China's Emergence as a Superpower (till 2014)

[Ray]

India,South Korea draw close; step up business, military ties
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsde...-Roundup-.html

Strategic Posture Review: Japan

Japan and India penned a joint security declaration in October 2008 and have developed dialogue channels focused mainly on maritime security: safety, freedom of navigation and anti-piracy activities. The bilateral agenda also emphasizes joint exercises, and in 2009 the Indian navy invited Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) to participate in the Malabar Exercises with the U.S. Navy. A bilateral exercise between the Indian navy and the MSDF is scheduled to take place in 2012. Japan and India signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that entered into force in August 2011, and Japan provides substantial development aid for projects such as the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/a...e-review-japan

[jmm99]

The Indians (Sanskrit type) are making my little map become more real.

Cooperation in Friendship.

Regards

Mike

[davidbfpo]

A long FP Blog article and too tired to read all six pages, but I noted the well connected General Liu is cited, so will read fully tomorrow.

It starts with:

In many fields of international competition, China is less sanguine about its abilities than outsiders. Chinese leaders often remind Westerners that China is a developing country, with hundreds of millions of people living in poverty, an unbalanced economy, and high social tensions. What should most worry Beijing, and provide some comfort to those who fear Chinese military expansionism, is the state of corruption in the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Link:http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...ng_from_within