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	The Revitalizing of Chinese Northeast and Northeast Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
		Northeast Asia economic development is quite unbalanced, even in countries with high economic development level such as Japan and Korea, their domestic economic developing is quite unbalanced, East sea coasts of both countries are all economic backward regions.
		The northeast area has much latent superiority to speed up the economic development, such as, the industrialization and the urbanized level is higher, the industrial foundation is more abundant, the education and the technical level is more developed, has the natural condition for the development of modern agriculture.
		Although the present Northeast Asia area is still with difficulty to realize the personnel free intercourse and the labor force unrestricted flow, strengthen of the region service cooperation and gradual relax to the labor force mobile limit, is one basic direction of the region economic cooperation.
	www.ecdc.net.cn /events/tcdc0503/en/tcdc4.htm (2846 words)

	ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST ASIA
		However, future growth of gas utilization in Southeast Asia strongly depend on the development of the infrastructure for gas trade and new findings of gas reserves since a large share of the current gas reserves are already committed to the LNG markets, particularly in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
		For countries in Northeast Asia, South Korea recently decided to start reconsidering building of new nuclear power plants; China will continue its program to equip coastal provinces, where the economies are continuing to grow rapidly, with nuclear power plants.
		The recent experience of countries in Northeast and Southeast Asia in managing the complex relationships between economic growth, energy development and environmental protection is limited and certainly cannot be used to elaborate an efficient strategy in the pursuit of system sustainability.
	www.helio-international.org /Helio/anglais/reports/asia.html (4635 words)

	APRENet: Northeast Asia Environmental Cooperation
		However, in Northeast Asia, it was not until 1993 that an intergovernmental forum on environmental cooperation was established.
		Northeast Asia, composed of eastern, southern, and northeastern China, Eastern Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, is the most vulnerable sub-region.
		Zhong Shukong, Special Adviser on Environment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, denied the assertion that China is the source of transboundary acid rain problem in Northeast Asia, in the SOM meeting in Seoul in February 1993 and in the ESCAP/CESD meeting in Bangkok in October 1993.
	www.nautilus.org /archives/papers/enviro/trade/neacop.html (5482 words)

	U.S. Policy in Northeast Asia
		Most importantly, when I was in Asia, I repeated President Bush’s statement that the transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to any state or non-state entity would be considered a grave threat to the United States and we would hold North Korea fully accountable for the consequences of any such action.
		This emerging pattern of cooperation among the major powers of Northeast Asia will help us to meet the challenges of the 21st century, particularly the proliferation of the world’s most dangerous weapons and the means to deliver them.
		Now, in the context of Northeast Asia, it would obviously be a very good thing if the Chinese and Taiwan could engage in discussions about cross-straits issues.
	www.heritage.org /Research/AsiaandthePacific/bclee11.cfm (4904 words)

	The Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
		IGCC's Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogues were founded in 1993 by Susan Shirk, IGCC's director from 1991–1997.
		Their suggestions were discussed at the fourth NEACD meeting in Beijing in January 1996, where it was decided to continue further study and discussion of these critical issues at future Dialogues.
		Prior to NEACD 7, a pair of similar study projects on defense information sharing (transparency) and principles of cooperation in Northeast Asia were held in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the principles group establishing a set of principles that were endorsed by the NEACD 7 plenary discussions.
	www-igcc.ucsd.edu /regions/asia_pacific/neacddefault.php (1393 words)

	2001 Northeast Asia Survey: Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies: Foreign Policy Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As the Northeast Asian economies emerged from the economic problems of the late 1990s, they faced the possibility of a slowdown in the U.S. economy, which will doubtless affect the economic health of the region.
		For U.S. policymakers, the year 2000 in Northeast Asia turned out to be a year of repair and maintenance in which important relations were pulled back from the precipice.
		The overall economic picture for Northeast Asia was largely positive in 2000, but with rising concerns over the course of the year about the sustainability of economic growth.
	www.brookings.edu /fp/cnaps/papers/survey01.htm (3661 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam
		Southeast Asian nations are aware that the feud between Asia's giants has important implications for them and the future of East Asia in at least four areas.
		Second, Southeast Asians also hope that efforts will be made to minimize the current tension in Northeast Asia, so as not to allow "accidents" to happen that could cause governments to lose control of these explosive situations.
		The East Asia summit was supposed to act as a regional confidence-builder and stabilize East Asia; any strategic schism will be detrimental to East Asian regionalism and the aspirations of the East Asian community and its peoples.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/GE24Ae02.html (1211 words)

	Nautilus Institute: Energy, Security and Environment Program
		The East Asia Energy Futures Project is developing an analytic foundation and framework for understanding alternative energy futures in Northeast Asia.
		The aim of the Grid Project was to provide a forum for the sharing of current research related to regional grid issues among experts from the region, as well as to create an opportunity to hear the perspectives from individual countries toward potential grid interconnections.
		The PARES Project is developing methodologies to analyze decision-making options related to energy security in the Pacific Asia region with the purpose of catalyzing widespread acceptance of a well-grounded and comprehensive concept of energy security that can become the basis for safe, secure, and sustainable energy policies in Northeast Asia.
	www.nautilus.org /archives/energy/index.html (349 words)

	The Asia Foundation
		This is especially important in Northeast Asia, as it is the only region which contains a power potentially capable of challenging the U.S. The only certain way to strengthen peace in the region is through democratic transitions.
		South Asia should remain as a high priority area for U.S. policy and U.S. policy should be formulated on the basis of long-term strategies and interests.
		South Asia is not comfortable with the unilateralism that is promoted by the U.S. in international affairs, in particular its frequent marginalization of the UN and other international institutions, as well as multilateral agreements and protocols.
	www.asiafoundation.org /News/ARA/asianviews.html (1875 words)

	NORTHEAST ASIA°ØS POLITICAL ECONOMY: DYNAMISM,VOLATILITY, AND A FUNDAMENTAL REVERSAL
		Northeast Asia, for the purposes of this paper at least, consists of eight countries.
		Most of the countries in Northeast Asia can be considered dynamic in the sense that they experienced strong economic growth and significant political development for most of the time during the 1980s up to the late 1990s.
		During the last quarter of the 20th century, Asia proved quite adept at the political, economic, and social transformation that was necessary to ride the growing wave of globalization.
	www.smu.edu /asianstudies/symposium/papers/clark.html (7605 words)

	United Nations - Energy, coal combustion and atmospheric pollution in Northeast Asia
		Northeast Asia encompasses China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Mongolia, and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
		In northeast Asia, however, the situation is complicated by the abundant use of coal in the industrial (45%), and residential (16%) sectors, mainly for steam production and space heat, respectively.
		To address air pollution associated with massive use of coal in northeast Asia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), in collaboration with government authorities and scientists concerned, have launched a regional project entitled 'Energy, Coal Combustion and Atmospheric Pollution' (RAS/92/461).
	esa.un.org /techcoop/flagship.asp?Code=RAS92461 (1456 words)

	Foreign Affairs - The New Face of Northeast Asia - Kent E. Calder
		Northeast Asia, specialists have long argued, is among the most dangerous places on earth.
		To this day, Northeast Asia lacks a regional security framework analogous to NATO or the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and there is still no peace treaty on the Korean Peninsula, where more than a million troops from opposing sides remain deployed within miles of each other.
		Yet when Kim Dae Jung of South Korea and Kim Jong Il of the North met on the tarmac at Pyongyang last June 13, the region's past and present tensions seemed to be giving way to the promise of future cooperation.
	www.foreignaffairs.org /20010101faessay4247/kent-e-calder/the-new-face-of-northeast-asia.html?mode=print (560 words)

	NORTHEAST ASIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Counterproliferation will continue to be a strong component of the U.S. regional strategy in Northeast Asia as long as U.S. defense commitments and U.S. forces are threatened by the spread of NBC weapons and missiles.
		In Northeast Asia, North Korea and China have substantial NBC weapons and missile capabilities.
		The programs pose threats in terms of potential use in a conflict in Northeast Asia and because of the potential proliferation of these weapons and supporting technologies to other regions where the United States also has critical interests.
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs/prolif97/ne_asia.html (4333 words)

	New Challenges for the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia - President Kim Dae Jung - East Asia Speeches - the Asia ...
		On the threshold of the 21st century, Northeast Asia promises to be the most exciting place in the world.
		If Northeast Asia can overcome these challenges now, I believe the region will be able to play a leading role in the next century.
		The key to Northeast Asian peace and prosperity at this particular stage is settlement of peace on the Korean Peninsula.
	www.asiasociety.org /speeches/kim.html (2143 words)

	Migration Information Source - Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia
		In Northeast Asia, however, cross-border human flows are largely a post-Cold War phenomenon and are posing a serious challenge to the host societies' collective identity, social order, political agenda, and even national security.
		Since 2001 researchers from Northeast Asia as well as from the UK and the US have been examining the growing cross-border human flows in Northeast Asia and their policy implications.
		Cross-border human flows in Northeast Asia are varied in their background and impact.
	www.migrationinformation.org /Feature/display.cfm?id=257 (1704 words)

	NEAS - Resources, Northeast Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Study on Establishment and Operation of Northeast Asia Energy Cooperation Network, Park, Y.D. One of the goals for dynamic Korean economic development is to be the hub country in Northeast Asia.
		Population/Migration in Northeast Asia, Van Arsdol, Jr., Maurice D. Northeast Asia (NEA) is an a area of great economic and political promise that has experienced state-to-state conflicts, nationalist clashes, and “conflicts of civilizations.
		Population/Migration in Northeast Asia, Van Arsdol, Jr., Maurice D. Northeast Asia (NEA) is an a area of great economic and political promise that has experienced state-to-state conflicts, nationalist clashes, and “conflicts of civilizations.” NEA nations (China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and the Russian Federation) contain more than one-fourth of the earth’s population.
	neas.miis.edu /resources-northeast-asia.html (8667 words)

	Northeast Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Northeast Asia remains a region of vital importance to the United States, particularly in view of the growing prominence of the Pacific Rim nations as trading partners and as important players in the global economy.
		However, Chinese firms' continued willingness to engage in nuclear and missile cooperation with countries of serious proliferation concern, such as Pakistan and Iran, presents security concerns in many regions where the United States has defense commitments.
		Counterproliferation will continue to be a strong component of our regional strategy in Northeast Asia as long as our defense commitments and our forces are threatened by the spread of NBC weapons and missiles.
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs/prolif/ne_asia.html (2278 words)

	Russia, Northeast Asia - JRL 5-31-06
		To understand Russia's interests in Northeast Asia, one must take into consideration both ideas and material power dimensions of the nation's foreign policy.
		In practical terms, the new perspective implies understanding that today a greater engagement in Asia cannot be achieved without a greater engagement in Europe/West, and vice versa.
		Rather he views Russia and Asia as connected into an economically open region, in which Russia, due to richness of natural resources, occupies an appropriately important role and rips considerable economic, as well as political, benefits.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/2006-126-18.cfm (1259 words)

	Northeast Asia - CMC - Albuquerque New Mexico - Sandia National Labs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Currently East Asia Program personnel are working with the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) to develop updated recommendations timed for the advent of a new administration in the ROK.
		Many of the conflicts in the East Asia region take place in a maritime environment: confrontations between fishermen in the seas off the Korean Peninsula, accidents and provocations among navies, smuggling in the Taiwan straits, piracy in the seas of Southeast Asia.
		Recently the East Asia Program has worked with Taiwanese and Korean analysts to develop ideas for using technology to promote regional cooperation in areas such as search and rescue, vessel tracking, fisheries disputes, and antismuggling.
	www.cmc.sandia.gov /regional-northeastasia.htm (1062 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Korea News and Korean Business and Economy, Pyongyang News
		It is precisely South Korea's unique role as a key ally of the United States and a top economic and trading partner of China that would enable Seoul to become a stabilizer and mediator between the two great powers.
		As one of the major trading nations in the world, South Korea desires peace and stability, especially in Northeast Asia, so that it can continue to enhance the well-being of its people.
		As the region's third-largest economy and a well-respected diplomatic player, and as a peaceful nation throughout its history that has harbored no intent to dominate others, South Korea commands enough "soft power" and is well qualified for a bigger role in promoting regional cooperation and development.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/GD20Dg01.html (1260 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
		Culture wars, too, are being waged diplomatically as well as passionately over little-known but breathtakingly lovely tomb murals in Northeast Asia and what these paintings say about more than a thousand years of human development, art and religion.
		They have been actively studying the kingdom to which the murals belong as part of a long-running Northeast Asian history project called "Northeast Progress" and have concluded that Goguryeo was a client state of China, giving Beijing claim over the kingdom and its artistic legacy.
		The independence and inherent sui generis state of 2,000-year-old cultures in East Asia will be a hard issue for either the Chinese or the Koreans to argue definitively.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/EL23Dg01.html (1367 words)

	CNN.com - An eventful year for Northeast Asia - Dec. 31, 2002
		It has been an eventful year for Northeast Asia, leadership change, family reunions, economic uncertainty and nuclear standoff.
		For Northeast Asia in 2002, most people's concerns were ruled by economic issues.
		But as 2003 begins, the region could be sidetracked by nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, which must be resolved if instability and even war are to be avoided.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/12/30/neasia.yearender/index.html (592 words)

	Asia Logistics Wrap: Northeast Asia Politics
		William Pesek, Jr., of Bloomberg, posits in his opinion column that Japan is more rival than ally relative to the USA for 2006, and should replace China's status as rival, a designation that was never universally accepted itself.
		The significant story in the lives of the parents of today’s young people in Northeast Asia is the liberation from Japanese occupation and subsequent struggles of establishing sovereign governments.
		It is my opinion that the young people of Northeast Asia not from Japan require such a significantly positive experience interacting with Japan that it could begin to cultivate a more understanding view.
	asiagander.typepad.com /asia_gander/northeast_asia_politics/index.html (9690 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The newly launched Pyle Center will conduct research on Northeast Asia to advance the comprehensive study of the region, particularly as it pertains to its security, political, and economic dynamics.
		Assess the future of relations in Northeast Asia between America and its allies, Japan and South Korea, as well as relations among them and China, Russia, and North Korea, in view of the impact of historical, military, political, and economic factors.
		Identify and build a network of top foreign policy specialists from across Northeast Asia who, in the years to come, may play influential roles in shaping their countries’ respective national strategies.
	www.nbr.org /programs/northeast/index.html (1290 words)

	KoreaTimes : New Northeast Asia Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It has been paraded that Northeast Asia has entered a new era that holds enormous promise for the world’s most dynamic, rapidly integrating economic region.
		The Roh administration’s New Initiative on Peace and Prosperity of Northeast Asia is itself recognition of this symbiotic relationship and a bold vision to write a new history for the future of Northeast Asia.
		Here efforts are being made to develop the capacity of Northeast Asia that will embrace diverse cultures, promote intercommunication and mutual understanding on the basis of cultural openness to overcome exclusive and detrimental national ethnocentrism, and institutionalize the promotion of human and cultural exchange for the benefit of the region’s future generations.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/opinion/200407/kt2004072515350854330.htm (742 words)

	The Korea Society - Korean Multinationals and Northeast Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He argues that Northeast Asia has become Korea’s most important export and investment market, and that as the region’s economy continues to grow, so will its importance to South Korea.
		South Korea’s exports to Northeast Asia have increased 600% over the last few decades, while exports to the rest of the world are up just 400%.
		Ku predicted that, fueled by growth in Northeast Asia, the next 10 to 15 years will be a golden age for the Korean economy.
	www.koreasociety.org /content/view/109/46 (400 words)

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