DBS, once the Development Bank of Singapore and still the banking face of the island state and its Temasek investment fund, is seen pushing outward from its Southeast Asian base toward a broader pan-Asian presence.
Now analysts believe it is re-evaluating its Asian strategy to focus on a few core markets rather than roll out a pan-Asian network.
TV, his pan-Asian company, has proved a better source of love than of money.
International and pan-Asian broadcasters are based in Hong Kong, including News Corp's STAR TV.
However, protectionist restrictions are not the only obstacle to the development of pan-Asian fund-management houses.
These could become the basis of a pan-Asian trade bloc, reckons Kiat Sittheeamorn, Thailand's chief trade negotiator.
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Not surprisingly, there are hardly any retail fund-management companies with a pan-Asian pedigree.
At first Mr Li had great ambitions to put PCCW at the centre of a vast pan-Asian telecoms empire.
Whereas Europe has its UCITS funds, accepted in all EU countries, there is no pan-Asian marketing vehicle for hedge-fund managers.
On the corner of Bleecker and Bowery is Double Crown, a magnet for beautiful people, serving elegant Pan-Asian food in an industrial-chic space.
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Even U.S. firms that recently raised or are rolling out pan-Asian funds aren't attempting anything on the same scale as Blackstone.
Most impressively, deft diplomacy has made ASEAN central to pan-Asian regionalism.
And yet, says Rajat Nag, the ADB's managing director, for the past 20-odd years a pan-Asian conversation about the benefits of deeper integration has only grown.
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Vishal Bali, head of Fortis Global Healthcare, an Indian hospital chain with pan-Asian operations, says the Gulf has enormous potential as a destination for niche medical travel.
The museum's 10 thematic galleries explore traditional aspects of pan-Asian culture, the focus shifting between exquisite, subtly-lit artefacts from Southeast Asia, China, India, Sri Lanka and even Turkey.
The people who frequent centres like this one are not so much clinging to their parents' and grandparents' ways as creating a new culture that is both pan-Asian and American.
"The notion of pan-Asian community is still a work in progress, " said Dennis Hayashi, director of the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing, who previously served in the Clinton administration.
Rent-seeking and sheer profitability provide strong incentives for powerful pan-Asian logging networks to stay one step ahead of environmentalists trying to regulate the flow of logs from countries such as Indonesia.
Until recently it had been making steady progress in establishing itself as the main forum for pan-Asian dialogue and discussion, hosting the East Asian Summit, for instance, among many other talking shops.
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Italian Two One Two Bar and Grill and pan-Asian restaurant Ocean also make for an interesting curation by Friends of Restaurant Week, a group of bloggers, connoisseurs and sommeliers responsible for selecting the participating restaurants.
No pan-Asian road exists, let alone a railway.
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While you may not be serving Pan-Asian Fusion or New York Deli this Thanksgiving, think about the traditions in your organization and take a hard look at what should stay and most importantly what needs a fresh start.
At the pan-Asian restaurant, the spare and chic Sangkar, chef Andrew Skinner, an old Pacific hand, prepares a flavorful mix of regional cuisines--Indonesian, South Asian and Japanese--often using fish hauled from the ocean just below, along with local produce, meats and spices.
According to Mr Roy, the Central Asian specialist in Paris, the Soviet regime was anxious to destroy the pan-Islamic and pan-Turkish ideology promoted by Central Asian intellectuals in the early 20th century so it could introduce bolshevism more easily.
The immediate concern for Asian investors is how profit figures will pan out as the region's companies start to release their year-end figures for June (or half-year results for firms whose fiscal year ends in December).
China is now the coming Asian power, but it is not an intellectual hub of pan-Asianism, either in Communist orthodoxy or in efforts to revive Confucianism.
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