Stress on creation of common Asian culture
Business Line, 19 September, 2008

Creation of a common Asian culture is important for regional stability and the emergence of a stable, multi-polar global economy, according to Prof Li Tao, Executive Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, Sichuan University.

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ADB Urges Coordination Among Asia's Regulators Amid Financial Turmoil
18 September, 2008

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda Thursday proposed establishing an "Asian Financial Stability Dialogue" to coordinate regulatory development and monitor potential vulnerabilities in the region's markets and financial systems.

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Asia Growth Prospects Not So Bad, Says ADB
Financial Times, 10 September, 2008

The ADB’s President predicted that the region’s developing countries would suffer less than expected from the global economic slowdown because of sustained investment, robust domestic demand and their lack of dependence on financial markets to raise capital.

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Asian Economic Integration Should Commit to Open Regionalism
Chinaview.cn, 4 September, 2008

Speaking at a seminar on Asian economic integration, Lim Hwee Hua, Senior Minister of State for Finance, said Asian economic integration should not lead to a closed and exclusive regional trading bloc which would be detrimental to Asia's economic growth.

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Transportation in focus at NE Asia trade forum
China Daily, 2 September, 2008

Participants at the Fourth Northeast Asia Economic Cooperation Forum focused on transportation in attributing it as one major factor holding back regional development.

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