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Stopping rot of corruption
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/02/2012
» There is much that I have been contemplating writing about, be it Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's visit to a hotel, or the far more interesting issue of how growth in Asia continues to be impressive despite the pessimism that's sweeping the world. But nothing, in my view, beats the stories coming out of India at the moment.
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Firms which fail to give anything back
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 14/03/2012
» The past two weeks have been unusual for me. I was not dancing around at Fallebella or pubs and bars around Thong Lor, but instead driving around looking for something that I thought I would perhaps do when I was at least 20 years older than I am today.
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Poor Cambodia not looking so 'poor' anymore
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/04/2012
» Your Excellency Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, thank you for being such a good host during the Asean Summit in Phnom Penh on Tuesday and Wednesday. This visit to Cambodia changed my entire perception of your "poor" nation. Your country has always been labelled as one that still needs to close the gap with the better-developed nations in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
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Less than sparkling behaviour
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 16/05/2012
» Travelling gives me many experiences, and a recent trip to Shanghai with some ministers and a delegation from one of the country's leading exporters _ the gem and jewellery industry _ was no different.
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Don’t blame Cambodia for Asean bust-up
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 23/07/2012
» There is no bigger news in Asean these days than the collapse of efforts to produce a joint communique after the recent 45th ministerial meeting in Phnom Penh. Much of the blame has been laid at the feet of host Cambodia but that misses the larger point.
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Giants stumbling in different directions
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/08/2012
» Having read so many puff pieces about the “growth story” of China and India, on how these economies will be the saviours of Asean in case the Western hemisphere goes for a spin, I get the message. But lately the on-the-ground realities in these two huge countries are making me doubt what the truth is.
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It's a date, just don't ask when
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 17/09/2012
» The secretary-general of Asean has been busy doing spin control ever since whispers emerged that much-hyped economic integration under the Asean Economic Community (AEC) might be delayed by a year.
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Culture clashes are simply bad business
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 29/10/2012
» For all the differences that we in the 10-member Asean grouping may have, there are certain similarities when it comes to culture. This is something that foreign investors drawn to this dynamic part of the world have to realize, even as they try to develop talent for the future in this part of the world.
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Asean plays the superpower balancing act
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 19/11/2012
» This week marks yet another turning point for Asean as the group is meeting in Phnom Penh to deal with various issues from trade to territorial disputes.
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Time for soul-searching in India
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/01/2013
» Noteworthy events have been taking place around the region lately. Here in Thailand we have seen the first visit by a Japanese premier in more than a decade, and an interesting year lies ahead, given current tensions with China, as Japan and Asean mark 40 years of formal relations.
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