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Regional cooperation and integration have been long considered to be difficult in East Asia. The region is characterised by enormous diversities and differences such as the degree of economic development, political systems and cultural backgrounds including languages and religions. The region has experienced serious political rivalries and security tensions, which are still seen in the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait. These factors have constituted imperative obstacles to any efforts towards regional cooperation and integration. In fact, there was no formal regional institution except for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in East Asia, until the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was formed in 1989.
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© 2003 Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
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Yoshimatsu, H. (2003). Japan and China in Regional Cooperation. In: Japan and East Asia in Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403918673_7
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