APEC Media Roundup: MEETING - September 5, 2007
Compiled By Jackson Payne
Links to coverage of the APEC 2007 meeting in Sydney this week from media around the Pacific rim.
Media From:
New Zealand
Apec tension grows with arrival of Bush
By TRACY WATKINS in Sydney - The Dominion Post
Sydney police want to ban a planned protest march as fears of violence escalate during the Apec leaders' summit. LINK
Summit of soft politics and hard issues
Greg Ansley
Prime Minister Helen Clark flies into Sydney this week as one of an elder stateswoman of the Asia Pacific Economic
Co-operation forum. This is her eighth Apec, and she is topped only in longevity by the Sultan of Brunei and this year's
host, Australian Prime Minister John Howard. LINK
Editorial: Summit an opportunity not to waste
Australia instigated Apec, the forum that brings together East Asia and the rest of the Pacific rim, a geographic
connection that includes three of the world's four largest economies and three of its most powerful states. Yet the
summit Australia will host over the next several days seems, even by Apec's modest standards, unusually spiritless. LINK
Australia-China relations to strengthen
Australia's growing relationship with China will not develop at the expense of Australia's ties with other countries in
the Asia-Pacific region, deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile says. LINK
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Australia
Sydney, it's about to get a lot worse
Tonight's arrival in Sydney of US President George Bush will herald a worsening of transport disruptions in Sydney, the
NSW Government warned. LINK
Good public institutions 'essential for growth'
Steve Burrell
Well managed, accountable and ethical public institutions are essential to fostering economic growth and lifting living
standards, APEC leaders will be told this week. LINK
Bush's APEC challenge to China
GEORGE W. Bush, facing criticism that the US has disengaged from the Asia-Pacific region, flew into Australia last night
dismissing suggestions that China would dominate this week's APEC summit. LINK
Nations tackle corruption
Ean Higgins
APEC leaders will this week sign up to codes of conduct for business and government in a crackdown on the rampant
corruption undermining trade and investment across the region. LINK
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United States
Bush Arrives For APEC After Surprise Iraq Trip
SYDNEY (Reuters) - After a lightning visit to Iraq where he hinted at possible U.S. troop cuts, President George W. Bush
arrived in Australia on Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting amid heavy security and anti-war protests. LINK
Bush Arrives in Australia for Summit
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- Fresh from an Iraq drop-in, President Bush is bringing conviction that his troop buildup strategy
is working to one of his few remaining staunch war allies, Australian Prime Minister John Howard. LINK
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China
Better ties high on Hu's agenda
PERTH, Australia: President Hu Jintao arrived here yesterday on a state visit to Australia, where he will also attend
the 15th Economic Leaders' Meeting of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Sydney on September 8-9. LINK
Hu begins state visit to Australia
Sept.4 - Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Perth on Monday for a state visit to Australia, where he will also
attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Sydney on September 8-9.LINK
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Japan
Japan stresses abduction issue at APEC
SYDNEY — Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Tuesday stressed the importance of resolving the issue of North Korea's
abductions of Japanese nationals when he met his counterparts and senior officials from 11 Asia-Pacific nations over
dinner in Sydney, Japanese officials said. LINK
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