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By keViN Liu

For nations of the Asia-Pacic region striving todevelop local clean-tech-

nology industries with an eyetowards boosting their greencredentials and reducingtheir overal environmentalfootprint,technology trans-fers are no less than vital.

eprts rm bth dvlpd and dvlp-n natns ar that transrs prtnnttchnls, as ppsd t smpl sals rprchass, s an cacs wa t la thrndwr r th dvlpmnt a lcalclan-tchnl ndstr. Man tms n thpast and n man thr ndstrs t bt, thtransr vars nds tchnl thathav bn prctd abrad, has prvn t ba wa b whch lss-dvlpd natns can

an ndd tchnl and nw-hw.in addtn, sch a transr can hav spll-

vr cts that can bnt thr ndstrsas wll and a cntrs cnm as a whl,rm applcatns that ncras cnc nthr ndstrs t mprvmnts n lcalmplmnt rs and thr ndcatrsthat can ta plac as a rslt.

Hwvr, prts warn that tchnltransr s nt wtht ts sss, prblmsand lmtatns. Thr d st sncantbarrrs t tchnl transrs, as wll assmlar barrrs t th dssmnatn andapplcatn tchnls that hav bntransrrd. in addtn, prts sa thatth sccssl transr tchnl mant ncssarl rslt n tchnlcal p-ta n th tart cntr r ndstr.

cntn tnfTh wrld has ln rald th mpr-

tanc tchnl transrs n bldnlbal prts rardn clan tchnl-. Thr has bn sncant wr nntrnatnal ramwrs, strctrs and

armnts that hlp acltat th transr clan-tchnl prts t dvlpn na-tns. Sch ntrnatnal ancs as th Cmms-sn n Sstanabl Dvlpmnt and th untdNatns Cnrnc n Trad and Dvlpmnt havbn cncrnd wth clan-tchnl transrs.

Th prmar bncars tchnl transrntatvs ar dvlpn cntrs. Dvlpnnatns n Asa tn rl n tchnl transrsrm mr dvlpd natns that hav a hstr prts n clan-tchnl.

it shld b clard that tchnl trans-rs can als ta plac rm dvlpn tdvlpd natns. Ths ar cmmnl r-rrd t as Sth-Sth tchnl trans-rs.

Th prts that man dvlpd na-tns hbt n trms clan tchnlss cmplmntd b dvlpn natns ndr sch prts. Man ths natns, whlrch n natral rsrcs, d nt pssss th -prts t tl thm cntl, r ma lac thnds ncssar t dvlp th tchnls nc-ssar t d s. fr ampl, th uN Dpartmnt ecnmc and Scal Aars nd n 2004 thatChnas cal pwr plants sd 30 prcnt mrcal than grman plants.

estn tchnl ma b bslscnt and can ths pt -trm prssr n lcal nvrnmnts and scts. Man dvl-pn cntrs ar saddld wth rsarch and dvlpmnt lm-tatns and d nt wn clan tchnls n th rst plac. Thrapd dvlpmnt man Asan natns, sch as Chna and in-da, whl bth natns ar stll strln wth sncant tchn-lcal sss, ndrscrs th mprtanc tchnl transrst ncras lcal clan-tchnl prts.

That sad, t s mprtant t ral that man dvlpn na-tns n th Asa-Pacc rn d hav crtan clan-tchnlcapablts that hav bn dvlpd tradtnall. fr nstanc,natns sch as inda hav sm tradtns rardn th dvlp-mnt and s basc b-thanl, bas and bdsl. Hwvr,n narl all cass, sch tchnl s ll std r adptn ata cntr-wd lvl, and whr ths s th cas, th transr rn prts ma b abl t hlp ncras sch nascnt lcaltchnls capablts and cnc.

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in man nstancs, ntatvs t brn abt th transr clan tchnl hav mt wth sccss, sch as th prnc Maawa C. n Japan, whch transrrd tchnl t assst BaThanh Ha, a Vtnams brwr. Hwvr, man thr attmptst d s hav bn raht wth dclts.

on th lvl plc tsl, dspt th act that th ntrna-tnal ramwrs r dscssn and armnt ar n plac, tharmnts thmslvs hav nt prcdd at a satsactr pac.Spacha Pantchpad, scrtar-nral t th uNCTAD, has stat-d that th dscssns hld t dat hav nt bn advancn wthth rnc rqrd. Th sal path slw dsn rm rchrt prr cntrs, h addd, was nt rapd nh.

in addtn, th Asan Dvlpmnt Ban has nd that svralcntrs, bth n th Asa-Pacc rn and tsd t, ar nablt bnt sncantl rm tchnl transr thans t plc-lvl barrrs sch as sbsds and tas that ncras csts and

nrmatn-w rstrctns. Prpr plc ramwrs,sas th ADB, nd t st. Th nd t crat

nvrnmnts that ar cndcv t tchnltransr.

Ths s ndcatv anthr prblm rard-n tchnl transr as a whl: tchnls

that wr dvlpd lswhr and whch ar rad-l avalabl r transr hav n sm cassprvn t b a pr t r dvlpn cn-trs sch as inda and Chna. Ths tch-nls ma rqr sncant rsarch

and dvlpmnt br th ar stabl rs n sch cntrs whch n trn marqr nds, prr tchnlcal prts,and thr sch rsrcs that dvlpncntrs ma lac.

Th ADB sas that man dvlpn na-tns sr rm a wa capact t prp-rl nstall and car r qpmnt, andma als hav t dal wth a lcal alr t

mt th ntrnatnal tchnl standardsthat man dvlpd cntrs ar part t.

its rcmmndatns ncld that tchnlsbn cnsdrd r transr b matr, as thmr matr a tchnl, th asr t wll bt transr; ths ma als hav sncant rpr-

cssns pn ts as accptanc n cntrst s transrrd t.

yt anthr ss that has and prmnnc n rcnt ars sthat ntllctal prprt rhts. in man dvlpn natns,ths rhts ma nt b as rrs as wld-b dvlpd-natndnrs rqr; ths ptntal dnrs tn ls ntrst s,t ar that an transrrd tchnl mht smpl b sdllall. on sltn nclds tchnl patnt pls, ndrwhch sstm mltpl dnrs wld shar ntllctal prprt.

Man prblms mst b dalt wth br tchnl transrscan trl bn t bnt th dvlpn natns th Asa-Pac-c rn b hlpn thm str a balanc btwn rapd rwthand nvrnmntal mpact.

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Th intrnatnal enrAnc, n ts 2009 Wrld en-r otl rprt, statd thatalmst a thrd th pplatn dvlpn cntrs (1.6 bl-ln ppl) dd nt hav accsst lctrct ndrscrnth nd r tchnl transrt hlp bnt ths ppl asrapdl as pssbl.

Accrdn t th Asan Dvlp-mnt Ban, th ntrnatnal tradn clan tchnl s th astst-rwn ara vntr captal wrth $8.4 blln n 2008.

A 2008 rprt b th uNfCCCsad that nl 39 prcnt prj-cts st p thrh th Clan D-vlpmnt Mchansm nvlvdtchnl transrs.

Th prmar bncars tchnl transr ntatvs ardvlpn cntrs. Dvlpn natns n Asa tn rl ntchnl transrs rm mr dvlpd natns that hav ahstr prts n clan-tchnl.

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In the space of a fewhours, North Koreaopened a new chapter in

the turbulent history of theKorean peninsula.

Th nw ladr s a n man namdkm Jn-n, th chc hs athr, thDar Ladr km Jn-l, whs srvvd ln-r than mst ppl thht pssbl atr

srn a str n Ast 2008 bt has thav had ntmatns mrtalt.Anntmnt km Jn-n, Swss-d-

catd, an NBA an, th nst thrsns, rst as a nral and thn as vccharman th mltar cmmssn thWrrs Part at a hstrc cnrnc nSpt. 28 was th as part. Nw hs t tlarn th jb and vntall prhaps cratan ndpndnt crs that ma ta Nrthkra, n n nws whr.

Whch wa wll th rm nc kmJn-l passs n and km Jn-n taschar as th thrd-nratn ladr adnast stablshd b hs randathr, thln-rln km il-sn, wh dd n 1994?Wll th d, n lnr a d atr hs d-bt at th part cnrnc, swn twardrcnclatn and rapprchmnt wth thNrths nms r wll h want t hsmscl, t shw th nrals hw th hs? Thn abt t. Th cntr s a classccnmc bast cas, brt ndstr, ahh prcnta ts 24 mlln ppl ar

alwas hnr, man starvn and dsasd.i ts t nthn ls, at last ts t ns nh nclar matrl r a dn war-hads, accrdn t cnvntnal ntll-nc stmats. What ds th d thn?An chanc an ndpndnt tl?

frt t, nt as ln as km Jn-l salv. Th rst Nrth kran vd ta km Jn-n was sht at th WrrsPart cnrnc, th rst athrn part dlats n 44 ars. Thr h was,th nwst mmbr th parts cntralcmmtt and vc charmanshp tsmltar cmmssn, n th rnt rw an

adtrm pacd wth 1,200 dlats.Dstnctv n hs dar bl Ma st, happladd dtll, nsmln, aln wthvrn ls as hs athr wavd rm cn-tr sta.

km Jn-n was warn th sam Mast, and th sam prssn, as h stdamn th lmnars rvwn th b pa-rad n Pnan n oct. 10, th 65th an-nvrsar th ndn th Part. Thparad was a rat chanc r th wrld tstd hm, t aan n a shw carrd lvn Nrth kran tlvsn, bt h and hsathr bsd hm ma nt hav bn thmst ntrn cnsrs th watch-l s prts an n vds thpassn shw. As th camra pannd nDar Ladr km Jn-l and sn and hrprsmptv km Jn-n and a ln an nrals, thr chsts lamn wthmdals, wr ntmdatn nh, th ralqstn was what abt all ths msslsdwn thr blw thm?

Th ln-ran Tapdn, capabl

carrn a warhad as ar as th u.S. wstcast, was apparntl nt n vdnc, btth md-ran Msdan dntl was and r th rst tm vr n pblc. Wth aran as ar as 4,000 lmtrs, prts sathat babs capabl dvastatn tarts asar awa as gam, nt t mntn anwhrn Japan. Wth Nrth kra shwn tsmssls l an anr tr barn t tth,th Nrth cnrmd what was alradprtt clar, that km Jn-ns jb wll bt carr n hs athrs lac snn,mltar rst, amd rsn tnsns arndNrthast Asa. i th parad mant an-thn, t was that Nrth kra s nt nt bhav as dsrd b Sth kra and thuntd Stats, stll prssn r th Nrth tv p ts nclar prram.

Th mltar shw ma hav bn a chst-thmpn act braadc ntndd t ds-

s th cntrs basc wanss, bt nn dbts that km Jn-l, whs st ltarm and lmp whl waln wr vsbl nth nn-stp lv bradcast Nrth krantlvsn, mans t lav snn t kmJn-n t carr n as alwas. Whl Jn-n, n hs lat 20s, has t t ttr a wrdn pblc, hs sr t hav ttn th da.And whatvr h dsnt nw hll pcp as vc charman th Wrrs Partmltar cmmssn, th jb hs athr avhm, aln wth th ran nral, a wr tw br th parad.

km Jn-l, hwvr, has t wrr abtanthr prblm, hs bstrprs ldstsn, km Jn-nam, whs sad pnl n anntrvw wth a Japans TV ntwr thath dsnt blv n dnastc sccssnvn hs stll wlln t d whatvr hcan t hlp km Jn-n, mr than tnars nr than h. Jn-nam, wh lvsprncpall n th ambln nclav Ma-ca, mad th rmar n Bjn. its bnrmrd that km Jn-l s s d p wth

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Clinging to one anotherin a tight embrace, thechilling image purport-

ing to show a 43-year-old manand his 11-year-old son mo-ments before their untimelydeaths encapsulates the trag-ic reality of life in modernSouth Korea.

Th ran CCTV rab rlasd n md-Sp-tmbr shwd th mmnts br th b-cam th latst statstcs n what has rapdlbcm th cntrs mst larn scal ll:

scd.Accrdn t th latst cntral vrnmnt

statstcs, th nmbr ppl tan thrwn lvs n Sth kra has mr than d-bld n th past dcad.

Wth th rcrds shwn that th rnw stands at 31 pr 100,000 ppl, thnrthast Asan cnmc pwrhs s cn-sdrd t hav th hhst scd rat n thwrld mr than nhbrn Japan, thstat prhaps mst pplarl asscatd wtha hh ncdnc scd.

Accrdn t rprts, th cas nvlvnth athr and sn cam as th wr str-ln t cm t trms wth th dath thchlds mthr rm cancr last ar, wth thnrnc th act - nvlvn lapn rm abrd - was a jnt dcsn.

Bt th trad, ccrrn jst das atrWrld Scd Prvntn Da, als spardnln dbat vr whthr th ncdntshld hav bn rrrd t as a dbl s-cd as rprtd, wth n cmmntatr ar-n that t b lablld a mrdr-scd.

i thn th bst prblm s that s-cd has bcm mr prvalnt and scallaccptabl n Sth kra, sad anthr.Ddnt thr sd t b sm scal stmaasscatd wth scd?

Sch wrds d nt appar t rn hllw.earlr ths ar, th Natnal Plc Ancrvald thr wr a starn 40 scds

dal n 2009 sm 14,579, whch was pnarl 20% rm th ar br. Wrs, d-catn mnstr rs sstd th ratamn schlchldrn was sarn.

in th cass whr mtvatn actrscld b nd, th mst cmmn rasnsctd wr cnmc, dmstc and lv lprssrs. incrasn nmplmnt has alsattractd th nr blam.

Whl sm th vrnmnt athrtshav tn bn rlctant t pnpnt a snlrt cas whn asd t plr th ssn mr dpth, thrs hav ntd th sctalprssrs t sccd and sta ahad thpac that hav cm wth Sth kras m-trc rs rm th pts pvrt n rcntdcads. onc a cntr whs cnm wasrand alnsd pr Arcan and sthastAsan natns, t nw basts th wrlds 15thlarst cnm.

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hm that h wldnt mnd sn hm ds-appar n an accdnt, bt th Chnshav rprtdl warnd hm aanst ansch thn n Chns sl.Th ral danrnw s that km Jn-l ndr th n-nc an arssv km Jn-n mabhav l an ndd mssl. Th sn-n th Chnan, blamd b Sth k-ra n a trpd rd b a Nrth kranmdt sbmarn, was bad nh. Thbst wrr hr s n n nws whrth Nrth krans wll str nt, nt vnth Chns.

As nw, thrs n wa r km Jn-n t chan plc vn h wantd t.Hs cnstantl n ard b a cr rphandpcd b hs athr. Th nrals andpltbr mmbrs arnd hm ar nt -n t lt hm t t ln, an mr thanth wld lt ann t cls nh tthratn hs l. Bsds, Nrth kras pr-paanda machn s alrad bldn hmp as a th . Thats wh w hav pr-

sstnt rmrs that h prsnall rdrdth attac n th Chnan.

That ma b a hard blln r km Jn-n t lv p t. Mch wll dpnd n hwh rspnds t th prtctn ardd bkm Jn-ls rht hand man, brthr-n-law Jan Sn-tha, and Jans w, kmsnr sstr, Jn-ns ant, km kn-h. Th ant, a dmntv, strn-lnwman, s thr n th pctr, n mltarnrm. Sh, atr all, s als a nwl mnt-d nral. its hard t blv km Jn-nwll want t sta rvr ndr th thmb ths an cpl. its vn pssbl,vntall, h wll nd sl mats amnth nrals wh n hs bhal ma trnaanst thr cssv nnc. Nt thatan ntrnal pwr strl wld chanmattrs mch whn t cm t basc plc.

km Jn-n ld pr-acd, n-scrtabl, as th crwd arnd hm rardts ndrsmnt r hs athr. H dsntsm th tp t rvrs crs. Nt nw,anwa. Bt atr hs athr passs n?onl thn, ts sad, wll w cm t nw h has a mnd hs wn. Th ac andphsq dnt actl bd wll, hwv-r, r th tr Nrth kras 24 ml-ln ppl r r th rn. Hr s ad whs t t hav th pst chsn hs athrs dm. H appars t havan ncpnt dbl chn, and hs shwn

sns a pt bll that mht nt b dr th ma n a cntr n whch manar starvn and dsasd and mst ar n-drd. Mst dstrbn abt Jn-n sth st hs mth and hands - trclnt,mpassv and cld. it tas nl a smallstrtch th manatn t s th drdrn hanns and shtns, mstr-s car accdnts and, crtanl, mprs-nmnt and trtr, jst as hs athr hasbn dn r ars.

Nw that th d has cm t thclst, n lvn clr prtratr r thrst tm br hs wn ppl and thwrld, w can b prtt sr tw thns:Nrth kran plc s nt n t chan,at last r th bttr, and h s r nwa prsnr th nrals and pltbrmmbrs sttn bsd and n rnt hmn th cal rst pht rlasd b Nrthkra.

That smd bvs rm hs pstnbtwn tw nrals r rathr a nral

and a vc marshal. Th vc marshal, Ryn-h, was t hs lt, btwn hm andhs athr, at th nd th rst rw thrp pht th nw ln-p pltbrmmbrs. Tchncall, th d shld hav

bn drssd p jst l th nrals andvc marshals. isnt h als a nral, nwldsnatd b hs athr, n th v thpart cnrnc? in act, h and R, at 68at last 40 ars ldr than h, ar nt nln th tp rn th armd rcs btvc charmn th nwl rmd mltarcmmssn th Wrrs Part. Th tths psts at th cnrnc at whch thpltbr was namd vdnc, an wrndd, th prdmnanc th armdrcs and th rvnt bl n snn,mltar rst.

Tthr, ths tw, th marshal and thd, shld b wrn t plans and pl-cs t drm p th htn sprt Nrthkras 1.1 mlln trps, r mlln r-srvsts and mllns mr wh ar thrvtrans r stdnts watn r th call tarms. Thr ar, hwvr, a w crtcal d-rncs thr than th a ap. gnral R,a radat th Nrths mltar acadm,has ddcatd a sncant prtn hsln carr t cmmandn th arms tran-n schls, whch hav t b amn thwrlds thst. Ths ar nstttns nwhch slaps and batns and wrs ar thnrm, and n ns n t ras an tcr sm pr rcrt nvr ts p aan.

km Jn-n wnt t km il-sn un-vrst, namd r hs randathr, th ln-rln ndr th km dnast, bt h

actall nvr had t t class. Rathr, hwas hm-schld, ttrd n n hs a-thrs rsdncs. Nr s t ll h vr hadt n a 20-ml rn r d 100 psh-ps,mch lss r a wapn, thh h msthav dn sm sprts whl attndn anlt prvat schl nar Brn, Swtrland.Hs nwn t lv bastball, as bth a an th NBA and a pcp plar n amsn whch hs ldr brthr, km Jn-chl,th n dmd t mnn b thr a-thr and passd vr as hr t th thrn,plad n th ppsn tam.

Clarl, thh, km Jn-n has anrm thats actall ar mr dstnc-tv than ths hs cmrad nralswth thr mdals and rn-pan hats. Hsarbd n a smpl Ma st, a dar bl, al-mst blac, tt that ls a lttl l thb nmbrs that hs athr avrs. Thrst pht, and th vd that Nrth krarlasd a w hrs latr, prvd nt jstcls t charactr and plc thr ash-

n statmnts t. frm nw n, hs tt shw p n sm varatn th Matt, vn cvlan cals ar all war-n dar r sts and th thr nralsar dcd t n nrms blan wthmdals and rbbns.

on mssa th pctr, thh, sthat Jn-n s nt qt thr t. Hs adctatr n trann. Hs nt vn n th p-ltbr. Rathr, hs athr, th part nral-scrtar, placd hm n rn blw, n thparts cntral cmmtt. Hs srrnddb hs sprrs, pltbr mmbrs. Thatprvds sm ncntv r hm t prvhs wrth rsn t thr lvl, sm dat bssn thm arnd - bt nt qt t.Ths stld part tps, mst nt all thm wll nwn r ars, ar nt ll tlt th d t awa wth mch. Thv tt nrtr and prtct hm, t ma hm lhs t sm das and s calln th shts,whras hs athr and th ldrs arndhm rman at th cntr pwr.

Marshal Rs jb s t lad th d arnd,shw hm hw cntrl n th wrld sbst mltar stablshmnts. Abv all,h and hs cllas nd t ll hm nn ths wapns mass dstrctn, ntjst nclar warhads bt th chmcal andblcal ns that vrn rts abtwhl trn t t th Nrth t rtrn ttals abt ts ns. it wldnt d t havth d ta char th whl shw andstart prssn th wrn bttns. Actall,th psts vc charmn th partsmltar cmmssn ar rlatvl mann-lss. Th ral cntr pwr s th NatnalDns Cmmssn, chard, crs, bth athr. in thr wrds, th part ml-tar cmmssn s a trann schl r thral thn, and Marshal R s th tachr andth d th ln stdnt.

km Jn-n has sm thr tachrs aswll. Rht dwn th rnt rw rm hm nth pctr at th part cnrnc was aslm and trm lttl lad n a dar lv-drabnrm, n mdals r nsna bt plnt ran. Ant kn-h, km Jn-ls ss-tr, 64, r ars nr than th DarLadr, a nral l Jn-n, ma ntcmmand trps, bt sh ds cmmandhr hsband, Jan Sn-tha, and thatswhat cnts. i Jans n t rl as a r-nt atr km Jn-l s, hll hav t rnwhatvr h ds b gnral km kn-

h, als namd t th pltbr. Shs tth ran, n th armd rcs and th part,thh h ds rcs plnt pwr nhs wn rht as a vc charman th Na-tnal Dns Cmmssn.

L d tachrs, km Jn-ns ldrsand bttrs n th part and th arm wllwant t ma sr hs n n th dcsn-man prcss. Thr blvd t havsprad th wrd, ltrd thrh cntactst Sth kra, that h was rspnsbl rcncvn th hrc attac n March n thSth kran crvtt th Chnan, snnt n mnts wth a lss 46 lvs. Nt s,n th vw nwldabl analsts. Thattac was nnrd b a w tp nrals,als namd t th parts mltar cmms-sn. Th d s ttn th crdt, thh,all part th bld-p r th da whnhs rdrn vrn arnd rardlss ran and prnc, whn hs brn thbnds patrnal pwr, and hs abl tplt sch mahm n hs wn.

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.S. President BarackObamas whirlwindtour through Asia

reached a crescendo atthe Group of 20 worldleaders in Seoul on Nov.11-12 at which he exer-cised his best oratoricalskills to explain away anunmistakable sense ofdisappointment.

instad httn hm rns, htld jrnalsts, wr httn snls.Th basball anal mht hav ap-pald t krans, Japans and Ta-wans, bt t was hard t s all thatmch prrss n a nal dclaratnthat ll ar shrt th al r-drssn crrnc mbalancs.

Th rstratns wr jst as v-dnt th nt da n yhama, whrobama attndd th smmt PaccRm ladrs APeC, th Asa-Pacc

ecnmc cpratn rp. B thtm th mtn ndd, sptcsm nt cncsm had bcm th mt th mssn. Th nal statmnt thAPeC rp was a mastrpc b-scatn n whch th rp prssdts cmmtmnt t mantann pnmarts and htn prtctnsm.

Thn thr was Chnas Prsdnt HJnta, as slld as ann n parrndmands r Chna t plac a ralstcval n ts crrnc and stp dmpnchap ds n wrld marts, ntablth untd Stats. unl obama, whspccall ctd Chnas habt dpr-catn th val ts crrnc b larnsns nds, H n yhamasad smpl that th danr prtc-tn was rsn ntabl. H dd nthav t nam th untd Stats thhlssr cals hav nt hstatd t ds. And, n a bw t all th tal abtlbal mbalancs, a cd trm r nq-tabl chan rats, H sad that thrcvr rm cnmc crss had ntbn rml stablshd. Nr, h sad,was t balancd.

B th tm obama and H t t cn-rnt n anthr acrss th tabl taan at APeC, th da atr th wndp th grp 20 n Sl, obamahad alrad lst th majr battls th whl trp. frst thr was th ds-appntmnt th alr t cm ttrms n a kra-u.S. fr Trad Ar-mnt that was cmpltd n th wan-n mnths th prsdnc grW. Bsh bt stll nds ratcatn b

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Cnrss. Th u.S. spcal trad rprsn-tatv Rn kr sad atr a ln lnch ds-cssn btwn obama and Sth krasPrsdnt L Mn-ba that u.S. calsstll wr nt happ abt drncs vrth h dspart n mart accss r thAmrcan mtr vhcl ndstr.

Sth kran prts wr shcd, aswr man rn bsrvrs. its a b ds-appntmnt w ddnt t th fTA, sadJan Ha-sn, dan bsnss at kraunvrst. kra has dn mch r tswn shar. Jan sad h had n da nwhat sss th dal was stc, and thrnt rvaln th rasns, bt u.S. man-actrrs ct a ln lst standards, r-qrmnts and tas that dscra u.S.mprts. Th dvl s dntl n th dtalswhn t cms t th rslts a tw-datalst amn sm th wrlds mstpwrl ladrs.

Lrn wthn th n prnt th sm-mt ladrs dclaratn ssd b th grp 20 was th sns that n n s cmmt-td t dn anthn abt th mbalancsthat ar th prmar cncrn th untdStats and thrs srn rm h d-cts at th hands Chna and thr natnswth h trad srplss. All th ladrs,rann rm obama t H Jnta cldar that nvn rwth and wdnnmbalancs ar ln th tmptatn tdvr rm lbal sltns nt ncr-dnatd actn. And th all ard thatncrdnatd plc actns wll nl ladt wrs tcms r all.

Th prblm, thh, was hw t tbnd that plattd and n t th actnthat wld sm apprprat n what sm,ntabl th kran hst, wld l t dwn n hstr as th Sl Actn Plan.Th ladrs smd t hav mssd thatal as th wnt n t rval a plan that n-cldd a cmmtmnt that was bvslnt a cmmtmnt at all. Th wld, sadthr statmnt, ndrta macrcnmcplcs ndd t nsr nn rcvrand sstanabl rwth and nhanc thstablt nancal marts. Nr wldth Chns, th grmans and thrs bjctt th qall va rslv t mv twardmr mart-dtrmnd chan ratsstms whl nhancn chan ratblt t rct ndrln cnmcndamntals and rrann rm cmpt-tv dvalatn crrncs.

obama was cnsdrabl mr spccn snln t Chna whl rmann asdplmatc as pssbl ndr th crcm-stancs. W wlcm Chnas rs, srld r th wrld and d r Amrca,h sad. its d t t ppl t pvr-t. Thr was, hwvr, n prblm. Thss th rnmnb s an rrtant nt jstt th untd Stats bt t a lt tradnnatns. Chna, h bsrvd wth srprs-n rannss, spnds nrms amnts mn ntrrn n th mart t pt ndrvald.

That rmar smd almst l a warn-n th danr prtctnst masrsb th Amrcan Cnrss th Chnsal t ncras th val thr crrnc.obama shrd th vw th Ch-ns and grmans, shard b man, thatth untd Stats was dprcatn ts wncrrnc, nstatn vlatlt n wrld -nancal marts, b a schm r th u.S.

fdral Rsrv t b $600 blln n Tra-sr bnds n rdr t vrcm nrmsdcts. Ths dcsn was nt dsnd thav an mpact n th dllar, h sad. itwas dsnd t rw th cnm.

Thr was n dbt obamas n-n-nmtns wth H and grmans Chancl-lr Anla Mrl had bn sprcallcrdal, bt thr was als n dbt thath had nt cnvncd thm t d mchabt rdcn thr srplss. N n hrsmd t want t brn p th Amrcansstn r pn thr trad srplsswthn r prcnt crrnt accnts sr-plss an da that was sht dwn at thmtn nanc mnstrs n octbr.

i crrnc mbalancs wr th mstrnt tpc acn th grp 20, th s-s th kra-u.S. r trad armntwas qall mprtant rm th Amrcanvwpnt. in a sns th fTA sss wr amcrcsm th ratr prblms vr-all mbalancs n trad. Hr t th dvls dntl n th dtals that crat thvrwhlmn mbalanc btwn kranmtr vhcl prts t th untd Statsand u.S. prts t kra. A lt cntrsncldn Sth kra dpnd n prts,sad obama. Th want t s s rw that s, t b abl t spnd vr mr n m-prts rm kra and lswhr. H was nt,hwvr, ntrstd n trad armntsjst r th sa trad armnts.

Smhw, obama blvd, thr mstb a wa t nd a swt spt that wrs rbth kra and th untd Stats. B th hand L ard that ntatrs wld wrt tchncal sss bsttn nal ap-prval th fTA. obama, wh had ppsdth fTA whn h was a snatr rm illnsn sarch th prsdntal nmnatnn 2007, rmndd krans ppstnb bth wrrs and manactrrs n thuntd Stats t a dal that man ar wldncra an vr rsn d krancars and trcs and ndanr th whlu.S. ndstr.its mprtant t ta th -tra tm n ntatns, h sad. im as-srd ts a wn-wn r Amrcan wrrsand kran wrrs. Bt h addd, thrar a lt sspcns snc sm thsdals ma nt b d r Amrca.

Th alr t cm t trms n fTA was abttr dsappntmnt t sm th prmadvcats, ncldn th untd Stats Cham-br Cmmrc, whch rmans cnvncdth armnt wll ncra a majr n-cras n tw-wa trad. Th ar s that thfTA ma stll nt t thrh a rcalctrantCnrss. glball, thh, th ratr ars th ntrnatnal crrnc wars wll ntn-s whl mrn-mart cntrs lnp bhnd Chna and thrs n crtcnu.S. nancal plc and prssr.

That crtcsm was mplct n th lad-

rs statmnt that bsrvd that advancdcnms wld b vlant aanst -css vlatlt and dsrdrl mvmnts nchan rats and hlp mtat thrs cssv vlatlt n captal wsacn sm mrn cntrs. That wasn wa hldn th u.S. rspnsbl rsm th wrlds nancal lls whl r-mvn sm th blam rm Chna andthrs.

obama, hwvr, mpld that prtc-tnsm was stll a rs. Cntrs wthlar srplss mst sht awa rm d-pndn n prts, h sad. N natnmst assm th rad t prsprt d-pnds n prts t th u.S. Bttm ln:W wll cntn t watch th apprca-tn Chns crrnc. At kra unvr-st, hwvr, Dan Jan smpathd wthth Chns vw. Th dllar, h ntd, sn dwn n val as a rslt th fd-ral Rsrv Bans dcsn t b $600blln n Trasr bnds. Th u.S. vw, hsad, mht b a prblm.

L Chan-chn, a rmr kran am-bassadr t a nmbr cntrs, wasmr crtcal. obama has bn lsnclt snc th cnrssnal lctns nwhch th Rpblcans wn an vrwhlm-n majrt n th Hs Rprsnta-tvs. H s cntn dwn t hs last das.L lahd at plans b Prsdnt L t bal-lh th smmt as a rat vnt n md-rn kran hstr. Th L vrnmnts man a cntnd prss campan, hsad. Th ar s ar t clbrat th sc-css g20. W ar lvn n a vr stranprd.

Chsn ilb, kras bst nwspapr,adptd a sptcal vw as wll. Cncrtarmnts hav bn pt , sad th pa-pr. fr kra as th hst, th rslts lavsmthn t b dsrd. Th papr, n andtral, qstnd g20s ral tr: itrmans t b sn whthr th g20 wlltrl bcm th wrlds tp cnmc dc-sn-man bd bcas cnsnss abtth cnmc crss and a sns rncamn g20 cntrs ar dmnshn.

i nthn ls, hwvr, th APeC lad-rs dd brn nw sts ntals t th r.L t r fTAAP, fr Trad Ara thAsa Pacc. Th da, as APeC ptntatsard, was n vast r trad ara thatwll th astrn wth th wstrn rms th Pacc. Nw s th tm r APeC ttranslat fTAAP rm an aspratn t amr cncrt vsn, th dcdd. Wnstrct APeC t ta cncrt stps twardralatn an fTAAP. it mht b art arl t pct that n t t vr ar,bt ladrs prvatl ard that th Dharnd Wrld Trad oranatn nta-tns s dad. As an Astralan banr n thAPeC Bsnss Advsr Cncl rmard,Wv mvd past Dhath schm rbran dwn trad barrrs that tradrs mtn at Dha nn ars a hadhpd t trn nt ralt.

Bt whats nt? Hrs anthr st n-tals mtd at yhama TPP r Trans-Pacc partnrshp. Mht TPP a sbstttr th kra-u.S. fr Trad Armnt and prhaps a dvc r crn lbalmbalancs? optmsm was nt r, bt bprpard t har ths ntals vr th ntw ars crrnc wars that cntnt ra atr all th taln s dn.

world Smhw, obamablvd, thrmst b a wat nd a swtspt that wrs rbth kra and th

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By ADRiAN JoNeS

The Japanese sayingIshi no ue ni san nen(Three years on a

stone) is a traditional en-

couragement to perseverethrough difcult times.

fr vr 20 ars, Chca-basd iTA inc.has prvdd a vtal brdhad nt thu.S. r nmrs Japans cmpans, anda channl allwn Amrcan and erpanbsnsss accss t Japans lcratv d-mstc mart. As a Japans-rn bsnssn th u.S., th cmpans pstn bthcltrall and raphcall ards ta nq prspctv n th lbal man-actrn ndstr. A vanta pnt rmwhch iTAs prsdnt, Shn ksha, wasan wtnss t th dvastatn mpact th lbal rcssn n th ntrnatnal a-tmtv ndstr and th nc-n ctsthat had r machnr sals n hs natvJapan.

As a rslt, ksha s nl awar jst hw mch th machnr bsnss nbth th u.S. and Japan srd drnth rcssn. Bt a vst t th rcnt in-

trnatnal Machn Tl Shw n Chcahas cnvncd hm that th rn shts r-rwth ar rml stablshd. Ttal vs-tr rstratns had alrad tppd 80,000wth tw das th vnt lt t rn, ksh-a sad. Th md amn vstrs and th1,100 hbtrs smd dstnctl pbat.Man th ppl i sp t at th shw

had a vr pstv bsnss tl, wthrcnt mdst sals ncrass n th 30-40prcnt ran bn a tpcal rspns.

Bt whl th vrall pstv ln th shw mht b ncran, th pblcsmls man hbtrs nl barl cvrth trama rcnt, panl mmrs.Thans n lar part t th almst vr-nht vapratn dmand rm th a-tmbl ndstr, Japans machn tlmanactrrs n partclar hav srd asava maln. Accrdn t th Japan Ma-chn Tl Bldrs Asscatn, Japansmachn bldrs saw sals plmmt - n2009, dcrasn b almst 60 prcnt d-mstcall and cls t 65 prcnt vrsas.Th nws tda s mr pstv: th rsthal 2010 was p 107 prcnt r dms-tc and vr 360 prcnt r vrsas sals.

Wth a sns rl that th wrst sprhaps bhnd thm, has cm th ralsa-tn that th tmlts cts th r-cssn hav wrht prmannt chans

n th bsnss landscap.Whl th Japans atmtv and pr-

csn machnr sctrs wr th qcstt rbnd rm th dwntrn, th ctswr s svr that th ar stll ar rmrann 2008 sals lvls. Th Japansn has s-rctd abt 40 prcnt nval, man t mch hardr r Japans

cmpans t cmpt ctvl vrsas.Th nstabl wrld cnm has casdvrhads and csts t ctat wldl; rampl, l/lstcs b 15-20 prcnt,raw matrals b 20-30 prcnt and smstl prcs spn cls t 50 prcnt atn pnt. Wth ntrnatnal dmand andraw matral csts n sch a chatc stat,th prrmanc bth marts and sp-pl chans has bcm rratc, man t al-mst mpssbl r md-sd and smallrmanactrrs t mana prdctn andsstan prtablt.

Japans machn tl bsnss, l ts a-tmbl ndstr, has bn a lmnt ts lbal cnmc and ndstral strnthr man ars. Tradtnall, Japan hasbn at th hart manactrn bs-nss,, sas ksha san. fr man ars,ts machn tl ndstr has bn rarddsmwhat as th wrlds ndstral dlcats-sn rnwnd as th ladn src thvr hh-nd, sphstcatd machn tls

whch hav ndrpnnd hh-qalt prc-sn prdctn prcsss r dcads.

Whl mst actal manactrn actv-t cnnctd wth atmtv and prc-sn prdctn has nw passd t man-actrrs lcatd n mrn cnms,th machn tl bldrs had ntl rcnt-l rtand a pstn strnth. Hwvr,rcssn and chann cnsmr dmands rshapn th nds ndstr, and wtht, ts machnn rqrmnts.

Cas n pnt s th rapd rwth ndmand r hbrd and lctrc vhcls;rwth that can nl cm at th pns cnvntnal atmbls. ksha r-ss th ct ths wll hav. As thr wllb a dmnshn nd t manactr n-ns rqrn lar amnts machn-n, ths wll nvtabl rslt n sbstan-tall wr trs spplrs and lss partsrqrd. Lss sphstcatd manactrnmans that th qalts machn tlscan b dwn-radd t srv a mr cm-

mdtsd manactrn mdl. Ths armajr nw trnds/sss t whch Japansmanactrrs mst rspnd.

far rm bn a dstant prspct, thschans ar happnn rht nw. Crtanmarts nw nl rqr dwnraddvrsns machn tls and/r cmp-nnts, cmmnts ksha, ntn thatlss sphstcatd, bt lwr-prcd tlns mr ctv at srvn th rqrmntr smpl parts manactrn. As a rslt,thr has bn a rapd prlratn thsgrad B machn tls; smplr prdctswth cmpttv prcn t mt th vlv-n nds manactrn lball.

Th thr majr rc rshapn dmandhas bn th mratn manactrnndstr tsd Japan t lw labr-cstcntrs. Wth thr marts n ln-r bn dmstc ns, machn bldrsand thr spplrs hav bn rcd ntth dclt pstn chsn t llwbsnss vrsas r bcm ncmpt-tv. Bt t ma b that th rwn mar-t r machns that cmbn smplctwth Japans nw-hw ma t prv tb th ndstrs salvatn. fr machntl manactrrs, sad ksha. Thprdctn tln and hav cmpnntsrqrd ds nt ma th prspct ahhl mbl r hhl dvrsd man-actrn bas a ralstc n. Hwvr

thr s a cas r mdlarsatn, and thvltn grad B prdcts ma jst vJapans manactrrs a rt t achvthat prtabl, whl rtann thr mansll bas n Japan.

Th prssr twards achvn lwrcsts thrh -shr srcn and cm-mdtsatn s rlntlss. it mans that t-da, mst th md t lw-nd ran ma-chn tls rm Japans cmpans arprdcd b rn cntractrs. Bt whlths s nabln ths cmpans t sta cm-pttv at n lvl, a rat dal R&D -rt s als bn pndd n Japan twardsth dvlpmnt th nt nratn hh-nd machns; hhl atmatd, 5-asmachns atrn sphstcatd applcatnstwar, hh-qalt vsn sstms and ad-vancd artcal ntllnc.

Thrh th advancmnt sch tch-nls, t ma wll b that tr nds-tral hstrans wll n da asscat thprsnt prd wth th nd th ldna lbal tsrcn and th twlht hman nvlvmnt n th manactr-n prcss. on ladn Japans man-actrr, r ampl, has atmatd tsprdctn t sch a hh lvl sphs-tcatn that thr nw ar vrtall nhmans wrn n ts actr at all. As arslt, ts machn prdctn csts ar

nw actall chapr than vrsas-madaltrnatvs. Th hhl-atmatd prcssmans that ts cr nw-hw and iPs arpt scrl n-hs and ts bsnssnw rvlvs arnd sppln cmpnntprdcts t thr manactrrs as oeMs,wth mass prdctn man th prc -trml cmpttv.

Th wrld manactrn has bnthrh a prd rapd chan, and idnt thn wv t sn th nd thsprd trblnc , warns ksha san.it has bn a vr th tm, bt thr arclar sns that nw marts and nw p-prtnts ar mrn, and th Japansmachn tl ndstr s ar rm dsadvan-tad whn t cms man th mst ths nw pprtnts. Whl tradtnalmarts l atmtv ar dclnn, nwns ar mrn. erp and th uS ardvlpn as marts r rn tch-nls, hh-nd mdcal dvcs and th-r hh-tchnls, cmmnts ksha

san. in rspns, Japan s nrtrn th ntnratn ndstral prts n rdrt sstan and rtan ts ladn pstn nn prcsn machnn and atmatn.Althh, machn tl sals ar havlmntrd and rstrctd b th Japansvrnmnt n crtan vrsas marts,th machn tl ndstrs rprtr applcatns s stadl pandn wth nwpprtnts, and ts clar that machnrmanactrrs wll hav a b rl t pla nnnvatn and dvlpn th applcatnsthat wll dn tmrrws ndstr.

About ITA, Inc.ITA, Inc. is a Chicago-based company provid-

ing a broad range of corporate marketing, inter-national trade, technology support and businessconsulting services to European, American andJapanese companies. Having worked closely withmanufacturing industry in both hemispheres forover two decades, ITA is well positioned to observethe changes in international manufacturing andthe factors underpinning them.

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Adrian Jones meets withShin Kishioka of ITA Inc. and discovers that such perseverance is beginningto pay off for the Japanese machine tool business as it ghts its way back to protability.

Connued fom Pge 13strv r sccss n dcatn, mpl-mnt and nancal stablt, ntd ps-chthrapst yn Sn-mn n a rcntclmn.

A pssbl cas, h ssts, cld ba prvaln ar amn krans t stratmnt r dprssn d t th sctalstma attachd t mntal halth prblms.

As mntnd n th srs scdsamn clbrts, mntal halth sss armanl rspnsbl, sas yn. Althhman mntal halth prblms ar prvnt-abl and crabl, nl a w actd ndth cra t and s a pschatrst rthr qald mntal halth prssn-als. Ths cnscs r ncnscs rss-tanc s trrd b th stma attachdt mntal halth sss as wll as b thprsnc dscrmnatn.

Thr s rwn cncrn amn v-

rnmnt cals, acadmcs and rdnarmmbrs th pblc that ths plsvrwth n scds s lnd t a rcnt spn cass nvlvn ths n th pblc .

Wthn th last tw ars, a slw ppstars, lm cns and vn a rmr prs-dnt hav chsn t nd thr wn lvs.Th cas th lattr was prhaps thmst dramatc. Last ar, Rh M-hn,th had stat mmdatl br n-cmbnt prsdnt L Mn-ba, thrwhmsl a cl nar hs hm amd ahh-prl crrptn nvstatn.

eprts sa cpcat scds hav l-lwd.

W sspct that th sr last ar hassmthn t d wth a nmbr clb-rts and wll-nwn ppl tan thrwn lvs, sas km Dn-h Statstcskra.

W ar cncrnd wth th wa th

mda rprts ths cass. Th hav tb mr cnsdrat abt th mpact ths nws strs n th ppl. Thrar a lt ppl wh wll ll thmslvswth jst a lttl mtvatn.

fr sm bsrvrs, th mtvatn b-hnd man th ncdnts tn apparsarbtrar. Bt, n thrs, prlsl nchldrn hav chsn t brn thr nascntlvs t a prmatr cls amd apparntltrm dcatnal prssrs.

Calln tna l n Sth kra arrm a blssn, a kra Tms dtralt am at th vrnmnt r nt ap-pln ln-trm sltns t th scdalmnt. An ncrasnl matralstc s-ct, th nwspapr sad, and th rapdbra-p tradtnal amls alnd twhat t blastd as an nhman dcatnsstm csn n trann r tst-tanrbts wr th t tn dspar.

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GoupPucngn Cn:Come One,Come allBy ANuRAg SHukLA

The phenomenon thatU.S.-based Grouponhas enjoyed is hardly

unique to the West. Grouppurchasing was initially a

Chinese concept.in Chna, rp prchasn rana-

tns, r tan, hav bn pplar rsm ars, and sm th mst pplartan ranatns tda ar ths thathav tan thr bsnss nln.

Ths nds ranatns wr n nsmpl wa: as thr nam ssts, ths th prchasn pwr that nl a rp brs can rcs t prchas a wdran ds sch as d, applancs,clths and vn cars, at csts sncantllwr than thr rtal prcs.

Tan sd t b prrmd b rps brs wh wld dcd t mt andma arranmnts t apprach a rtalrand r t prchas crtan ds n bl.As mr and mr Chns brs hav bnprchasn a wdr vart ds va thtan mdl, hwvr, man cmpans,sch as th lctrncs chan gm, havbn t dal drctl wth sch rps. inaddtn, n rcnt ars, thr has bn anpsr prssnal wbsts rntan srvcs. Th pplart tans sch that man rtalrs clam t l lth hav lttl altrnatv bt t partcpatr ar lsn t t cmpttrs.

on th actrs cntrbtn t th rs ths Chns tan wbsts s thatth ncrasnl wdsprad and prvasv

natr th intrnt has mad t cd-nl as r ths sts t bth pblcthr srvcs and st p vns r bth p-tntal and actal cstmrs t ntract wththr cstmrs and arran tr pr-

chass. Bt n addtn t ths, prssnalwbsts ar abl t manstl ncras thqalt tan prchass b bn ablt ntat prcs r shppn rps, b-n abl t arant a hh qalt lvl bth prdcts and cstmr srvc, and -rn cmpans and rtal ranatnsvr valabl nshts and mart rsarch a wndw nt th harts and mnds tan brs.

As bts sch a dnamc smnt, mrand mr rp prchasn sts ar jstlnr cstmrs attntn, sm whch ap-par t b llwn n grpns tstpsand bcmn sccsss n thr wn rht.

Qa.cm s anthr pplar st, bast-n mr than 1 mlln rstrd srsarnd Chna, and catrn t thr ndswth mr than 500 mpls statndn vr 20 branchs all vr th cntr,and thr b plars ncld Lash.cm,Mtan.cm and Mtan.cm. establshdChns nln plars ar als jmpn nth rp-prchasn bandwan, sch asth tp Chns scal ntwr n Chna,RnRn, whs rp prchasn st scalld Nm; th nln rtal martplacTaba; and th ylp-l srvc prvdrcalld Danpn.

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Dn Hanjn, Ceo n thtp Chns rp prchasn sts,Qa.cm, annncd that Qa.cm has btand an nvstmnt $15 mlln rm rn srcs.

Th Ppls Dal onln sas thatrp prchasn can lwr prcsb an avra 15 pr cnt vs--vsrlar prchas prcs.

A rprt b Ppl.cm.cn sas thatcratn a st that rs srvcs sm-lar t grpn can b blt r jst10,000 an.

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The word attrition isused to describe a de-crease in workforce via

the process of retirement,resignation or even death.

Th attrtn rat s th shrna ra-t r th nmbr mpls. in r-cnt tms, cst cttn masrs hav

bn ncrpratd n vars transna-tnal crpratns r b hrn dsabldr drntl abl ndvdals. Th ad-vanta that th t hr s lwr attr-tn rats.

T nsr a cnsstnt rat attrt n,man transnatnal crpratns hav r-srtd t hrn bnd th cnvntnalaras mplmnt. Ths s dn b hr-n mr phscall challnd mpl-s aln wth hswvs and rtrdprsnnl, spcall rm th armdrcs. Hhr attrtn rats hav bn at-

trbtd t actrs l wr schdls rtmn, salars and crs mtvatdcarr als.

Transnatnal crpratns can rdcth hawr and chatc csts hrnand lsn mpls b slctn phs-call challnd ndvdals r th as-snd tass. it s tr that th blls ancmpan ncras and blln rats dclnd t rratc rsnatns.

As pr th DWA r Dsablt WrsAstrala, mpls wth dsabltshav hhr sat rcrds and attn-

danc prcntls. Pa Ht has a JbsPlsTM prram wth 3,000 mplswth dsablts n thr ttal wrrc 68,000.

t bpo sThs trnd s manl sn n th BPo

- r th bsnss prcss tsrcn-ndstr. Th sctr has acd mmns

challns n rtann thr mplsand als ndn qalt hman rsrcs.Th avra attrtn rat r ths ndstrs abt 50 prcnt, whch s hhr thanth avra 18 prcnt attrtn rat rrlar cmpans n inda. Th avraattrtn rat u.S basd cmpans sarnd 42 prcnt. evn thh th attr-tn rat n th u.S s rwn at an alarm-n rat, MNCs hav nd a nw wa tcrb ths ncrasn lvl.

Mrcr inda blvs that th BPosctr shld cs mr n mplnphscall challnd ppl. Th phs-call challnd ndvdals hav lwrrats rsnatns and rtrmnts. onth whl, th ar rstrctd t crtandsnatns, whch rstrct thr carrmtvatns. Jb satsactn rats arhhr and ths th attrtn rats ar r-dcd.

Analsts stat that th attrtn ratsctat b almst 20 prcnt-40 prcntn man cmpans, wth th avra at last 15 prcnt r larr cmpans.As pr th Nasscm rprt, th tsrc-n ndstr cld b acn a shrta at last 262,000 mpls b th ar2012. Statstcs cmpld b th NatnalHman Rsrc Dvlpmnt Ntwrshw that attrtn rats r th iT-nabldprcss tsrcn bsnsss hav bnlwrd t almst 25 prcnt.

Phscall challnd ndvdals arhrd nw va a spcal tas rc. Thstas rc addrsss sss shrt-trmchallns l attrtn aln wthln-trm statns assmbln a tal-nt pl. MNCs ar rwards and bnd-n prrams, bl hrs wrnand a mr scntc and analtcal ap-prach. Th attrtn rats ar drastcallactd b mntn. Cmbatn t andman th jb ntrstn s anthr v-tal actr.


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The highly developedeconomies of HongKong, Singapore, Tai-

wan and South Korea con-stitute the Asian tigers.

Ths cntrs ar ntd r havncptnall hh rwth rats cpldwth rapd ndstralatn rm tharl 1960s thrh th 1990s. Crrnt-l n th 21st cntr, ths cnmsar cnsdrd as advancd hh ncmcnms. Ths vs thm th pwrt nnc th bsnss mart thAsan Cb cnms.

All r cntrs hav hhl d-catd and slld wrrcs, whch s

trl rctd n thr rat rwth.each cntr has spcald n an aran whch t had a cmpttv advanta.Hn kn and Snapr hav ths b-cm th ntrnatnal nancal cntrswhras Tawan and Sth kra arth nrmatn tchnl cntrs. Thsccss strs ths cnms arnwn as Mracl n th Han and thTawan Mracl. Ths sccss pattrnsals srv as rl mdls r th TrCb ecnms.

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Th tr natns wrd n an -prt drvn mdl cnmc dvlp-mnt. Ths mdl abandnd th mprtsbstttn and csd n prtatn ds t th hhl advancd ndstr-ald natns. Ths plc pt a rstrc-tn n dmstc cnsmptn thrh

hh tars.intrnall, th r natns had a

rat dal mphass n th dca-tn thr ctns. Th saw dca-tn as a tl rwth and mad svr-al rrms n th dcatnal plcs th cntr, l prvdn lmntarand cmplsr hh schl dcatn.invstmnts wr mad t mprvth cll and nvrst sstms.As a rslt, th Asan trs radallprdcd hhl slld and dcatvwrrcs.

Ths n trn was rctd n th rsn prdctvt and prts. Sm thcmmn charactrstcs all th rnatns ar:

eprts t rchr ndstraldnatnsCratn a trad srpls wth thrchr cntrsA sstand dbl dt rwthrat r dcadsSncant amnt u.S. Tra-sr bnd hldnHh rat savnsAll th cntrs had nn dm-cratc athrtaran pltcal ss-tm n th arl ars.

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Factoids

Thr has bn a chan 22.6prcnt n th ttal trad Sna-pr n 2010 as cmpard t thsam prd n th prvs ar.

Tawan was th rcpnt u.S.ad n th 1950s and 1960s. Cr-rntl th cnm s s strn thatt vs ad t svral thr natns.Th cntr prts cmprs 98prcnt ndstral ds.

Th mart cnm s rand15th n th wrld b nmnal gDPand 12th b Prchasn PwrPart.

Factoids

Th ADA stmats that almst 43mlln Amrcans sr rm smphscal dsablt.

Assstanc r hrn th dsabld sals avalabl thrh ADAs RnalDsablt and Bsnss Tchncal As-sstanc Cntrs and u.S. Dpartmnt Labrs oc Dsablt empl-mnt Plc.

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The outsourcing indus-try in Asia has maturedover the years, with

major players like India,China and the Philippinesaccounting for about 75

percent of the global out-sourcing revenues, growingat an annual rate of at least30 percent.

Svral cmpans hav and 40 t 60prcnt savns rm transrrn nn-crbsnss prcsss t ths Asan prvd-rs, vn mr dtrt and cmpttv-nss n th lbal cnm.

Hwvr, th rcnt lbal cnmc cr-ss cratd a sncant natv mpact ntradtnal marts r Asan tsrcncmpans. in th untd Stats, ndstrspcalsts and lslatrs ar nw mr n-clnd t lmt Amrcan crpratns rmtsrcn bsnss prcsss t shrprvdrs n a bd t prtct jbs. Asdrm ths, cmpans ar als rvalatnthr cncs as wll as rthnn thwa th d bsnss and man clar as-sssmnts as t whthr th can srvvwtht tsrcn.

Wth ths n th hrn, Asan cmpa-ns nvlvd n th tsrcn ndstrar nw ln t pn drs r nwmarts and ndstrs, partclarl nth Asan, erpn and Latn Amrcan r-ns whr th lbal nancal crss hasnt tan as hav a tll, as wll as lnwthn thr wn raphcal bndarsand r nw mart pprtnts.

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inda n Sth Asa s th prdm-nant cntr r shr tsrcn nAsa, llwd b th Phlppns and nwChna. Asd rm ths cntrs, majrtsrcn dstnatns ncld thrSthast Asan cntrs l Malasa,Vtnam and Snapr. Asa s hm t alar enlsh pplatn. Cpld wth thtchncal slls and cmptncs hb-

td b trand tchncal radats at labrcsts that ar mch mr cmpttv thanWstrn cntrs, mas ths rn thdal dstnatn r tsrcn nn-crbsnss prcsss r man ndstrs.

Slcn Vall was th rst t jmp nths bandwan as arl as th lat 1980swhn man cmpans ban shrnstwar dvlpmnt and cdn wr ttsrcn rms n inda. Cst was thman rasn; cmpans savd a sncantamnt mn whl nratn qalttpts. Sn, thr lw-cst bt hhlslld iT srvc prvdrs ban mrnn cntrs sch as th Phlppns, whchals rd thr tps srvcs sch ascall cntrs, hlp dss, bsnss prcsstsrcn, nancal and accntn pr-csss, and hman rsrc manamnt.

it was nl a mattr tm br thrcmpans, rm small and mdm ntr-prss t lar frtn 500 cnlmratsban harnssn th srvcs rd b

tsrcn cmpans n Asa. Ths cm-pans nt nl njd sncant savnswth tsrcn, bt als strss-r man-amnt tsrcd prcsss hbtdwth hh qalt and prssnal wr.Nt nl dd th an cnsdrabl rv-ns, th als and ratr bltand cmpttvnss n thr ndstrs.

Th Asan tsrcn ndstr, dsptth sncant dwntrn n thr mar-ts n th untd Stats, rctd sprb sta-blt dspt ths lm cnmc tl.in act, th ndstr stll rctd sncantrwth sch as th 12 prcnt pswn ninda dspt ctbacs rm u.S. and er-pan marts, and th 70,000 mplmntncras n th Phlppns drn th hht th cnmc crss n 2008 and 2009.

Anthr advanta harnssn thAsan tsrcn ndstr r bsnssprcsss s th vrtal nvsblt that

tsrcn rms r thr clnt cmpa-ns. Sch s th cas r clnts n erpwhr cmpans avd bn asscatdwth tsrcn n th pn r ar baclash rm mpl nns.

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Asas tsrcn ndstr s plrnnw marts and trn t pn nw drswhr tsrcn cmpans can tndand r thr srvcs r a wd vart bsnss prcsss that nclds bt arnt lmtd t:

iT SltnsAccntn, Ta prcssn, andDbt CllctnData Cllctn and Rprt WrtnHman Rsrc ManamntHalthcar and Bnts PrcssnSppl-Chan ManamntCstmr Srvc/Atr-salsSrvc

Rsarch and DvlpmntRs ManamntSals and MartnStratc Plannn

fllwn ar sm th nw martstsrcn cmpans n Asa ar plr-n, whch nclds bth lcal and ntr-natnal dstnatns whr nw drs rlbal tsrcn can b pnd.

Chinait has bn a wdl accptd bl

that cmpans and bsnsss n Asasch as n Chna and inda, whch hav

n sbstantal prblms n labr andpratn csts, wld hav n nd ttsrc thr bsnss nctns. Btcst-cttn s nt th nl bnt tsrcn and cmpans wld njthr advantas sch as nhancd cm-pttvnss, accss t th bst lbalpractcs, ratr blt and th abl-t t cs n thr r cr bsnssprcsss.

Mr and mr Chns cmpans thatar bnttn rm th cnmc bmthat Chna njs ar nw mr pn andrcptv t tsrcn sm thrbsnss nctns t thr lcal tsrc-n rms n Chna r t mr stablshdtsrcn cmpans n thr Asan l-catns.

IndiaTh lcal mart r bsnss prcss

tsrcn n inda has actall rwn bmr than 50 prcnt drn th last vars, and has actall nratd rvns p t $1.6 blln. Ths s n ln wthth prdctn ernst & yn that thlcal BPo mart n inda has th ptn-tal t hav an avra rwth rat pt 38 prcnt, whch wll vntall rach$6 blln b 2012, wth a stll ntappdmart ptntal btwn $15 blln t$19 blln.

k lcal rwth marts r th t-srcn ndstr n inda nclds: ar-prt/prt mdrnatn; mtr ral dvl-pmnt; l, as, and watr dstrbtn;smartcard dplmnt; and Stat WdAra Ntwr prjcts, amn thrs.

Europeerp has bn lan bhnd th

untd Stats n tsrcn dntdnctns t shr prvdrs n Asa.Hwvr, th lbal nancal crss mastsrcn a vabl ptn r erpancmpans t ct bac n csts and rmancmpttv. Cmpans sch as Wpr,Tata, and inss ar pntratn th gr-man and erpan marts and hav vnpandd and stablshd sals and mar-tn cs n ths cntrs.

Th grman and erpan tsrcnmart s pctd t ncras btwn 7t 10 prcnt. Man ths wll b csdnt nl n th bann and nancal-sr-

vcs, bt als n th atmtv, chmcaland tlcmmncatns ndstrs.

South Americaotsrcn cmpans ar als ln

r nw marts n Sth Amrca wthrms l Tata, Wpr and TCS sttnp lbal dlvr and iT cntrs rnlcratv stwar and mantnanc sr-vcs. establshn ths cntrs s a wat addrss th varabl tm-n sssbtwn thr man pratns n indaand th hst mart. Nt nl that, thscntrs ar als ntndd t ncras th

trst and cndnc vrnmnt ra-natns that ar tn sptcal abtsharn prprtar nrmatn t indancmpans.

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Asd rm th raphcal dstna-tns that ar pnn drs t tsrc-n cmpans rm Asa, ths cmpansar als ln twards prvdn srvcst thr ndstrs that wr nt tradtn-all bn tsrcd t Asan dstna-tns. Sm ths ndstrs and martpprtnts ncld:

Knowledge Process OutsourcingkPo r knwld Prcss otsrcn

s blvd t b th nt b thn r thtsrcn ndstr, whch s pctd tnrat $12 blln r inda and anthr$5 blln r thr tsrcn prvdrsn Asa. Basd n th trm tsl, nwldprcss tsrcn nvlvs an tnsvnwld bsnss prcsss thatwld rqr prts, ratr analtcslls and jdmnt capablts rlatd tth clnts bsnss.

Ths hhr-nd srvcs that alradnvlv ntllctal prprts and patnt-rlatd prcsss can pn nw drs tclnts nt nl n th bann and nan-cal ndstrs, bt als thr tchncalndstrs sch as anmatn; halthcar;l scncs; pharmactcals; btchnl-; lal spprt; ntllctal prprtrsarch; dsn and dvlpmnt; d-catn and thrs. Cld Cmptn andStwar as a Srvc

otsrcn cmpans ar als plr-n nw marts bnd thr cr cm-ptncs n inrmatn Tchnl andmvn nt th ralm cld cmptnand stwar-as-a-srvc pprtnts.Bascall, ths mart mdls nvlvth cratn stwar sltns and ap-plcatns that srs rm anwhr n thwrld can accss n dmand thrh thintrnt.

As mr and mr iT cmpans prrt chs cld cmptn vr srvr-basd ntwr nrastrctrs t rach tt small and mdm-sd cmpans, iTtsrcn rms hav nw mr ppr-tnts r rn thr srvcs va th

cld cmptn platrm. Ths nwmarts r nw cnmc challns tth iT tsrcn ndstr and ths thatar p t ths challn wll b n thrwa n stablshn a d pstn n thsmart.

Textileotsrcn n th ttl mart s n

th rbnd as th ttl ndstr cntn-s t ct dwn n csts n th wa th lbal nancal crss and ls r t-srcn pprtnts n cntrs r-n lwr csts. Vtnam s at th rrnt prvdn tsrcn srvcs r thsttl cmpans, wth ttl prts b-n th scnd larst n th cntr. ontp that, Vtnam rs srvcs b-nd th allrs lwr labr csts andcmpttv advantas thrh slldndl and mbrdr wr, as Vtnam-s cratsmn mantan tradtnal rtsndd t harnss thr mbrdr slls.

Foreign LanguagesTh Phlppns has bn a chc

tsrcn dstnatn r vc-basdtsrcn wr . Th hav a cltralant r Amrcans and thr ntralaccnts ma thm dal r ths t-srcn rqrmnts. Nw, Span andthr nn-enlsh cntrs ar pnndrs t cntact cntrs rm ths t-srcn cmpans, whch rs Span-sh-span prsnnl as wll as thrrn lanas.

Asd rm ths raphcal lca-tns and ndstrs lstd abv that arpnn nw mart pprtnts rAsas tsrcn ndstr, nw drsand nw marts cntn t pn andar smpl awatn plratn rmths cmpans.

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At its Central Commit-tee meeting, mainlandChina has set the

broad terms of its nationalpolicy for the next ve years.

it s ntnt n ncrasn rwth manlthrh dmstc actrs and n bstnth ncms and spndn pwr tsarmrs and labrrs. Th nmbr pplwthn th cntr that ths wll ct nm-brs n th hndrds mllns. That wasth mssa rm th cntrs tp ladrsn oct. 18.

Th rad map rss mr rwththrh hhr ncms, bt wth a mrvn sprad n ncms; nhancd wlar

spndn and hsn; bttr halth carand a mr rbst wlar nt. Ths alswll sphn anr amn th tns pnmllns Chns wh l lt t thcnmc bm tms and t prmt sta-blt, a majr al th part, whch callsr a harmns sct.

Hwvr, ths bjctvs wll als pr-mt rwth bcas th ar dsnd tv ppl cndnc t spnd thr sav-ns. eprts ntd that as th stat pldbac sm halth car srvcs t prmtcnc and rwth, man startd t hldn t thr mn n cas th acd anmrnc.

Chnas cal nws ancs carrd ancal statmnt rm th ladrs. Thrman pnts wr that, W mst prsst nth strat pandn dmstc dmandand mantann stad and rlatvl astdvlpmnt [and] acclrat th rmatn a nw pattrn cnmc rwth drvnb crdnatn cnsmptn, nvst-

mnt and prts. Bt th dd nt ranthn cncrt rardn rwth -rs r tarts. ovrall, Chna mst ndr-ta a majr brathrh n ts rwthbasd n ndstr and nsr vrs btstad pltcal rrm.

eprts prdct that drn th hal d-cad n qstn, th cnm cld pandb as mch as hal ts crrnt s. Thatwld brn t t $7.5 trlln. Chna alradbpassd Japan drn Ast t bcm thwrlds scnd larst cnm; thrr,that mprssv r wld pn watr b-twn t and a nhbr that s bth a card-nal trad partnr and rval and s th man-land nch p n th u.S. cnm.

Hwvr, thr s n arant thatChnas rss wll blm bcas t acssm majr hrdls. its hh dr d-mstc nqalt, r nstanc, cld sthshld dmand and cas dssnsn.

Althh man Chns ar ptmstc, thpart cnab actall calld pn thm thav a sns prl. it addd that plcmst stc t man wlar and mprv-n lvlhds th ndamntal startnand nd pnt r astr transrmatn cnmc dvlpmnt.

Ths ar, Chnas trad partnrs havdmandd that Chna lt ts crrnc rsn val s that mprts ar chapr andChns prts mr pnsv. Ths wllrdc Chnas rwn trad srpls. Hw-vr, th part cnrnc nl snaldthat th ladrs ar cncrnd manl wthdmstc sss. Th dd nt tch pnth ss crrnc rrm. epandndmstc dmand s th dn ln-trmstrat r cntrs cnmc and s-cal dvlpmnt, sad zhan Pn, tp -cal at th Natnal Dvlpmnt and R-rm Cmmssn.

Als, pshn r mr hshld spnd-n whl prtctn th cntrs dvas-

tatd cl wll nt b as. it thratnsman vstd ntrsts. Althh PrsdntH Jnta and Prmr Wn Jaba shtan cnm that s mr balancd, n actth hav nl a ra rcrd hr bcasrwth stll dpnds n nrastrctr n-vstmnts. Pls, th tp 10 prcnt thcntrs arnrs nj a pr-capta ncmthat s 65 tms hhr than th mst, snds a std b Chns cnmsts thatCrdt Sss carrd t. Th pblc hasbn anr vr ral stat prcs. incrassthr hav mad hsn hardr r mant ard and ndrmnd Bjns attmptst cl that mart.

As r th ln btwn Chns pltcsand cnmcs, th Cntral Cmmttsvtn mmbrs als rasd Vc Prmr xJnpn t a pstn that lts hm vrsth Ppls Lbratn Arm. Chna watch-rs ntrprt ths as n cl that h wll

ta vr rm Prsdnt H Jnta as thparamnt ladr n 2012. Mst prts -pct that th nw nratn ladrs wllmmc ts prdcssrs and rman n thbam whn t cms t pandn th cn-m, manl thrh dmstc mthdssch as ncrasn dmand and nvstmntb sllll manplatn th avalablt crdt and als spndn n nrastrctr.

Tr, th statmnt sad that trladrs wll tr ardntl r sm pltcalrrms. Prmr Wn Jaba has dclardthat Chna mst hav a mr pn andaccntabl vrnmnt t nsr thcnm rws. Bt h ds nt cmmandmch spprt wthn th part. ovrall,thr wr n dtals n pltcal rrm,ladn Chna watchrs t cncld that ts nt a prrt vn thh sm cn-msts nsst that th part mst stp bacmr t prmt mart rcs t rshand t ct dwn n msmanamnt andcrrptn.

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Ths has ld t wnds chan n tscnmc and pltcal rlatns acrssth lb. Sthast Asa has bn n th rns n whch th nnc hasbn sbstantal. iThs dcad has snth Chns ta vtal stps r mtalans and cnmc cpratn, rathrthan an dlcal cnrntatn r ml-tar cnct. Ths ld t strn ts wthVtnam, Malasa, Brma and Thaland.

Atr ts accssn t th Wrld Tradoranatn n 2001, thr hav bnsvral ntatvs tan n th Ch-ns cnm whch ld t th cn-tr pnn p tnsvl. SthastAsan cntrs hav dn thr bst tcash n in trn, Chna has bn rapnpltcal bnts wth th SthastAsan cntrs n chan ncras-n trad ts.

Chna assms and ls t call tssprawln lbal nnc a paclrs. Mrvr Bjn has bn vrhpl that th prds ad and trad Chna wll prv cnvnc-n r Sthast Asan na-tns t jn hands wththm. frm 1994 t 2004thr was an ncras n thmanactrn tpt rm25.2 prcnt t 29.6 prcnt gDP n th SthastAsan cnm.

Chna als cratd svralmltlatral and blatral s-crt rlatnshps n thrn.

Trad btwn SthastAsa and Chna s trmn-ds and sts rcrds ar

atr arTrad btwn ASeAN and

Chna has sard mr than15 tms rm 1981 t 2005..Chna s amn th tp thrtradn partnrs n vrSthast Asan cntr.

Whl th Chns havrqrd sm strctraladjstmnts t ta placn nhbrn cntrs,

thr hav bnpstv trad-s. Anampl s ntatns r mtal r-dctns n trad barrrs wth Thalandndr th earl Harvst Prram. in allrspcts, th Chns ar trn t cn-vnc thr S th ast Asan nhbrst s wrth pttn rt n t hav asta n nsrn th tr dvlp-mnt Chna.

Thr ar svral thr was th Ch-ns hav thr hands n th bsnss Sthast Asan cntrs. Rsrc-rch natns hav a trmnds pprt-nt t cash-n n Chnas nhastblthrst r raw matrals. Thr s Tharbbr, Malasan palm l; indnsanpapr and plp, Phlppn cppr andBrms ta.

in act, as ncm rss n th rn,

Sthast Asa s rwn n cnsmrclt as th cnsm Chns-madds and srvcs.

Chna s wll awar th dsqt tvs rs t n th ntrnatnal cm-mnt and amn sm ts nh-brs, spcall th u.S., inda andRssa. frm Bjns pnt vw, ac-tvsm n th Sthast Asaprvs t ba hd aanst ptntal cntanmnt.Pacn and rassrn Sthast Asas th nnc whch th hav ch-sn t mantan.

Thaland, Malasa and Snapr havprvn t b sprr at dvrscatn thr dpndncs. Th ths ndl nth bst pssbl pltatn untdStats and Chna.

Mrvr, whl n th n hand thSthast Asan cntrs d nt wsh tdmnsh thr mltar ts wth th unt-d Stats, n th thr hand th rnds nt aspr t pt all thr stratcvntrs n th hands Chna. Th d-sr t ndl n mamatn tch-nlcal and cnmc ans rm thclsr rlatns. Ths, vn ndr thrwn nnc Chna, th Sth-ast Asan cntrs pla twn rls.

on an vrall bass, Chna s th cntrand rmdabl pwr n th tradn ss-tm n Sthast Asa.

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Wth an ncras n strn tradrlatnshps btwn ASeAN andChna, thr s a wann tradbtwn Japan and ASeAN as b-srvd n th past w ars

in th ar 2006, ASeAN wasChnas 4th larst tradn partnr,atr th erpan unn, Amrcaand Japan.

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ncs n th cnmc and trad plcs th Tr Cb cnms. Tr Cb cn-ms cnsttt indnsa, Malasa, Phlp-pns and Thaland. Ths cntrs llwth prt drvn prncpl st b th Trcnms and dscra hm cnsmp-tn thrh hh rat tars. it has bnprdctd that vr th cmn ars, th

tr cnm wll nt b sstanabl. Thss bcas mst cnms that hav bnnncd b th Tr cnms ndr-wnt cnmc dwntrns. Prsprt lv-ld atr svn t tn ars. Ths, thrar man natns whch llw th Tr p-lcs wth amndmnts t st th crrntlbal cnmc statn.

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eprts hal ths as a b stp rwardn th dpnn nancal cpratnbtwn th tw actrs, phscall n p-pst bans th 180 m wd TawanStrats and mntall n cntndn sds th cvl war that wracd Chna n th1930s and 1940s. Jst br th cmm-nst rcs ndr Ma zdn scrd thrvctr n 1949, th datd natnalstrcs ndr Chan ka-sh vacatdmn, prntn prsss t mnt crrn-c, nancal and cnmc dcmntsand art trasrs. Ths wr all cratdp n thsands bs and wn rshppd t th sland Chnas fjancast. Snc thn, th manlandrs hav

cndmnd th natnalst rcs n thsland as a bra awa r splttst actnthat thratns t dvd th mthrlandthrh a dclaratn ndpndncnstad nn.

Hwvr, wth Chna mdrnn,cnmc ntractn btwn th drshas dpnd dramatcall. Th Tawan-s sd, althh havn nl 25 mllnppl nw cmpard t th 1.4 blln nth manland, ndstrald rst, startnn th 1960s. B th tm Chns patr-arch Dn xa-pn annncd hs frMdrnatn r S g xanda Ha pr-

ram n 1977, Wstrn cnmc prtswr startn t hal Tawan as n eastAsas r dran r tr cnms.Th nw pprtnts that th Tawansnj n th ara rm whch th r-natd lads man prts and rsdnts Tawan and Chna al t t hp thatntractn wll prvnt cnct.

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it cam rm th pwrl Chna Ban-n Rlatr Cmmssn and wll pr-mt r Tawans bans t pnr thrt. Spccall, th Land Ban Ta-wan and th frst Cmmrcal Ban r-cvd th nd t pn n Shanha. Man-whl, th Tawan Cpratv Ban wllprat n Sh, an hr b tran ast Shanha, and th Chan Hwa Banwll d bsnss n knshan.

Als, Tawans bans wll b prmt-td t r lans n Chns an t Ta-wans rms thr rst ar pra-

tn rslts n prt. th mana thsr tw ars n a rw, th bans can rsch an-basd lans t Tawans cm-pans n th manland, t.

Ths lcatns wr ll chsnpartl bcas scrs Tawans hhtch rms hav stablshd majr prdc-tn aclts n ths cts r th vcnt.Shanha n partclar s tn lnd tth Nw yr mdrnn Chna.

Th rlatrs Wb st prass thdvlpmnt: Ths snals th advnt a nw ra r th crss-straht chanand cpratn n th bann sctr.

Chn yh-chan, th drctr Ta-wans fnancal Sprvsr Cnsmrs,dclard that thr thr Tawans bansar watn r Bjns apprval t pnbranchs. H spcd that th Tawansrlatr s chcn vr th applca-tns th Ban Chna and Ban Cmmncatns t st p rprsntatv

cs n Tawan.Th sns mmntm tward cp-ratn s hhtnd bcas th ban-n dal cms nl a w das atr a trad dal calld th ecnmc Cp-ratv framwr Armnt btwnChna and Tawan that was snd n Jnt ct. it wll vastl prmt ntra-tn, ladn sm Tawans t pps tbasd n thr ar t wll cnr lvrant Bjns hands.

ovrall, n th pltcal rnt, TawansPrsdnt Ma yn-j stppd nt thprsdntal c tw and hal ars a,pldn t s clsr cnmc and cl-tral ts and dwnplan ndpndnc.Bjn ar prrs hm t hs prdcssrs,Chn Sh-bn and L Tn-h, whmth cmmnst part accsd schmnr pnl attmptn t bra awa.

Thrr, t s d nws that thTawans bans wll sn b chrpnhann nn r w wlcmn tts manland cstmrs.

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gthnr jstd hs prssr. H sadthat ths wld smth t trad dstr-tns that man prts n th Wst clampnals prtrs t Chna, bcas thrprdcts ar prcd hh whl Chnas -prts t Wstrn marts ar s lw thatth cntr has wracd p wll vr $2trlln n rn rsrvs.

Atr gthnrs statmnt, th antrnd arnd arlr lsss t cls at6.7235 t th dllar, a bt hhr than 6.7248t pstd n A. 9.

Th cntral part was crtanl hhrthan pctd and s dmand r th dllar

rs. or ta s that th dllar-an mab narn a sncant rbnd. Th uSCnrssnal harn s vr and w dntthn th an wll cntn t apprcatsharpl n th nar trm, pland a trad-r at an Asan ban n Shanha.

Th chan transprd atr th th pwr-l Ppls Ban Chna stablshd th cn-tral part rat, whch mans th prmttdmddl pnt r th crrnc whn tradd, at6.7172. Ths s th mst rbst lvl datn tJn whn Bjn prmsd t pn ts thtplc n th an and lt t rs n rspnst rpatd rn dmands.

A Shnhn-basd tradr at a Chnsban cmmntd that h ss a rcnt

trnd an apprcatn. Th an wa-nd a bt drn trad, whch ndcatd than s nclnd t ta a brath llwnth rcnt ast rs.

Br th mprtant mdtrm Cnrs-snal lctns schdld r Nvmbr,Amrcan plcmars ar cnsdrnblls t mps sanctns n Chns -prts. Chns and Amrcan prts ntthat th u.S. prsdnt tn sts th vralltn th blatral rlatnshp, ndn trad prssr rm Amrcan ndstr.Hwvr, th lattr tn sccssll lbbth Cnrss t lvl th cnmc planld. Th cnrssmn thn spnsr ma-srs. N latr than th md t lat 1990s,whn th u.S. trad srpls wth Chnadsappard and a awnn trad dct ap-pard, sch prssrs n th hll startdand hav snc scalatd.

on ampl n actn s gthnr. in tst-mn t Cnrss n A. 9, h shtd rmhs mdrat pstn past mnths t as-srt, it was past tm r Chna t mv n

crrnc rrm and ras trad barrrs. Haddd that n spt th mprtant prm-s rm Bjn n Jn, th ans val wasssntall th sam vr th prcdn twars. H attrbtd t t cal manpla-tn. Snc Jn, th an has rsn abt 1. 6prcnt aanst th dllar.

Hwvr, h als pt th racas vr thcrrnc nt a bradr cntt a tradrlatnshp that s pstv r bth sds.in th past, Bjn rpld t gthnr andthrs crtcsm wth nsstncs that thans val s ar r that t s slatd t rsr that Chns crrnc and trad plcwll rct Chnas natnal ntrst, an m-plct rb t rn prssr.

Prdctabl, Chnas rn mnstrspswman Jan y warnd that tr-nal prssr wll al. Th apprcatn th rnmnb cannt slv th u.S. traddct aanst Chna and t cannt slv thu.S. dmstc nmplmnt ss. Th s-ss n Chna and u.S. cnmc rlatnsand trad shld b prprl slvd thrhcnsltatns n an qal tn. ertnprssr ... ma lad t th cntrar.

Chna prts bsrv that th cmm-nst parts ltmac nw rsts n prmt-n th bmn prt ld cnmc rwththat Chns ppl wlcm. ocals wllnt bactrac. in addtn, Chns natnal-sm s th nw - d act - dl spplant-n cmmnsm. Thrr, man Chnawatchrs warn that tsd prssr wllprmt cals t rsst t shr p thr d-mstc ltmac and standn. Bt th addthat tn act rn prssr s nddr chan. Th sta s st r a dnamc cnrntatn and rsstanc btwn a rs-n sprpwr and an ncmbnt n.

Hwvr, wth Chnamdrnn, c-nmc ntractnbtwn th d-rs has dpnddramatcall. ThTawans sd, al-thh havn nl25 mlln pplnw cmpard tth 1.4 blln n th

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Th handl tbnd lad nratnappntmnt sttn and als nbnd cs-tmr srvc and spprt.

Th ndstr hr s rwn n laps andbnds, wn n lar part t ts enlshspan wrrc. Th cntrs n th Phl-

ppns ar tn manad b Amrcan,erpan r Astralan tams, and t s bt-tr t avd small tsrcn partnrs asth ma nt hav cntnnc masrsn plac t tacl natral dsastrs r prcnnctvt.

Accrdn t a rsarch rprt pblshdb gartnr Rsarch n oshr otsrc-n opprtnts n th Phlppns thlvl enlsh lana prcnc n thPhlppns s charactrd as wrld classas a wa t dsnat t and st th cntrapart rm th thr cmpttv enlsh-span cntr dstnatns.

gartnr analsts wnt n t sa that vr-bal slls n th Phlppns wth rard tclart and ndrstandablt t a u.S. brar sprr t that inda, irland r thrshr dstnatns. Th ablt flpnst adpt accnts and nmnclatr, as wllas ndrstand Amrcan dmatc prs-sns and sa ar sncant advantas nsrvc aras sch as cntact cntrs.

Call cntrs n th Phlppns hlp r-n cmpans ptm cstmr srvcand hlp sav a lt n bsnss prcss t-srcn. Lv2Cars Vrtal Assstant sr-vc rs vrtal prsnal assstants whcan ta car tlmartn nds thclnt ranatn.

Lv2Car rs tlmartn srvcsl appntmnt sttn and lad nra-tn bsds strctrd and prssnaltlmartn campans r clnts. ehb-tn pnntal rwth n th BPo sctr,Phlppns s pctd t srp th nm-br n pstn r shr tsrcnsrvcs rm inda, accrdn t Cio n-ln, an iT Nws Cmpan.

Bsnss-t-bsnss tlmartn cm-pans assst ntrprss n bldn pstvlads and n dntn sals ccls, prb-lms and pprtnts. B2B tlmartnrms hlp clnts r n n th actal tar-t adnc th cmpans prdcts.

Acqs s a u.S.-manad tbndtlmartn srvcs prvdr n th Phl-ppns. Acqs css n cnvrtnlads t sals thrh wll dsnd tl-martn campans. Havn srvd manclnts dsrs tsrcn tlmart-n srvcs shr, Acqs has andth prnc and prts rqrd tmnm th cst cstmr acqstnsand t sbstantall ncras th sals vl-m bsds nsrn ast Roi.

Sstand rwth dpnds n cstmracqstn and rtntn. Cmpans nttslln ar bn tsld, sad Acqssrcs. Th cmpan hlps ranatnssrc, acqr and rtan prtabl cs-tmr prtls.

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Mltlvl martn, pramd schms,mprprl prcd prdcts and srvcshav shwn tlmartn n a bad lht.Th databas prspctv clnts s b-tand rm cmpttn ntr rms, tl-phn bs, past prchas hstrs tc.Th phn nmbrs s cllctd can b ptt s b nthcal bsnss practtnrsr man nslctd calls and sn hhprssr sals tchnqs. Sch practcsar prhbtd b law n sm cntrs andar sbjct t rlatr cntrls. Sm pr-ssnal asscatns tlmartrs d

adpt crtan cds thcs and standardst an pblc cndnc bsds wthhld-n rhts r cnsmr prvac.

Sm cnsmrs t rat lnths tavd tlmartn calls b sn callriD r va prvac manar. Answrn ma-chns and vcmal hlp scrn calls astlmartrs d nt lav mssas.

Tlmartn has cm a ln wa rmbn jst a tl t sll prdcts/srvcs.Nw t s cnsdrd an ntractv tchnqt rst na cstmrs and thn ladthm t th prdct. Bth B2B and bsnsst cstmr r B2C tlmartn srvs asa wndrl tl t rw bsnsss.


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Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas isan annual event of cel-ebration for the Indian

diaspora and will be heldJan. 7-9 at Vigyan Bhawan,New Delhi.

Ths annal clbratn srvs t shw-cas inda r ts daspra scattrd allvr th wrld. Pravas rrs t th nn-rsdnt pplatn wh ar ar t tbac t thr rts and plr th land thr rathrs.

Th vnt als hhlhts cntrbtnsmad b NRi/Pio (Nn-Rsdnt indan/Ppl indan orn) ndvdals -cptnal mrt and hnrs thr cntrb-tns n thr rspctv lds. it allwsdscssn sss and cncrns that thdaspra ac.

Th clbratn has bn hld vrar snc 2003. its cal spnsrs arth Mnstr ovrsas indan Aarsand th fdratn indan Chambrs Cmmrc and indstr.

Th am th mnstr, stablshdn 2004, s t acnwld th wlar lbal indans and t nhanc th sm-btc rlatnshp btwn inda and tsdaspra, whch cnsttts a htr-ns and drntatd rp. Th MoiA

dnts and catrs t th nds th in-dan daspra wh ar ssntall cnsm-rs indan prdcts and srvcs acrssth cnmc, scal and cltral spac.

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inda s nt r dstnatn, bt rdstn, sad k Stal, an NRi rm Hnkn at th 2003 Pravas Bharta Dwas.

Th am th Pravas Bharta Dwasrand vr ar s t snr thcapablts NRis and th advancmntsmad b inda. Thr s a hh lvl d-vrst amn th indan daspra. Th d-vrst has ld t th mrnc dr-nt scal rpns wthn th dasprabasd n cltr, lana, rln andrn.

Th indan daspra has slwl vlvdnt a mr rand and nntalbd, whch s n n lvran thachvmnts mad b thr parnt cn-tr n vars sphrs. Th indan dasp-ra has th tchncal and bsnss slls,cmmrcal rlatnshps and nancalcaptal.

Th Pravas Bharta Dwas hav hlpdharnss th indan daspras rnst rthr ad th rwn rnt thmrn indan cnm. in spac r-sarch, can dvlpmnt, Antarctc -plratn, nclar tchnl, nantch-nl, nvrnmntal prtctn andthr lds - indans hav mad a mar n

dsn, nstrmntatn, rmt snsntchnl and bsrvatn capablts.Ths nwld can b shard wth NRicntrparts wrn n rn rsarchprjcts man p a smbtc bncalchannl.

Althh h-tch aras ar vn ratrmpts, mphass s als vn t ndvd-al prblms acd b NRis sch as prpr-t mattrs, martal dscrd and dcatnr wmn, whch hav bn dscssd -tnsvl at all Pravas Bharta Dwas.

indan wmn marrd t NRi mn arsbjct t prblms l dwr, marra cnvnnc and lac scal spprtn an aln land. As marras ar trm-natd asl n mst rn crts, thswmn ar sddnl lt wth n avn spprt. Wth man NRi wddns nd-n n dvrc, an rnt nd r ma-n n brds awar thr rhts hasbn hhlhtd drn th 2010 PravasBharta Dwas.

D t th lbal dwntrn, nvstmntsn th ral stat sctr b NRis hav tana blw. Bt prvsl, majr ans wrwtnssd as man NRis bht land andbldns n thr hmtwns and vllas.onl NRis wh lt r rn shrs r-cntl ar ntrstd n bn prprt,pn prts. As th prcs ar st t n-cras as mr nvstmnts ar pctd.Bt man NRis hav bn chatd r ha-rassd r mr mn b bldrs, whchwr brht t lht n Pravas BhartaDwas sssns. Th gvrnmnt indahas assrd spprt n ths rard.

Th Pravas Bharta Dwas srvs trvrs a bran dran t ma t a branan ndavr. Havn mrd rm thlbal rcssn nscathd, inda s attrac-tv t NRis mr than vr. Th vr-nanc, dnamsm and ntrprnrshp indan bsnssmn and plannd ncl-sv rwth hav mad inda an attractvnvstmnt ptn r NRis.

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Th schdld prrams r PravasBharta Dwas 2011 r PBD 2011 ncld:

Smnar n dcatn: Daspraand edcatn -Th mrn p-prtntsSmnar n halth: Halth srvc-

s - Cnnctn th DaspraTh naral sssn wll s thprm mnstr inda. Th vntals nclds tw plnar sssns.Sssn i cmprss ch mns-trs nrthastrn stats. Th sc-nd sssn s ttld opprtntinda intractn wth grp unn Mnstrs.

Th bsnss pprtnts cncrn-n nrmatn cmmncatn and n-trtanmnt wll b hhlhtd. ynvrsas indans wll b rcnd. Alsncldd s a lctr b manamnt rDr. C k Prahalad.

Drn Pravas Bharta Dwas 2011,th Pravas Bharta Samman Awards wllb cnrrd t th NRi achvrs b thPrsdnt inda Smt. Prathba Patl. Shwll als dlvr th valdctr addrssn Jan 9.

Pravas Bharta Dwas wll shwcasnq rns rm inda thrh an

ind No Ou Denon,Bu Ou Den

hbtn atrn th nrthastrnand thr stats, ashn and tchnlrns, dcatn and ntrtanmnt,ral stat, nancal srvcs and nvst-mnt pprtnts. ovr 1,500 vrsasindan dlats ar pctd t attndth ala vnt, whch wll als atrcltral prrams.

Ths vnt wll wtnss th partc-patn th Mnstr Dvlpmnt th nrthastrn Rn aln wthht nrthastrn Stats and th Cn-dratn indan indstr]. A plnarsssn plannd wth th ch mnstrs ths stats wll hhlht th hddnptntal and bat th nrthastrnstats inda.

Th man cs Pravas BhartaDwas s t attract th n dasprapplac. Th nr nratn vrsas indans wll b nvlvd b aplnar sssn n enan wth thn vrsas indan, whch wll alshhlht th ptntalts an mr-n inda.

Paralll ntractv sssns hav bnschdld n tpcs mprtant t thdaspra, ncldn:

indstr rnd tabl: intractnbtwn daspra and indan n-dstr ladrs.inrmatn, cmmncatn &ntrtanmnt: Bsnss ppr-tntsinda and ts n vrsas in-dansClbratn th lbal indan

Th dscssns and thr sssnsar pctd t srv as an chan vws and t nabl ntwrn amnlbal indans n sss prtnnt tthm. Th cac th past PBDs canb jdd b th sccssl rmatnand cntrbtns th ovrsas Ct-nshp inda schm, ovrsas ind-an facltatn Cntr, Prm Mnstrsglbal Advsr Cncl ppl indan orn, inda Dvlpmnt fn-datn and th lanchn th glbalindan Ntwr knwld (glbal-iNk) and cncptalatn Pravas

Bharta kndra.Bsds th PBDs hld n inda, a srs

rnal PBDs hav bn randvrsas, th mst rcnt bn PravasBharta Dvas Arca Cnvntn, whchwas hld n Drban, Sth Arca noct. 1 and 2. Ths s th rth rnalPravas Bharta Dwas tsd inda l-lwn arlr vnts hld n Nw yr,Snapr and Th Ha.

Ths ars vnt was mad t cn-cd wth th brthda Mahatma gan-dh and was mant t b a part thar-ln clbratns rand t cm-mmrat th 150th annvrsar tharrval indans n Sth Arca. Thcntral thm ths vnt was indaand Arca: Bldn Brds. Th mn-Pravas Bharta Dwas, hld at th in-trnatnal Cnvntn Cntr, Drban,was attndd b Sth Arcan PrsdntJacb zma and thr ladrs.

ind topwold nCeeeBy MeeNAkSHi SHANkAR

The Indian cheeseindustry was estab-lished back in the

1950s and now exportsmore cheese than anyEuropean country.

inda s n th wrlds larst andastst rwn marts r ml andval-addd ml prdcts. Thh inda

was nt cnsdrd a chs lvn natna w ars bac, nw chs prdcrsar pandn n th indan mart.

indan cnsmrs ar nw mr wll-n t b th shl. Wth mprvnntrnatnal psr and brand ala-tn, th dmand r nch chs prd-cts s rprtd t b ncrasn vrar. Mcns, a lbal manamntcnsltn rm, has prdctd rwth ndmand r chs b 40 prcnt b 2011.Th prjctn s basd n a mlt-arstd dar cnsmptn pattrns nChna. Th cmpan sas that wth inda

havn smlar cnsmr trnds - l rs-n ncms, Wstrnatn and rban-atn - th dmand r chs n inda sll t b a 25 prcnt-30 prcnt hhrand thr s ll t b 5 prcnt-10 pr-cnt rwth n dmand n tr-tw cts.

Th rban pplatn accnts rmajr chs cnsmptn n inda. Thr mtrpltan cts Dlh, Mmba,Chnna and klata cnsm vr 60prcnt th ttal chs sld n inda.Mmba s sad t b ladn th lst wth30 prcnt, llwd b Dlh at 20 pr-cnt, klta at 7 prcnt and Chnna at6 prcnt.

Aml a brand that ntrd th martwth a ban - s captaln n th d-mand r spcald chss l gdaand emmntal.

Prcssd chs and chs spradsaccnt r abt 80 prcnt ttalchs cnsmptn. Chldrn ar thmajr cntrbtrs t ths mart p-scal, thh t ncrasnl rms part th manstram adlt dt.

Dabn s th nl ntrnatnal chscmpan t prdc and sll chs nth cntr, sn th brand nam LBn. it has a stat th art aclt nNda, nar Dlh.

Als, th acqstn Cadbr Plc bkrat fds inc. s cnsdrd t b an m-prtant trnn pnt n indas pacad

d mart. krat fds inc. s als stt ras th prl Cadbr prdctsn Asa as t ars p nvstmnts n d-vlpn marts, partclarl th Asa-Pacc rn, whch has bcm krats rwth drvr.

Bcas th lmtd shl l chs prdct and lac advancdpacan, prcssn and dstrbtntchnl, man rnal chs brandsar crrntl nt abl t rtal natn-wd.Rprts ndcat that scntsts rmth insttt r fd Rsarch hav dn-td a wa sn a vrs t cntrllvls th Clstrdm trbtrcmbactra n chs t prvnt spla andmnm prdct wast.

C. trbtrcm, whch rnatsrm th sla that cws at, s ntdas a sncant prblm r chs ma-rs, spcall manactrrs hard rsm-hard chss. it s blvd that vnsmall lvls can prdc btrc acd,

whch vs a rancd tast, and canrslt n an css bld-p carbn d-d, casn cracs.

Als, scntsts clam t hav dnt-d and charactrd a mcrransm- ndlsn that spccall attacs thcntamnant.ifR rsarch ladr ArjanNarbad has rprtd ths t b ctvn rdcn lvls C. trbtrcm.

in inda, ctta chs s vr cm-mnl sd n mst hss and s bth nam panr. othr than ths,pplar nds chs ncld cramchs; crd chs; br; cammbrt ;

marlla; rctta; and Rl,.othr chss ncld manch;

cantal;chshr; mmntal; dnlp; andchddar.

FNstl , nvld a plan t nvst n

a nw chlln cntr n klnchch,Sr Lana, t pand th dar ndstrthr.

Lcatd n th nrthrn prvnc

th cntr, th cntr s rprtd t bth rst t b pnd n th ara n 30ars. Ths ara s a n whch was ar-lr nt accssbl r sch dvlpmnt.Nw that th nrthastrn aras ar cn-ct r, w ar n t dvlp thsaras, spcall wth rard t th darndstr, n ln wth th vrnmntsvsn, a spsprsn r th cmpanrprtd. Th cmpan was rcntl ac-nwldd b th intrnatnal unn fd Scnc and Tchnl wth tsprsts Prsdnts Award, whch svn n rcntn rts t advanclbal d scnc and tchnl rth bnt vrn.

Accrdn t an analst, th indandar ndstr s sad t b attractna lar nmbr ntrprnrs. Thanalst blvs that sccss dpnds nactrs sch as an cnt t cnm-cal prcrmnt ntwr, hnc andcst-ctv prcssn aclts and

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special busiNess report

Dr. Lakhvinder Singh isseen with Mr. Vayalar Raviminister of overseas Indianaffairs during his visit toSeoul in October 2010.


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wen Negong, Kno you adveBy ViCToR fiC

Dr. Richard Saccone holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in business and received specialtytraining at the Defense Language School Institute in Monterey, California in Korean; at the United StatesAir Force Cross-Cultural Communications Course; and at the Special Investigators and CounterintelligenceCourse, USAF Special Investigations Academy, Washington D.C. He attended the Federal Bureau of Investiga-

tions Collection and Preservation of Evidence Seminar and the Counterintelligence Case Ofcers Course, USAF Special InvestigationsAcademy, Washington D.C. He was a human intelligence (HUMINT) Support Team Senior Counterintelligence Agent in Mosul, Iraq in2004/5 where he received a Meritorious Service letter. He presently teaches international business at the McKenna School at St. VincentCollege. Saccone is the author of Negotiating With North Korea, The Business of Korean Culture and others. He can be reached at [email protected]. He gave this exclusive interview to Victor Fic, our special correspondent for economic, political affairs.

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w n - .. nn j nn nn Kn?

evr dal and vr armnt s asrc prd r m. N dal s t smallr t nmprtant. i prdd msl n lav-n th tabl wth m ppnnts bnchta n d sprts. i mst sa thh

that ndn cmmn armnt wth Nrthkrans av m th ratst satsactn,bt m pctatns sccss wr mchlwr thr.

h xnv n-n n , nk n nn n u.s. K?

Nt mch i am arad. evn dplmats, whm i pctd t bwll vrsd n ntatn, lacd vn rdmntar nwld.Mst bsnssmn larn ntatn b tral and rrr and jstrpat what has wrd r thm. Whn th ac nw statns,clnts r cltrs th ar at an mmdat dsadvanta. Thcld b pnntall mr ctv th btand rmaltrann. i tach cll n a d bsnss schl and i nclda sctn n ntatn n m intrnatnal Bsnss crs. Btmst tts, hav lttl abt t and mst bsnss schls dntmphas t, vn thh t ma b n th mst mprtantslls n bsnss.

s n-n wn k v z- v n cnfn n n fn. a nn vn an v Kn n n-n n fn?

Thr s crtanl sm trth n that statmnt, bt kra hasrwn s mch n th last 20 ars. kran bsnssmn ar mrWstrnd and pssss all th tls Wstrn ntatn mth-ds at thr dspsal. As wth almst vrthn, t dpnds n thprsn and cmpan ar daln wth. i ar acn an ld-r, mr tradtnal ntatn partnr wll ll nd dr-

nt apprachs than wth a nr Wstrn-trand ntatr. its mpratv t ndrstand r ppnnt.

m , wn cnfn n , ff , n n n.i . a n k k kn n f. w k?

onc aan, thr s a ran trth n that statmnt, bt t alsdpnds n prspctv. Cncan wa ds nt dnrat rls- bt t s nt as lts and strct abt llwn tts ar-mnts. Rlatnshps trmp jst abt vrthn. krans pctthr partnr t bnd th rls n rdr t mantan a rlatnshpand th wll d th sam. i r cltral prspctv s lalstc, can bcm rstratd. Snd armnts ar a startn placr hw th armnt wll nld basd n th rlatnshp.

a nn n , .. , f, . n -n n Kn e an nn ?d an n n ?

Wh has lvra can dtrmn whthrkrans wll start hard r st. i th ar na sprr ntatn pstn th mhtchs t s thr lvra t baran hard.Bt n nral, krans prr harmn andd rlatns and wll bn wth that nmnd. it s bst t start that wa as t s vrdclt t bac start b pttnr ppnnt n th dnsv.

wn fn nn K-n n Jn f kn n n n n f q, .. kzn. t f

n nn vn n -- - n. w

n?krans ar vr snstv t bn pshd arnd. evn mr s

n Nrth kra. Th nw th ar a lttl cntr wth a ln lst strls aanst larr pwrs. Th pssss a dp prd andta ns asl. Th apprcat mannrs and tact. Th rsstand psh bac whn Wstrn stamrllr tactcs ar mpld.

s n f e an n Kn, Jn n cn n, n vn n v v jf n n

wn - n?y wll ncntr ths mr n vrnmnt t vrnmnt n-

tatns and vn mr s n Nrth kra. krans ar ar bttrmastrs hstr than thr Wstrn cntrparts and wll s tas lvra th can. it s hardr r Sth krans t s ths b-cas th ar a dvlpd cntr and th tactc s as t cntrb rmndn thm that cnsdr thm a dvlpd natn andan qal partnr. Th nrall d nt wsh t lwr thr statsatr that.

wn n n

nfn f wn , -nz n n n , , n,, nn nk, , f , k n n. b vvn nfn - ?

krans nw mst Wstrnrs ar vr pn abt thmslvsand wllnl prvd prsnal nrmatn, warts and all as astr rndshp and trst. As a cltr krans rval schprsnal nrmatn nl t th clsst rnds. krans wll san sch nrmatn t thr advanta s th Wstrnr s wsnt t spa ths mattrs rl.

y nn n f vn f, n , e an n v nn.

it can b a tactc and tn Wstrnrs msprcv t as a tactcbt th cncpt s ral. Savn ac s qt mprtant n bth cl-trs. embarrassn a prsn r daman thr pblc ma wllprdc trrbl rslts wth krans and a smlar rsntmnt nWstrnrs.

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South Korean PresidentLee Myung-Bak earnedthe nickname Bull-

dozer as he served in the1970s and 1980s as chiefexecutive of the countrysbest-known builder andicon of breakneck industri-

alization.undr hs ladrshp, Hnda Cn-

strctn & ennrn attnd hlls rsscraprs and hh-rs apartmnts andcvrd rn lds wth asphalt r hh-was. Th cmpan pt a cncrt cvrvr th Chn stram, whch hadrn thrh th hart Sl t bldan lvatd hhwa abv t, trnn thstram nt an ndrrnd swr.

Whn L was n th prsdnc asmar Sl n th 2000s, h dramat-call chand hs ma as a rn cr-sadr, pshn r a st cstl cl-cal prjcts r rnn th ct mrthan 10 mlln ppl.

H rppd p tarmac and trn dwnwalls, rplacn thm wth rass andtrs. in what h calld th rn rvl-tn, h tr dwn th vr hhwa hsHnda had blt dcads a t rstrth Chn stram.

Th s-lmtr stram has bcmth captals mst vsbl landmar andratl bstd hs pplart. H wnth prsdntal lctn n lat 2007 wthcampan plds vn bldr cl-cal prjcts, ncldn a 14 trlln wn($12 blln) crss-cntr canal t lnnrthrn and sthrn rvrs.

Snc tan c n arl 2008, h

mvd rthr t cltvat hs ma asa rn crsadr, san hs mch-ttdlw-carbn, rn rwth ntatvcan rdc rnhs as mssns btmantan sstanabl cnmc rwth.

L prmsd th wrld that hs cn-tr wll vlntarl ct mssns b 30prcnt blw pctd lvls n 2020,r a 4 prcnt rdctn cmpard t2005 lvls, dspt strn prtsts rmth cntrs nr-ntnsv manac-trrs, th bacbn th cntrsprt-drvn cnm. Sth kra snt bld t ta n bndn mssnrdctn tarts ndr th kt Prt-cl, bt Ls vrnmnt has vlntarlcm p wth th prpsal mssnrdctn.

H sd th Cpnhan smmt n D-cmbr t call n th rst th wrld tllw st.

Last Jn, L pnd a lbal thntan n Sl tasd wth cttn car-bn mssns n hp that t wld hlp

hm ta th lad n th lbal campant cntr clmat chan. L sad thglbal grn grwth insttt wldsrv as a stratc thld that hlpsth wrld cm p wth wrabl sl-tns t lbal warmn and prvd atchnlcal radmap n lw-carbnrwth.

H has vwd t trn th nstttnt a u.N.-bacd ntrnatnal ancb 2012, man t th rst sch rana-tn t b hadqartrd n Sth kra.Ls vrnmnt plans t spnd $10 ml-ln ach ar r th nt thr ars nth rn-rwth thn tan.

Ls rn rwth drv was hh-lhtd b a rcnt annncmnt thatSth kra wll spnd 40 trlln wn nrnwabl nr vr th nt v arsas part rts t rdc rnhs asmssns and transrm Sth kra ntn th wrlds v tp plars n r-

nwabl nr.undr th massv plan, th vrn-mnt wll njct 7 trlln wn and prvatbsnsss wll nvst 33 trlln wn b2015 n th rnwabl nr sctrs. oth ttal, abt 20 trlln wn wll bsd n slar nr and 10 trlln wn nwnd pwr. Sm 900 blln wn wll bspnt n l clls and anthr 900 bllnwn n btchnl, amn thrs.

Wth ths plan, th vrnmnt amst trn th cntr nt n th wrldstp v plars n th rapdl rwn r-nwabl nr sctr, sad an cal atth knwld ecnm Mnstr, whchs rspnsbl r nr, ndstr andcmmrc. Th prjct wll bst Sthkras prts rnwabl nr t$36.2 blln b 2015.

Th lbal mart r rnwabl nr- has pandd at an avra rat 28.2prcnt annall r th past v arst $162.9 blln n 2009. Th mart sprjctd t rw t $400 blln n 2015,

and $1 trlln n 2020, th s th cr-rnt lbal at mart, accrdn t thmnstr.

Prsdnt L strssd th dvlpmnt slar, wnd pwr and thr rms sbsttt nr srcs wll rplacshpbldn and at man as thbacbn Sth kras cnm.gvn th sharp rwth n th wrldsmart, w wll b abl t nrtr slarnr and wnd pwr ndstrs as thscnd smcndctr and th scndshpbldn ndstrs and ma thmth pllar th tr natnal cnm,L sad.

Sth kra s hm t th wrldssvn bst shpards, ncldn Hn-da Hav indstrs, and tp chp ma-rs, sch as Sams

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