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Chinese and Indian economies smaller than thought: World Bank - Audio feature from the Connect Asia program 24/01/2008
 listen windows media >China and India may be economic powerhouses, but the size of their economies are much smaller than we previously thought. That's the surprising finding of a long-awaited World Bank report - which for the first time compared G-D-P based on relative prices rather than market exchange rates. In a single stroke, the report slashed nearly 7-thousand US billion dollars off the real value of the world's economic output. Presenter - Joanna McCarthy Speaker - Tim Colebatch, Economics Editor, The Age newspaper; Dr Bushnu Pant, assistant chief economist, Asian Development Bank. Indian PM winds up three day China visit - Audio feature from the Connect Asia program 17/01/2008
listen windows media >India's prime minister Manmohan Singh is winding up a three-day visit to Beijing. One of the outcomes of the talks is the lifting of two-way trade to 60-billion dollars by 2010. Some of that trade will pass through the tiny Indian state of Sikkim. Presenter - Adam Connors Speaker - S.K. Sarda, President of the Sikkim Chamber of Commerce; Commodore Uday Bhaskar, Deputy Director of New Delhi's Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis Singapore bid for Chinese airline stake falls through - Audio feature from the Connect Asia program 11/01/2008
listen windows media >A bid by Singapore Airlines to buy a quarter of China's third-largest airline has fallen through at a shareholder's meeting in Shanghai. The deal came undone amid a series of unexpected moves by domestic Chinese competitors and many analysts believe the central government took action to block foreign ownership in the booming air sector. Presenter - Adam Connors Speaker - Li Fenghua, Chairman of China Eastern; Matthew Kwok, head of research at Tanrich Securities in Hong Kong; Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation Asian giants India and China begin first ever joint military excercises - Audio feature from the Connect Asia program 21/12/2007
listen windows media >After decades where relations between India and China have been marked with suspicion, the two Asian giants make a new beginning when the two armies join hands to practice counter terrorism and counter-insurgency drills. Presenter - Murali Krishnan Speaker - General Shankar Prasad,former director general of India's infantry division; Vishnu Makhijani, defence analyst. Anti-China protests staged in Vietnam - Audio feature from ABC's Correspondent's Report 19/12/2007
listen windows media >Anti-China protesters have been rallying in Vietnam in the past week, apparantly angry over China's claim on the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos in the South China Sea. The islands are considered strategic outposts and have potentially rich oil and gas reserves as well as plentiful fishing grounds. The rallies in support of Vietnam's official territorial claims, were initially tolerated by police, triggering a diplomatic protest from Beijing. Presenter - Sen Lam Speaker - Dr Esta Ungar Senior Lecturer History at The University of Western Australia ASEAN treaty set to shake up region's politics, economy - Audio feature from ABC's PM program 20/11/07
listen windows media >The members of the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, have signed off on changes designed to change the organisation's role radically and capitalise on their position between China and India. The idea is to change ASEAN from a talking shop into a full, rules-based legal entity, with member nations accountable to each other. Stuck between China and India - Audio feature from Connect Asia program 05/11/2007
listen windows media >The concept of a southeast Asia caught between the economic giants of China and India has become a staple image in Asian diplomacy in recent years. How the region might respond to that challenge is being considered in a new research project by the Australian think-tank, the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Presenter - Graeme Dobell Speaker - Mark Thirlwell of the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney World Bank admits mistakes, says progress now possible - Audio feature from Connect Asia program 28/09/2007
listen windows media >The World Bank says it has been too absolutist in its policies in South Asia and must share some blame for past failures. But the Bank's top official for the region says new approaches are being tried. China to invest $100m in East Timor in coming decade - Audio feature from Connect Asia program 26/09/2007
listen windows media >A delegation of Chinese investors has expressed interest in investing up to $US100 million in East Timor over the coming decade. The investors spent last week exploring investment opportunities in East Timor. ASEAN railway project to link countries to China - Audio feature from Connect Asia program 30/08/2007
listen windows media >Southeast Asian countries are seeking to raise two billion dollars by the end of the year to complete a railway system that will eventually stretch from China to Singapore, and link seven ASEAN countries in the region. After years of delay and funding problems, it's hoped that new funds will be raised during an investors seminar later this year. |
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