

East-West Center in the News



(2011-06-23) -- Also appears in: Bellingham Herald, Kansas City Star


(2011-06-25) -- Also appears in: ISN

(2011-06-25) -- Also appears in: States News Service

(2011-06-26) -- Also appears in over 25 news sources


(2011-06-26) -- Also appears in: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, Thai Press Reports

(2011-06-26) -- Also appears in: CQ Federal Department and Agency Documents, Implu Corporation, M2 PressWIRE, Newsroom Magazine, Regulatory Intelligence Data, State Department Documents and Publications, States News Service


(2011-06-28) -- Also appears in: Epoch Times, International Herald Tribune, Jakarta Globe, Khaleej Times, The Nation (Thailand), OutlookIndia.com, PressDisplay.com

(2011-06-27) There is plenty of oil being produced along the undisputed coastal areas of the South China Sea -- Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam are all net oil exporters while China also produces a chunk of its offshore oil from the South China Sea, said Kang Wu, an energy expert at the East-West Center in Honolulu.
"If they want further develop production and reduce the decline of aging oil fields, a move into deeper water for drilling has become important for every country involved," Wu said.





(2011-06-26) -- Also appears in: Times of Central Asia

(2011-07-04) 'It is important for Asean states to be as cohesive as possible,' said Mr Bronson Percival, a visiting fellow at the East-West Centre in Washington. 'One useful thing is to have more countries follow Singapore's example in calling upon China to clarify its position (on the territorial claims).'

(2011-06-30) -- Also appears in: Garden Island, States News Service


(2011-07-06) "China has low labor costs and less stringent environmental restrictions," said Denny Roy, a senior fellow at the East-West Center. "The problem with rare-earth element production is that it's expensive, it's messy, it's environmentally problematic, it creates a lot of damage. The U.S. has moved from producing our deposits and has decided to let someone else do it. Because of cost and environmental concerns, that's how China ended up dominating production." -- Also appears in: HispanicBusiness.com


