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You Can Run, But You Can’t HideThe problem with some problems is that they eventually catch up with you. Sure, you can pretend they’re not there, like the silent swelling of cities from hundreds or thousands of new settlers arriving from the countryside left behind by the metropolitan rush for higher incomes, higher education, and higher class. Eventually, the city limits push outward, the VN\OLQH�XSZDUG��DQG�WKH�WUDI¿F�ZD\ZDUG��7KHQ�WKHUH¶V�QR�KLGLQJ�IURP�WKH�SUREOHPV�RI�WRR�PDQ\�SHRSOH�DQG�FDUV��WRR�PXFK�fumes and trash.

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And then there’s China. That it is a global economic power has been acknowledged worldwide. However, the hope in some quarters was that the nation of 1.3 billion people would be content to make money, not war. Fat chance, seasoned historians would say. With wealth comes power, and even if resurgent China does not make Saddam Hussein’s mistake RI�DFWXDOO\�LQYDGLQJ�D�QHLJKERULQJ�VWDWH��LW�VWLOO�ZLOO�ÀH[�LWV�EXUJHRQLQJ�PLOLWDU\�PLJKW�LQ�D�FDOFXODWHG��FDOLEUDWHG�ZD\��$IWHU�all, every emerging big power did so in centuries past, including the United States of 1823, less than half a century since Independence, telling European empire builders to keep off the Western Hemisphere.

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parents struggle to balance their

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parent. This proposal, the Nov. 3 article suggests, can

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decade, and that Japanese women are more likely to

have a university degree than men.

factors such as the high cost of both private and

state nurseries, along with Japanese fathers making

a relatively limited contribution to child care, hinder

the presence of Japanese women in the workplace.

“If you want to keep working you have to forget about

your children, you have to just devote yourself to the

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women from going back to work after their maternity

leave. The report notes: “Women seem pressed to

meet the opposing demands of career and family,

while the men are often free to network after work,

without the stress of children’s homework and

household chores.”

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report, “Women Matter: An Asian Perspective,

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paid maternity leave at 60% of their salary on top

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2009, about 65,000 employees have applied for the

allowance. This level of maternity provision, the

report emphasizes, is rare in Asia.

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technology giant google, for its part, has “lavish

maternity and paternity leaves,” according to a

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became such a great place to work. Its People

operations department examined the problem of

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female talent. Conversely, as

more and more women in Asia

become empowered to move

up the corporate ladder, plans

of having a family have taken

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does not bode well for aging

societies such as Japan.

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female representation in

senior management,” the

McKinsey report notes, “is

likely to require action by governments, the wider

business community, and individual companies.”

A Booz & Company report on “Empowering the Third

Billion: Women and the World of Work in 2012”

posits nearly 1 billion women around the world will

enter the global economy in the coming decade.

Evidence discussed in the report suggests women

can be powerful drivers of economic growth. And

yet, this sector has not received enough attention

from business leaders, governments, or key decision

makers in many countries.

Moreover, the report posits that greater women

involvement can, indeed, have a profound impact. for

instance, the report says women are more likely than

men to invest a large proportion of their household

income in the education of their children. As such,

those children’s improved status becomes a positive

social and economic factor in their society.

“Thus, even small increases in the opportunities

available to women, and some release of the cultural

and political constraints that hold them back, can lead

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“The Polish government has done its best to turn these talks into a showcase for the coal industry. Along with backsliding by Japan, Australia and Canada, and the lack of meaningful leadership from other countries, KHUH�KDYH�GHOLYHUHG�D�VODS�LQ�WKH�IDFH�WR�WKRVH�VXIIHULQJ�DV�D�UHVXOW�RI�GDQJHURXV�FOLPDWH�FKDQJH,” Kumi Naidoo, director of Greenpeace International,

was quoted as saying in the Guardian dispatch.

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,Q�VKRUW��PRUH�WKDQ�ZH·UH�doing now, at least as far as former and current UNFCCC chairpersons are concerned, according to the Nov. 4 Bloomberg Businessweek piece alluded to in that Guardian dispatch.

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And yet, all might not be lost, as Ball maintains that emission reductions in developed countries have actually come from both relative economic maturity and technological improvements motivated more by economic self-interest than any concern or new resolve about global climate, and argues that developing countries will follow the same path, citing H[DPSOHV�RI�LQLWLDWLYHV�LQ�&KLQD�and Brazil.

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By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities, a United Nations study predicts

Cities are using smart technologies to help address growing urban challenges, GSPN�USBGmD�DPOHFTUJPO�UP�XBTUF�EJTQPTBM�and crisis management

Data analytics will help cities optimize operations but will pose privacy concerns

our future, it appears, is in cities. The

United Nations’ Economic & Social

$DLUV�2FH��LQ�LWV������5HYLVLRQ�RI�World Urbanization Prospects, expects

the number of people living in cities to reach

6.3 billion by 2050, a 70% increase from 3.6 billion in

2011, while the percentage of urban population will

increase from 51.4% to 67.7%.

As growing urbanization presents challenges such as

WUDF�FRQJHVWLRQ�DQG�ZDVWH�GLVSRVDO��ROG�DQG�QHZ�cities around the globe are trying to get smarter by

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cities are getting smarter from the bottom up,

led by Amsterdam, according to a November 2012

feature in The Economist. The city put together a

“VPDUW�FLW\�SODWIRUP” that brings institutions and

infrastructure together to help businesses and

citizens develop and test green projects such as

installing smart meters that connect ships to the

electricity grid so that they no longer have to use

diesel generators when berthed in the city’s port.

other initiatives include “Climate Street,” which aims

to reduce the energy use of an entire shopping street

and a ReloadIT smart grid for electric vehicles.

Amsterdam’s open Data Program for transport

and mobility won a City Award at the Smart City

Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, National

geographic reported in November 2012. Under

the program, the city has developed smartphone

applications such as Parkshark and Bike like a

/RFDO��ZKLFK�SURYLGHV�D�UHDO�WLPH�PXOWLPRGDO�transport and travel information for travelers. The

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the aforementioned Economist feature. The feature

cited Carlo Ratti, head of the Massachusettes

Institute of Technology’s SENSEable City lab and

head of the lab’s branch in Singapore, in reporting

WKDW�WKH�FLW\�ZDQWV�WR�JR�DV�IDU�DV�KDYLQJ�D�³UHDO�time control system” that uses big data to optimize

city operations, including, for example, combining

weather and transport data to better match the

demand and supply of taxis when it rains.

This YouTube video promoting the Amsterdam Smart City project discusses the four major project areas (from right to left, top to bottom): sustainable living, sustainable working, sustainable mobility, and sustainable public space.

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$VLGH�IURP�WKH�ZRUOG¶V�¿UVW�Electronic Road Pricing

System, the city’s intelligent transport systems

incorporate a range of smart transportation

technologies,

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delivered

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and a highly

integrated

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system,

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city to enjoy

low congestion

rates.

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South America,

Brazil’s Rio de

Janeiro houses

a control room

that watches

over the city,

CNN reported in August. The operations Center has

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“It’s like our Big Brother, not in a private sense but

in a sense where we can watch everything that is

going on, that’s happening in the city,” Rio’s mayor

Eduardo Paes

told CNN.

The article

notes that

Brazil’s

growing

economy and

the fact that it

will play host to

the World Cup

next year and

the olympic

and Paralympic

games in 2016

pushed the

city to focus

on sustainable

initiatives.

Software giant

IBM helped

the city set up

the command

center in 2010,

following a

storm that

killed 68

people. Michael Dixon, head of Smarter Cities for

IBM globally said, “We integrated more than 20

city agencies into one central command center,

decreasing emergency response times by 30%.”

¶6HFRQG�HOHFWULÀFDWLRQ·�RU�¶SDQRSWLFRQ·" Ricky

Burdett, professor of Urban Studies at the london

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%XLOGLQJ�VPDUW�FLWLHV�IURP�VFUDWFKSome smart cities – those that use information technology and digital data to make their operations more HIÀFLHQW�²�DUH�EHLQJ�FUHDWHG�IURP�WKH�JURXQG�XS��

,Q�6RXWK�.RUHD��D�QHZ��H[SHULPHQWDO�VPDUW�FLW\�SURMHFW�FDOOHG�Songdo has been underway since August ������$V�GLVFXVVHG�LQ�D�September BBC feature, Songdo has been designed with sensors to monitor WHPSHUDWXUH��HQHUJ\�XVH��DQG�WUDIÀF�ÁRZ��ZKLFK�FDQ�DOVR�VHUYH��WKHRUHWLFDOO\�IRU�QRZ��WR�DOHUW�UHVLGHQWV�DERXW�bus schedules and local authorities about problems.

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development in history, and is scheduled for completion sometime in 2015.

7KHQ�WKHUH·V�Masdar in Abu Dhabi, a smart-city project being built in scratch, per a November 2012 article in The Economist. The city built for 40,000 people will rest on a huge podium with smart infrastructure, including water pipes with sensors and an undergrown network of magnetic paths for self-driving pod cars. The city is intended to serve as a showcase for all kinds of green technology, VXFK�DV�HQHUJ\�HIÀFLHQW�EXLOGLQJV��

Moreover, Masdar will be raised meters above WKH�JURXQG�IRU�EHWWHU�H[SRVXUH�WR�FRROLQJ�ZLQGV��according to a January report in The Guardian. The city, mostly solar-powered, will use low-energy appliances and insulation to cut energy consumption to only a quarter of the equivalent of its size. The report also noted that project completion has being pushed back from 2016 to 2025, GXH�WR�D�FRPELQDWLRQ�RI�WKH�ÀQDQFLDO�FULVLV�DQG�D�lack of businesses and people who want to move to the city.

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South Korea’s new smart city Songdo has an underground waste system that sucks rubbish directly from kitchens to a processing center BBC

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big as electricity’s impact in the last one, as cited

in a September article in The Economist. Big data

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PRUH�HFLHQW��PRUH�sustainable, perhaps

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article posits before

wondering whether

smart cities would just

turn into “electronic

panopticons in which

everybody is constantly

being watched.”

Meanwhile, Renee

Boucher ferguson,

in an oct. 29 blog

post on the MIT Sloan Management Review

site, cites some concerns

about managing smart

cities, as brought up in a

June paper, “7KH�5HDO�Time City? Big Data and Smart Urbanism,” by Rob

Kitchin, research director at National University of

Ireland, Maynooth.

According to ferguson, Kitchin is worried

WKDW�VPDUW�FLWLHV��ZKHUH�ELJ�GDWD�DQG�GDWD�control centers integrate and bind data streams

together, will create a system controlled by a single,

panoptic vantage point, raising “the specter of

a Big Brother society based on a combination of

surveillance and ‘dataveillance.’”

3HU�)HUJXVRQ¶V�VXPPDU\��FRQVLGHULQJ�WKDW�VPDUW�FLW\�and associated technology are promoted by software

and hardware companies, Kitchin says these projects

can create the following concerns: “that public

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a range of other “instruments, policies and practices

that are sensitive to the

diverse ways in which cities

are structured and function.”

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to summary) from Navigant

Research, with rapid

urbanization, the world

will see big investments in

urban infrastructure in the

coming years, presenting an

immense opportunity for

new transport management

systems, smart grids, water

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and communication technologies will be deeply

embedded in the fabric of both old and new cities and

will change the way we think of city operations and

how we live and work in these environments.”

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capability for live-streaming across different platforms.

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What ASEAN integration in

2015 means for higher education

in the Philippines

STRATEGY POINTSHigher education in the Philippines faces a host of challenges as ASEAN integration in 2015 approaches

The impact on institutions of higher education will be in human-resources development and capacity-building, as well as in mutual SFDPHOJUJPO�PG�QSPGFTTJPOBM�RVBMJmDBUJPOT

The challenges of ASEAN integration can pave the way for rethinking existing models in the higher-education sector, increasing government support, and examining quality assurance methods

In aiming for regional economic integration

in 2015, the ASEAN Economic

Community (AEC) seeks to promote

WKH�IUHH�ÀRZ�RI�JRRGV��VHUYLFHV��VNLOOHG�ZRUNHUV��and capital among ASEAN members. The key

characteristics of the AEC include:

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include ensuring the integration of education

priorities into ASEAN’s development agenda and

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At a Nov. 19 forum on “Higher education

competitiveness in an ASEAN integrated era,” key

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Philippines as it moves toward greater integration

with fellow members of the Association of Southeast

Asian Nations (ASEAN).

They discussed issues such as the impact of

internationalization on the country’s education

sector, the dearth of research output from Philippine

universities, and the challenge of harmonizing the

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presentation, University of the Philippines President

Alfredo E. Pascual discussed challenges for the

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more collaborative activities in research and

curricula, competition for jobs, higher employer

standards, and the pressure to do well in

international rankings of universities.

He cited QS Quacquarelli Symonds’ 2013

ranking of Asian universities, where U.P.

was the only Philippine university in the top 100,

ranked 67th on the list. According to the QS

list of the top 300 Asian universities, aside

from U.P., 11 other ASEAN universities were in

WKH�WRS������LQFOXGLQJ�¿YH�IURP�0DOD\VLD��WZR�from Singapore, three from Thailand, and one

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In terms of research output, Dr. Pascual presented a

graph showing how Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and

Indonesia have overtaken the Philippines, based on data

from the 1980s up to 2011.

$�QHHG�WR�´SURGXFH�QHZ�NQRZOHGJH�µ Ateneo de

Manila University President Jose Ramon T. Villarin,

S.J., meanwhile, lamented that apart from producing

fewer research papers, these works are rarely being

cited. He stressed the need for Philippine institutions to

“produce new knowledge” and to be able to “contribute

to the global conversation.” He noted that while the

Philippines produces around 600 papers, one university

in Singapore alone produces thousands.

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In addition, fr.

Villarin encouraged

collaboration and

strategic alliances

among local

institutions. As the

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globalized, he says,

the more competitive

institutions will lead,

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left behind.

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strengthening the foundation of basic education to

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for businesses, Merlito S. Salazar, Jr., President of

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ASEAN companies?

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Bank (ADB) report on

higher education in Asia

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higher education will help

drive social and economic

development among

developing countries. “As the

developing member countries of ADB increasingly

strive to become knowledge economies, labor

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borders less meaningful, a strong higher education

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British comedians Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans are embarking on an international tour of 22 locations around the world to establish atheist fellowships along the lines of their “Sunday Assembly” launched in Canonbury, north of London, in January, as reported on the Crossmap site.

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Sunday morning worship services, complete with music, hand

clapping, and inspiration,” H[FHSW�IRU�WKH�DEVHQFH�RI�

any “God” to speak of. An Associated Press photo tag published on the Yahoo!News portal says, without any apparent affect: “The movement fueled by social media and spearheaded by the two prominent British

comedians is no joke.”

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post on the Raw Story site, courtesy of Sadhbh Walshe and The Guardian,

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EDVW�$VLD�ZDU�VFHQDULRV�DUH�À\LQJ�WKLFN�DQG�fast these days, some amusing, others

intriguing, and all spurred by renewed

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Among them: BBC News’ “5LVN�RI�FRQÀLFW�LQ�WKH�East China Sea,” Popular Mechanics’ “Here’s What

a Shooting War in the East China Sea Might look

like,” The Malay Mail’s “The coming Red Tide,”

and warisboring.com’s “If China’s Airspace grab

Turns Violent.” Also topping online searches for

$',=�PDWHULDO�LV�D�¿YH�SDUW�DUWLFOH�RQ The Diplomat website, “7KH�1LJKWPDUH�6FHQDULR��$�8�6��&KLQD�War,” posted in September last year.

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drones, and two United States�%����LQWHUFRQWLQHQWDO�bombers getting into the picture, along with

China’s newly refurbished aircraft carrier Liaoning sent to the South China Sea. Plus: South Korea

announced an expansion of its ADIZ southward

to overlap with those of China and Japan.

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outwardly asserting their positions, seem keen

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point — so far.

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'HVSLWH�WKH�GLVSDWFK�RI�WZR�XQDUPHG�%���V�WR�ÀDXQW�$',=�UXOHV�WR�QRWLI\�&KLQD�DERXW�ÀLJKW�SDWKV�DQG�WDNLQJ�JURXQG�LQVWUXFWLRQV��8�6��9LFH�3UHVLGHQW�-RH�Biden, visiting Tokyo and Beijing, called for calm. He

told a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister

Shinzo Abe in Tokyo December 3: “This action has

raised regional tensions and increased the risk of

accidents and miscalculation. This underscores

the need for crisis management mechanisms and

HHFWLYH�FKDQQHOV�RI�FRPPXQLFDWLRQ�EHWZHHQ�&KLQD�and Japan to reduce the risk of escalation.”

While Japan and South Korea told their airlines

to disregard Beijing’s instructions to aircraft,

the U.S. government instructed American carriers to

comply, evidently to avoid any disruption or danger

WR�ÀLJKWV��&KLQD��IRU�LWV�SDUW��KHOG�EDFN�SDWURO�DLUFUDIW�from aggressive action, prompting even state media

to urge more visible enforcement of the zone so

China would not look weak.

:K\�WKH�$',=" But make no mistake about it:

Despite the prudent wish to avoid war, China is

SXUVXLQJ�D�ORQJ�WHUP�VWUDWHJ\�IRU�HQKDQFLQJ�LWV�security position far beyond its coastline, and both

the ADIZ and the Liaoning deployment are part of

that plan. And that unrelenting push will almost

surely escalate tensions and confrontation in the

region, especially for the U.S. and its allies nearest

China, i.e., Japan and the Philippines.

So what were Chinese President Xi Jinping and

his fellow leaders thinking when they marked out

WKH�$',=�MXVW�DV�KH�QHDUHG�D�\HDU�LQ�RFH��WR�WKH�consternation of the neighbors and superpower

America? The experts see three things.

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WHHWK�WR�LWV�FODLP�RYHU�WKH�-DSDQHVH�FRQWUROOHG�Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands, which Beijing declared

in April as a “core interest” — a phrase previously

applied only to Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang. To

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DUHD��7RN\R�KDV�RSSRVHG�VXFK�ÀLJKWV�RYHU�LWV�FODLPHG�territory. If it doesn’t stop them now for fear of

FRQÀLFW��%HLMLQJ�ZRXOG�WDNH�RQH�VWHS�LQ�WKH�GULYH�IRU�control of the islands.

In Beijing’s eyes, moreover, the South China Sea

training voyage of the Liaoning, a refurbished

Ukrainian aircraft carrier, asserts China’s claimed

sovereignty over nearly the entire body of water

under its “QLQH�GDVK�OLQH´�GHPDUFDWLRQ��¿UVW�announced by the Nationalist regime back in 1947.

It helps Beijing’s assertion that only the Philippine

)RUHLJQ�$DLUV�'HSDUWPHQW criticized the Liaoning’s

sailing, and President Benigno Aquino III himself

saw no threat in the carrier.

&RQVROLGDWLQJ�;L·V�SRZHU�� A second factor cited

by analysts for the ADIZ move is the need for the new

administration of President Xi and Prime Minister

li Keqiang to consolidate power and push sweeping

economic reforms, which will inevitably generate

opposition from vested interests in the bureaucracy,

local governments, and business groups. As with any

external challenge, harnessing the armed forces to

assert territorial claims against foreign nations lines

up both people and army behind the government.

“President Xi Jinping faces the politically risky task

RI�SXVKLQJ�WKH�&&3¶V�UHIRUP�DJHQGD�DJDLQVW�¿HUFH�opposition while the economy slows,” explains

fung global Institute and Harvard University Asia

Center senior fellow William overholt in his Project

Syndicate essay. “By emphasizing Party control

– through a crackdown on [state enterprises],

government opponents, and critics in the media

and academia – Xi seeks to maximize his ability to

impose economic reforms while minimizing the risk

of a challenge from conservative forces.”

That’s exactly the sector worrying the Xi regime: the

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Party Politburo amid rumors of an aborted power

grab by his supporters.

This past September, the former Commerce

Minister and Chongqing party boss was jailed

for life on charges of corruption and abuse of

power, and

his appeal

was rejected a

month later.

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foreign powers

through the

ADIZ and

the Liaoning voyage, Xi

wraps himself

LQ�WKH�ÀDJ��hoping to win

over patriotic

factions —

including Bo’s.

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Asiaweek, cited the third reason for China’s latest

DLU�DQG�VHD�JDPELWV��WKH�)LUVW�,VODQG�&KDLQ�RU�³1HDU�Seas” strategy. Under this defense plan, the People’s

liberation Army (PlA) missile, air force and navy

seek dominance in the East and South China Seas,

plus adjacent waters, which are marked out by the

VR�FDOOHG�)LUVW�,VODQG�&KDLQ�IURP�WKH�-DSDQHVH�islands, past Taiwan, to the Philippines and Borneo

(see map, page 25).

In his 1990s memoirs, former PlA Navy chief liu

+XDTLQJ�UHFRXQWHG�WKDW�WKH�1HDU�6HDV�VWUDWHJ\�ZDV�¿UVW�SURSRVHG�E\�QR�OHVV�WKDQ�&KLQD¶V�ODWH�SDUDPRXQW�leader Deng Xiaoping in a 1979 meeting with naval

brass (cited in page 116 of “The Evolution of China’s

Naval Strategy and Capabilities,” originally published

in 2009 in Asian Security 5 journal).

With potentially hostile forces all around those

ZDWHUV��SOXV�WKH�UHDFK�DQG�¿UHSRZHU�RI�WKH�8�6��Seventh fleet, interdicting ships going to or from

China is

easy, says

former

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Adviser and

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legislator

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whose West

Philippine

Sea

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has

organized

protests by

filipinos across the globe against Chinese incursions

in islands and waters claimed by Manila. China’s

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Hence, the PlA must then build up its rocket, naval

and aviation capabilities to challenge and eventually

dominate potential adversaries within the first

Island Chain. The ADIZ and Liaoning deployments,

DORQJ�ZLWK�WKH�GHFDGHV�ORQJ�EXLOGXS�RI�PLOLWDU\�installations in the South China Sea, advance this

strategy to secure China’s sea lanes.

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$6($1�DQG�-DSDQ�FLWH�DLU�DQG�VHD�FRQFHUQV� China looks set to continue its maritime

security initiatives for the foreseeable future, not

only to secure its trading routes, but also to match

the U.S. Pivot to Asia strategy expanding American

military presence and building alliances. Already,

Beijing’s ambassador in Manila, Ma Keqing,

asserted amid the ADIZ tensions that “where

DQG�ZKHQ�WR�VHW�XS�WKH�QHZ�DLU�LGHQWL¿FDWLRQ�zone is within the decision of the Chinese

government [depending on the] actual needs

and ability of China.”

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seas, the Commemorative Summit marking 40 years

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joint communique issued at meeting’s end included

among top regional issues “Maritime Security

and Cooperation,” and “free and safe maritime

QDYLJDWLRQ�DQG�DYLDWLRQ�´�FLWHG�LQ�WKH�IRXUWK�DQG�¿IWK�paragraphs, respectively.

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also agreed to enhance cooperation in ensuring the

IUHHGRP�RI�RYHUÀLJKW�DQG�FLYLO�DYLDWLRQ�VDIHW\�LQ�accordance with the universally recognised principles

of international law, including the 1982 UNCloS,

and the relevant standards and recommended

practices by the International Civil Aviation

organisation (ICAo).”

0RUHRYHU��3DUDJUDSK���RQ�WKH�¿UVW�UHJLRQDO�LVVXH�spoke of “regional architecture,” the term used

by the United States for its vision of mechanisms

and institutions to address security, economic,

HQYLURQPHQWDO�DQG�RWKHU�FURVV�ERUGHU�LVVXHV��$V�HDUO\�DV�-DQXDU\�������QR�OHVV�WKDQ�WKHQ�6HFUHWDU\�RI�State Hillary Clinton spelled out the concept in her

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“Remarks on Regional Architecture in Asia:

Principles and Priorities” highlighted America’s

defense alliances with Japan, Korea, Australia,

Thailand and the Philippines (in that order), and its

strategic partnerships with India and China. Clinton

also spoke of advancing “clear and increasingly

shared objectives,” of which the last may not be

KLJK�RQ�%HLMLQJ¶V�PXVW�GR�OLVW��³HQKDQFLQJ�VHFXULW\�and stability, expanding economic opportunity and

growth, and fostering democracy and human rights.”

$QG�WKLUG��³RXU�LQVWLWXWLRQV�PXVW�EH�HHFWLYH�DQG�EH�focused on delivering results.”

:RRLQJ�$6($1� The communique makes no

mention of China and merely reiterates regional

concerns, most of which Beijing shares as well.

,QGHHG��HYHQ�:DVKLQJWRQ¶V�RIW�FLWHG�SULQFLSOH�RI�freedom of navigation, while usually seen in light

of Chinese incursions in disputed islets, reefs and

waters, can also apply to China’s crucial need to

secure sealanes, as noted by for its commerce,

including 80% of its imported oil passing through the

South China Sea.

However, the commemorative summit in Tokyo also

signals to Beijing that ASEAN can lean toward or

HYHQ�MRLQ�WKH�8�6��OHG�EORF�LI�&KLQD�EHFRPHV�D�WKUHDW��That would be a major strategic and geopolitical

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RHQVLYH�VLQFH�LWV�OHDGHUVKLS�WUDQVLWLRQ�D�\HDU�DJR��for that reason, Southeast Asia research associate

Phuong Nguyen of Washington’s Center for Strategic

and International Studies, argues in his Dec. 14 CSIS

article: “Beijing is unlikely to announce an ADIZ in

the South China Sea in the immediate future.”

Rather, the Chinese will seek to allay ASEAN fears

and push its program to boost economic ties,

DQQRXQFHG�E\�3UHVLGHQW�;L�-LQSLQJ�DW�WKH�$VLD�3DFL¿F�Economic Cooperation summit in Bali in october.

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attend due to the U.S. government shutdown, Xi

and Premier li Keqiang had ASEAN’s full attention

when they launched its biggest drive for closer ties

with the grouping, ushering in “a new strategic era

in Southeast Asia,” says Phuong Nguyen, as America

and Japan compete with China in wooing ASEAN.

&KLQD·V�FKDUP�RIIHQVLYH� In Bali, Xi and li

unveiled plans to boost trade with the grouping

�����WR����WULOOLRQ�E\�������8QGHU�WKLV�LQLWLDWLYH��/L�promised that Beijing would do its part to complete

negotiations for ASEAN’s proposed Regional

Comprehensive Economic Partnership by 2015.

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infrastructure bank��KDUQHVVLQJ�&KLQHVH�¿QDQFLDO�and technological resources to upgrade and expand

facilities in the region. The scheme would address

Asia’s immense need for public works, estimated

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ADB report Infrastructure for a Seamless Asia).

No wonder Tokyo presented its own ����ELOOLRQ�package�RI�JUDQWV�DQG�ORDQV�DW�WKH�$6($1�-DSDQ�VXPPLW�RYHU�WKH�QH[W�¿YH�\HDUV��0HDQZKLOH��:DVKLQJWRQ�MRLQHG�WKH�IRUHLJQ�DLG�IUD\�ZLWK�D�������PLOOLRQ�SDFNDJH�IRU�VHD�SDWUROV��LQFOXGLQJ�XS�WR�����PLOOLRQ�IRU�9LHWQDP��7KH�8�6��RHU�FRPHV�RQ�WKH�heels of Premier li’s push during his october visit to

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At this rate, most of ASEAN looks set to gain from

the strategic competition between the Chinese on

one side, and the Americans and the Japanese on the

other. Except perhaps the Philippines.

:KDW�DERXW�0DQLOD"�Having taken

Washington’s

side after its

territorial

spats with

Beijing since

2011, Manila

can expect

little from

the Chinese,

as shown by their limited disaster assistance during

the recent Typhoon Haiyan calamity (yolanda in the

Philippines). U.S. and Japanese aid was many times

greater, with American immediate relief estimated by

the White House�DW�QHDUO\�����PLOOLRQ��SOXV�ZDUVKLSV�and troops of both countries mobilized. Many reports

VHH�$PHULFD¶V�JHQHURXV�DQG�KLJK�SUR¿OH�FDODPLW\�HRUW�DV�KHOSLQJ�LWV�SXVK�for a greater military

presence in the archipelago.

Having envisioned the Philippines as a major

platform in their security strategy, America and

Japan must show that it pays to be on their side.

Raising U.S. military aid�WR�����PLOOLRQ�D�\HDU�LV�D�VWDUW��6R�LV������PLOOLRQ�LQ�Japanese loans for

yolanda recovery. Plus visiting Secretary of State

John Kerry’s ����PLOOLRQ�DLG�SDFNDJH for coastal

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And when the next island confrontation with

China occurs, it would shore up filipinos’ faith in

America if, in contrast with its inaction during the

Scarborough Shoal incident, the U.S. would rattle its

saber in defense of the Philippines, as it did for Japan

RYHU�WKH�$',=��2WKHUZLVH��:DVKLQJWRQ¶V�ORQJHVW�standing ally in Asia may start wondering if it’s not

getting a fair shake for taking America’s side against

WKH�ZRUOG¶V�IDVW�ULVLQJ�HFRQRPLF�DQG�JHRSROLWLFDO�behemoth in decades to come.

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