Asia Pacific Program for 28 September 2011
Australia prepares for global power shift
The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australia needs to stand prepared, as the global balance of power shifts from West to East.
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Sale of Australian coal mine to China touches a nerve
Fresh from an investment roadshow to China, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett says he's concerned about the sale of a coal mine to a Chinese company.
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Japan's PM considered evacuation of Tokyo
As special advisor to Japan's Prime Minister and Cabinet, Kenichi Matsumoto saw both the government's and the plant operator's responses to the worst nuclear accident in 25 years.
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Foreign troop pullout a likely economic shock for Afghanistan
Afghanistan is expected to suffer a massive economic shock when international forces hand over security in 2014.
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Pop culture the new soft power tool in East Asia diplomacy
Countries in East Asia are increasingly looking to pop culture, as an instrument of "soft power".
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