Asia: Building Blocks
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At next week's East Asia Summit, there will be talk of creating a
regional common market and, eventually, a single currency. Are those
plausible ideas or a pipe dream?
By Christian Caryl
Newsweek International
Dec. 12, 2005 issue - Just imagine: it's a sunny winter's day in 2045,
and you're arriving in Bangkok airport on the 1:15 from Shanghai. The
flight is considered internal, so there's no customs check; you can
keep that dark red Asian Union passport in your pocket. No need to pick
up any cash, either-you've still got plenty of yuen (the single Asian
currency) left over from your previous stops, including Tokyo and
Seoul. After your business meetings you head over to the magnificent
glass-and-aluminum building that houses the Asian
Asia
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