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Wen to Attend East Asian Summit in Bali
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(VOA) China is preparing to face down regional criticism, including its
South China Sea territorial claim, later this week at a series of Asian
summits. During a news briefing Tuesday Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister
Liu Zhenmin attempted to cool anxiety about rising regional tensions.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will travel to Bali, Indonesia, Thursday for a
round of annual summits where he is expected to hear demands from some of
China's neighbors to discuss competing claims to the South China Sea.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Wen-to-Attend-East-Asian-Summitin-Bali--133870448.html
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‘India to match Chinese military infra build up’
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(zeenews) Expressing concern over Chinese military infrastructure buildup,
Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said India was working to match it
to protect the country's territory and build an effective deterrence.
"China is expanding its military capabilities and their infrastructure in
the border area is also increasing substantially and we are concerned about
that," he said.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/india-to-match-chinese-military-infrabuild-up_741951.html
EUROPE (GEOGRAPH.)
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Europe's Crisis: Beyond Finance
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(STRATFOR) Everyone is wondering about the next disaster to befall Europe.
Italy is one focus; Spain is also a possibility. But these crises are
already under way. Instead, the next crisis will be political, not in the
sense of what conventional politician is going to become prime minister,
but in the deeper sense of whether Europe’s political elite can retain
power, or whether new political forces are going to emerge that will
completely reshape the European political landscape. If this happens, it
will be by far the most important consequence of the European financial
crisis.
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20111114-europes-crisis-beyondfinance?utm_source=freelistf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20111115&utm_term=gweekly&utm_content=GIRti
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