APEC Media Roundup: MEETING - September 5, 2007

Links to coverage of the APEC 2007 meeting in Sydney this week from media around the Pacific rim.

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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

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

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

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

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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