#east asia

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

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I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history. ↗

— Park Geun-hye

#based #cooperation #correct #east #east asia

John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization. ↗

— Norodom Sihanouk

#asia #called #cambodia #capacity #east

Brunei Darussalam is one of the oldest kingdoms in South East Asia. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

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On the unofficial level it was a glorious moment in our national life because young people decided that this had to stop, that they could no longer stand the shedding of blood in this tragic adventure in Southeast Asia. ↗

— William Kunstler

#asia #because #blood #could #decided

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#asia #east asia #northeast #one thing #stability

The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#asia #both #china #each #east

I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must do before that is create scenarios for Japan's response in case of a serious territorial incident. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#before #case #community #create #east

In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange. ↗

— William Odom

#asian #did #east #east asian #europe

In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#communists #did #east asia #end #in the end