Russia and North East Asia -in Times of Globalization

Alf Brodin

Copyright © 2005 by the Slavic Research Center. (English / Japanese ) All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

Preface 34KB

Page 1 - 181 1,061KB

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Preface			I
1.	General introduction
	1.1.	A changing world economy	1
	1.2.	NEA in the world economy	4
	1.3.	Manufacturing	8
	1.4.	Trade	12
	1.5.	Energy	28
	1.6.	Transport	35
	1.7.	A systematic country approach	37
2.	Russia
	2.1.	Introduction to Russia	39
	2.2.	Trade	67
	2.3.	Energy	75
	2.4.	Transport	101
	2.5.	Other	115
3.	Japan
	3.1.	Introduction to Japan	121
	3.2.	Trade	133
	3.3.	Energy	152
	3.4.	Transport	159
	3.5.	Other	167
4.	China
	4.1.	Introduction to China	171
	4.2.	Trade	202
	4.3.	Energy	218
	4.4.	Transport	240
	4.5.	Other	259
5.	Korea
	5.1.	Introduction to Korea	265
	5.2.	Trade	286
	5.3.	Energy	301
	5.4.	Transport	307
	5.5.	Other	317
6.	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea-DPRK
	6.1.	Introduction to North Korea	319
	6.2.	Economic development	323
	6.3.	Trade, energy and transport	327
	6.4.	The information problem	329
7.	Discussion and Conclusions		333
Endnotes			347
Sources			360
List of tables and figures
	Table 1.1. NEA Countries Economies Compared to other Country's		5
	Table 1.2. Country Risk and Credit Rating Rankings in 2003 – 2005		15
	Table 1.3. Steps in Trade Integration		16
	Table 1.4. Trade Between Russia, Japan, China and Korea; 1998 & 2003		23
	Table 1.5. Average World Oil and Raw Material Prices Monthly 1996 – 2005		31
	Table 1.6. Countries Energy Consumption by Type in 2003 & 1993		33