N of east asia encompasses three subregions japan; north and south korea; and china, mongolia and taiwan. The late 1900s saw the reemergence of east asia as a world political, economic and cultural force. Nearly 1. 3 billion people reside in the regions largest country, china. The province of guangdong is on chinas southern coast. This area has sustained extraordinary growth in recent decas, thriving as a basof manufacture for a obal economy. Advancements in communication and transportation facilitate globalization. Containerized shipping is a costeffective means of transporting a variety of goods. Guangdongs relative location to hong kongs ports and financial infrastructure is key to determining its position at the epicenter of chinese economic development. Through guangdong, we see the forces of globalization at work in the pearl river delta and beyond. Manybservers argue the costs and benefits but few dispute that globalization is the most profound reorganization of the world since
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] if you missed any of our coverage of this live event you can see it on our web site at cspan. Org. There has been a constant procession of people all day as members of the public and Kennedy Family members have come to pay respects that president john f. Kennedy at the grave at Arlington National cemetery just outside washington, today marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination. The eternal flame the centerpiece of the grave site, when it was originally requested the eternal flame the centerpiece of the grave site was originally requested by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy. The permanent grave site was opened in march of 1967. Several remembrances taking place today, one just wrapped up in dallas, the site of the assassination and another at the jfk library in boston. We will get under way live at 2 30 eastern. We will have those tonight starting at 8 00 eastern. We will watch f
Hearing. I appreciate all the witnesses who have come here today. Mr. Secretary, the floor is yours. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member corker, members of the committee, thanks very much for welcoming me here to talk about the disabilities treaty, which i am very anxious to do. Mindful of the comments of the Ranking Member just now, i would just start off by saying we are 100 prepared as we have been to work through what are known as ruds reservations, understandings, and declarations in order to pass this treaty. That is our goal. As we begin with a place that makes it clear that we do not believe this has impact among but we are happy to restate and reassert the law in ways that makes senators feel comfortable, obviously. We want to pass this. It is not lost on any of us that only 11 months ago the senate fell just five votes short of approving this treaty. So more than 60 senators have already resolved in their minds many of the questions that are reraised again and again. We c
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