Brunei comes under international spotlight in role as chairman, host of ASEAN meeting

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Brunei is increasingly gaining international attention, not only for hosting the Aug. 1995 meeting of Assn. of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministers but also for its effective handling of delicate matters as current chairman of the association. Brunei has previously been a low-key player in Asia and globally, more popular as a tiny state teeming with oil and gas reserves which is essentially governed by only one family. It is also widely known as a country which enjoys economic prosperity as well as political stability.

Brunei

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... and is ingrained in Asean's inaction

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The move by China in Oct 1998 to build a permanent outpost in the contested Mischief Reef, part of the Spratly Islands that is being claimed by the Philippines, is a clear violation of China's promise to honor the 1992 Asean Declaration on the South China Sea. The building of the facilities, a breach of every agreement that China has entered into regarding the contested area, has increased the possibility of violence in the region. Only a concerted effort by the members of Asean can hope to stop China's determined actions.

China, Philippines, Philippine foreign relations, Aggression (International law), Spratly Islands

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What Taiwan fears as Hong Kong handover nears

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Taiwan fears that China will use Hong Kong-Taiwan trade relations to infiltrate Taiwanese politics. The fears come in lew of the coming return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty. The Taiwanese government has tried to lessen its dependence on China, but the Chinese remain influential in trade and political relations. Taiwan fears that the growing influence of China in the region cannot be checked as they lack the power t o do it.

International Affairs, Bilateral Diplomacy, Taiwan, Column, Political aspects, International trade, Chinese (Taiwan) foreign relations, Diplomacy

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