Entry # 8 - October 7th, 2013
Source: The New York Times
October 17th, 2013
In Indonesia today, Secretary of State John Kerry sat in the chair for President Obama at the opening meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. China's president, Xi Jing-Ping was the dominant leader at the gathering. Mr. Obama decided to cancel the trip to try to resolve the government shutdown. President of Indonesia stated: "In view of difficult global economic situation, it's more critical to work together and solve the problems."
The global economy is not doing well right now, U.S.'s national debt, Europe's economic tragedy, and China's slowing of growth. It's more important at APEC to negotiate and come up with solutions to some problems. APEC is not like G20, there should be less worries about who's the dominant force. I thought that President of Indonesia was correct, it's more important to work together and solve the problem, not fighting over the "boss" seat.
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