Australia, Japan pitch rival plans for new regional community

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Updated October 26, 2009 20:51:34

As the ASEAN summit wrapped up on Sunday, Asian leaders heard competing plans from Australia and Japan for an EU-style economic and political bloc. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has his grand vision for an Asia Pacific Community by 2020, but now there's a rival plan offered by Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, for a so-called East Asian Community.

Presenter Sen Lam
Speaker: Malcolm Cook, Director of East Asia program at the Lowy Institute

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