Friday, October 23, 2009

Sunday October 25, 2009 | East Asia Summit | 10 ASEAN nations plus Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, South Korea and India

The Australian | OUR most influential economic thinkers - Treasury secretary Ken Henry, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens and academic Ross Garnaut - foresee an unprecedented platinum age of Australian prosperity on the back of China's rise.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives for the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. The ASEAN Summit is bringing together the group's leaders to attend the meeting including a summit between ASEAN and the three East Asian powers of China, Japan and South Korea as well as a summit of ASEAN leaders with their counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND POLITICS)

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) walks on the tarmac of Hua Hin airport as he arrives for the 15th ASEAN summit and related summits, in Hua Hin, southern Thailand, October 23, 2009. The summit runs from October 23 to 25. REUTERS/Christophe Archambault/Pool (THAILAND POLITICS)

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) arrives at Hua Hin airport for the 15th ASEAN summit and related summits, in Hua Hin, southern Thailand, October 23, 2009. The summit runs from October 23 to 25. REUTERS/Stringer/Pool (THAILAND POLITICS)

South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak arrives for the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. The ASEAN Summit is bringing together the group's leaders to attend the meeting including a summit between ASEAN and the three East Asian powers of China, Japan and South Korea as well as a summit of ASEAN leaders with their counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND POLITICS)


New Zealand Herald |Top ministers head off on Asian trade blitz - ‎Oct 22, 2009‎ - The Prime Minister will be joined in Thailand by Foreign Minister Murray McCully. The pair will also visit Japan next week where the new Government of Prime ...