More recently, companies thinking about international expansion are starting to think about going to Asia first, rather than Europe first.
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His itinerary stands in marked contrast to his predecessor, Hillary Clinton, who rather pointedly went to Asia first, our correspondent says.
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Under his watch the World Cup was hosted in Asia for the first time in 2002.
In 2002 the World Cup visited Asia for the first time, co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.
The addition of the first Asia-based universities to the roster gives the platform a more global reach.
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Six years later, he struck out for cyberspace, inaugurating Asian Sources Online as Asia's first Web-based B2B portal.
Its faith in free trade produced one of Asia's first economic success stories.
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The 2002 World Cup is being played in Asia for the first time.
It set up Asia's first export-processing area in 1965 at Kandla, in Gujarat, to provide goods for the then Soviet Union.
As you indicated, Asia is my first foreign trip since our election in the United States, and Thailand is my first stop.
In 1997 he started Boom.com, Asia's first e-broker, in Hong Kong.
With this, SGX will be Asia's first exchange-backed dark pool, which will complement exchange trading by reducing the market impact of large trades.
So, if linguistic diversity increases with time, then Africa, where humanity evolved, and Asia, its first staging-post to world domination, should be the greatest Babels.
The first Asia Europe meeting was held in Bangkok two years ago and established a new forum for countries in the two regions to increase co-operation.
The visit was added to Mr Kerry's scheduled trip to Asia, his first as secretary, and will be preceded by a stop in Istanbul to discuss Syria.
The disclosure came as John Kerry arrives Friday in Asia for his first tour as secretary of state through a region more on edge than it has been in years.
Many saw its collapse as not just the demise of a national institution (it claims to be Asia's first airline), but also the loss of a vital form of transport.
So, as the magazine prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, this is perhaps a fitting occasion to look back at the people who were powering the news in Asia in our first editions.
Barrett said Intel was committed to delivering IT access to the developing world, and was helping Sri Lanka Telecom set up south Asia's first long-range WIMAX wireless network, which we're presuming won't be a wind-up system.
Barrett said Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) was committed to delivering IT access to the developing world, and was helping Sri Lanka Telecom set up south Asia's first long-range WIMAX wireless network, which we're presuming won't be a wind-up system.
No. 6 Li Na , who became Asia's first grand slam singles champion at Roland Garros at the French Open, in 2011, lost to Radwanska in the final of the Sydney International last week, but the Chinese star opened up in Melbourne with a 6-1 6-3 triumph against Sesil Karatantcheva of Kazakhstan.
The company expanded first into Asia, with a flagship store opening in Tokyo in 2004.
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The firm is expected to provide some details about the Asia fund during its first-quarter earnings call on Thursday.
The system will be deployed first in Asia but will soon be used in South Africa and Argentina, too.
Apple diehards in Asia were among the first to sample the new product.
From the ARF standpoint, just getting all the protagonists in Northeast Asia together for the first time was a triumph.
As ASEAN chair, we have extended an invitation to President Obama to the East Asia Summit and the first ASEAN-U.S. Leaders Summit in October this year.
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So I think the things to watch at the East Asia Summit are, first of all, what is the program of work that the leaders set for themselves in the course of 2013.
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