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (Project Syndicate, 16/01/12):
As Asia’s rising powers seek to sustain growth and ensure stability, energy security has moved to the forefront of Asian geopolitics. The recent visit by China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar was as much about ensuring energy security for China as it was about China playing a role in maintaining political stability in the Middle East.
The visit came against the backdrop of the growing threat of United States-led oil-export sanctions against Iran … Seguir leyendo