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Contents
About China’s Neighbors...............................................................................................................................................................................6
An Introduction to ASEAN
World Bank Doing Business Report 2011
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
AFGHANISTAN.................... 9
A Place In Between.............................................. 10
BHUTAN...................................... 12
A Changing Country Eyes China with Caution..... 13
INDIA................................................ 16
Rivals and Partners.............................................. 17
KAZAKHSTAN................... 21
Trade and Oil: Central Asia at Stake...................... 22
KYRGYZSTAN..................... 25
A Leadership Role in Central Asia......................... 26
LAOS................................................... 29
Southeast Asia’s Poorest Gain Access to Consumer
Goods................................................................. 30
MYANMAR .............................. 33
China’s Burmese Days.......................................... 34
MONGOLIA............................ 37
Eyeing the Vast Resources of a Northern Neighbor
........................................................................... 38
NEPAL.................................................. 41
A Foothold in South Asia..................................... 42
NORTH KOREA...............45
Aid, Ideology, and Atomic Bombs........................ 46
PAKISTAN................................ 49
An Enduring Alliance........................................... 50
RUSSIA............................................53
Partners and Competitors.................................... 54
TAJIKISTAN.......................... 57
Investing in Stability............................................ 58
VIETNAM ...................................60
Paving the Way for Development........................ 61