BEIJING - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has held no fewer than three meetings since July to discuss further regional economic integration and energy security, while simultaneously trying to strengthen the organiztion s response to regional threats such as terrorism, all of which point to the SCO s maturity and
HONG KONG - After Chinese incumbent president Hu Jintao replaced his predecessor Jiang Zemin as the country s new commander-in-chief, political observers say China s power shift has finally been completed. Since the Communist Party s decisive meeting last month, the fourth-generation of leadership - with moderate refor
UDOMXAI, Laos - A historic trading outpost, Muang Xai, as the locals call this town, has long been at a crossroads of regional commerce. Now, as it is being transformed into a 21st-century transportation hub, the character of its trade is being transformed as well - not always for the better. Under plans financed b
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