Comments on: Finally! http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally Hourann’s illogical blog Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Pencil Guy » Archive » EAS, round 2: energy deals grab broader attention http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally/comment-page-1#comment-9746 The Pencil Guy » Archive » EAS, round 2: energy deals grab broader attention Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:31:53 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally#comment-9746 [...] Speaking of Japan, simmering resentment between it and China earned barely a mention in most media coverage of the second Summit — unlike last time — and this is pretty much entirely due to Shinzo Abe taking over from Junichiro Koizumi as PM. Abe has made little in the way of significant changes to Japan’s dealings with China, but simply by not (yet) visiting the Yasukuni Shrine he has defused tensions enough that an entire section of my thesis is rendered obsolete. But that’s a good thing, because I argued that a rift between the region’s largest economies was the single biggest issue in the way of a successful EAS. [...] [...] Speaking of Japan, simmering resentment between it and China earned barely a mention in most media coverage of the second Summit — unlike last time — and this is pretty much entirely due to Shinzo Abe taking over from Junichiro Koizumi as PM. Abe has made little in the way of significant changes to Japan’s dealings with China, but simply by not (yet) visiting the Yasukuni Shrine he has defused tensions enough that an entire section of my thesis is rendered obsolete. But that’s a good thing, because I argued that a rift between the region’s largest economies was the single biggest issue in the way of a successful EAS. [...]

]]> By: The Pencil Guy » Archive » Airliners, crackpots, bird flu and phones http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally/comment-page-1#comment-9434 The Pencil Guy » Archive » Airliners, crackpots, bird flu and phones Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:54:41 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally#comment-9434 [...] The ASEAN summit in Cebu, postponed from last December, has just started. Impressively, our government has used this as a chance to pitch in a $5m donation to combat bird flu, which gives some meat to the rather hollow Declaration from the last East Asia Summit, and fits in nicely with the argument made on page 29 of my thesis [...] [...] The ASEAN summit in Cebu, postponed from last December, has just started. Impressively, our government has used this as a chance to pitch in a $5m donation to combat bird flu, which gives some meat to the rather hollow Declaration from the last East Asia Summit, and fits in nicely with the argument made on page 29 of my thesis [...]

]]> By: Cara http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally/comment-page-1#comment-4833 Cara Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:27:07 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally#comment-4833 CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I still have 7 months to go. :/ CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

I still have 7 months to go. :/

]]> By: Thia http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally/comment-page-1#comment-4746 Thia Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:17:16 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/10/27/finally#comment-4746 Two days, two days, two days... They've put our final year dinner on Monday night. As the tickets say, two hours after thesis =) Two days, two days, two days…

They’ve put our final year dinner on Monday night. As the tickets say, two hours after thesis =)

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