
Asian Century linkage: South China Sea, Kissinger, mobile commerce and more
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15 June 2012 15:50
- China's industrial energy-saving programs carry lessons for Indonesia.
- Asia's politicians and diplomats, said to be foreign policy realists, should read Hedley Bull's classic, 'The Anarchical Society'. There's a 35th anniversary edition out now.
- How long was the Great Wall? It's not a joke or a riddle, but a real dispute between China and the ROK. (Thanks Malcolm.)
- Data on the use of mobile phones in Chinese commerce.
- 80% of Indonesians think their country can be a superpower. (H/t Cogitasia.)
- And in other polling news: regional perceptions of Chinese and Japanese leadership.
- America's quiet diplomacy in the South China Sea.
- Don't read this if you want to enjoy your weekend: Dani Rodrik imagines 'The End of the World as We Know It', a financial catastrophe that starts in Europe but soon infects China, and then... (Thanks Mark.)
- Kissinger on doing business in China (thanks Stephen):
You have to remember that until this generation, the Chinese have had no experience with the international system. Now we’re talking about the interaction of two huge economies that affect the prosperity and stability of the world. There are certain peculiarities of the Chinese system. One, the absence of a legal system in the American sense, so that everything depends on relationships rather than rule of law. Secondly, the emphasis on family relationships. Third, they tend to think of everything in terms of process rather than in terms of outcome. All of these are differences that we need to keep in mind as more interaction is taking place.