S Korea, China, Japan show unity at first summit

Sunday 14th December, 05:58 AM JST

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UnagiDon at 08:07 AM JST - 14th December

Common sense shown by all three leaders - they have more to gain by keeping relations good and more in common by keeping their economies interlinked, especially China.

And amazingly, Aso didn't day anything to PO the others.

And as for East Asia being an engine of growth - read "we've got the biggest foreign reserves, so we'll start making more of the rules."
some14some at 09:14 AM JST - 14th December

Unity = a small train, China: locomotive pulling two carts: Japan and Korea. anyway, 'in business nobody is your friend'!
apecNetworks at 04:09 PM JST - 14th December

To Some14some:

Your statement, "in business nobody is your friend" is very pessimistic. My view is, "in business everybody is a friend up to a certain point, and one NEVER forgets a favor given by a friend".
sageb1 at 05:12 AM JST - 15th December

who's the fourth economic partner of East Asia? we have japan, china and korea.

is that Taiwan? or Singapore?
OssanAmerica at 11:29 AM JST - 15th December

Unity = a small train, China: locomotive pulling two carts: Japan and >Korea. anyway, 'in business nobody is your friend'!

As long as China still remains a "developing" country whjose economic growth has been fued by exports alone, all the foreign reserves it holds doesn't make it any kind of economic locomotive. If thisglobal recession were to last say 10 years, both Japan and SKorea would still be there. All bets would be off as to where China would be then.
Yelnats at 03:46 PM JST - 15th December

If thisglobal recession were to last say 10 years, both Japan and SKorea would still be there. All bets would be off as to where China would be then.

Recession will be over within 2 years/
fillmore at 09:56 PM JST - 15th December

This meeting took more than 60 years later. It's a great achievement just have 3 head of the country meet for the first time officially. Although, the process will be difficult,even small progress ( steps) will be positive.
some14some at 11:40 PM JST - 15th December

good luck to mini train passing through slump !
OssanAmerica at 02:19 AM JST - 16th December

Recession will be over within 2 years/

LOL. Funniest thing I've read today. Good Luck with that.
kenjinakasone at 02:12 PM JST - 20th December

better sooner than later.