Asean focus returns to longer-term aims

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is concentrating more on its longer-term goals of integration and closer relations with South Korea, Japan, and China. Asean nations are recovering from the SARS disease outbreak.

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EU says it won't scale back ties with China

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In spite of continental China's hawkish stance in respect to the recent election of a pro-independence President in Taiwan, the European Union has no plans to sever its diplomatic links with Beijing.

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EU arms embargo on China likely to be lifted

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United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced that the European Union arms sanction imposed on China after Tiananmen Square (1989) will likely be lifted within the next six months.

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