Asia Centre

Discussion with the authors of the yearly Asia Centre report at La Documentation Française

5 Dec. 2006, Paris. Having sparked interest and expectation as the major centre of global growth, East Asia in 2006 entered a phase of uncertainty: the North Korean crisis, tensions between Beijing and Tokyo, spasms in Thai democracy... Despite positive developments (Kashmir, Aceh...), doubts are beginning to appear, qualifying the stability of the region.

D. Vidal-Barri (Asia Press – L’Humanité) and P. Bourrier (CCE France) chaired the debate on these questions as analysed by the principal authors of the Annuaire Asie - Édition 2006-2007 [2006-2007 Annual Asia Report]:

North Korea: management of a crisis / Malaysia: a first assessment for Badawi / Socio-political transitions from China to Malaysia.