08/10/27 11:34:23 G0e5K0Mt
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次はまた「中国よ、世界を救済してくれ！」論です（苦笑
World Looks to Beijing for Financial Crisis Help
（中略）
China is hosting the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) this year, the seventh
since the group's founding in 1996. For much of its history, the meeting
has been little more than an additional ingredient in the international
alphabet soup -- along with the G-7, the G-8, the G-9, the G-10, ASEAN,
ASEAN Plus Three, APEC, APEC Plus ASEAN -- and often it has proved a perfect
stage for inflated egos.
ASEM does provide over 40 heads of state and government with the opportunity
to meet informally and chat about the issues of the day. But it has rarely
resulted in anything substantive. The group, for example, has been unable
to exert any influence of note on Burma's ruling junta nor has it had an
affect on Chinese human rights policies. North Korea, it almost goes without
saying, isn't invited.
This year, though, things are a little different. The conference in Beijing
takes place at a time when financial markets are teetering, banks are tottering
and stock markets have become as unpredictable as a roulette table.
The world is looking for a solution -- anything to avoid a global recession --
and everyone has a role to play, especially an economic giant like China.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said it very clearly on
Thursday: "Simply -- we swim together or we sink together. We need Asia
to be on board and more particularly countries like China and India."