27, 2004; and Watanabe Osamu, ?Higashi Ajia Bijinesu Keizaiken wo Misueta Chugoku Bijinesu bTenbo/b [Devel- oping China Business with Eyes on the East Asian Business Economic Zone],? September 21, 2005. b....../b visited Singapore in January 1998 on what was described as a bvacation/b.58 Beijing usu- ally reacted to these visits with little more than pro forma protests and démarches. Yet, China appears to have become more sensitive to such visits. In light of the ...
