2022/04/01 |
Malaysian Proposal to Phase Out Smoking Sparks Controversy, Concerns Over Corruption
This proposal comes after New Zealand announced plans to raise the legal smoking age by one year each year to permanently ban the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2008.
2022/04/29 |
Myanmar Junta Hits Opposition Forces With Communications Blackouts
Myanmar’s junta has been cracking down on opposition forces by cutting off mobile internet service and telephone lines in strongholds of local armed groups.
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2022/12/16 |
China Trying To Fight Back US Ban on Its Chip Industry
On Thursday, the U.S. government broadened its crackdown on China’s chip industry by adding memory chipmaker YMTC and 21 “major” Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip sector to a Commerce Department trade blacklist.
2022/05/12 |
How Russia and China Exploit History to Further Their Interests
The arbitrariness in the way they deal with their own national history helps Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin secure power and justify their policies.
2022/04/20 |
Solomon Islands: US, Australia Raise Concerns Over China Security Pact
On Tuesday, China confirmed it had sealed a security pact with the Solomon Islands, which raised concerns over a potential Chinese military presence less than 2,000 km from Australia’s shores.
2022/10/31 |
Death Toll Rises in Storm-hit Philippines
The Philippines sees an average of 20 typhoons every year, but typhoons are rare in Mindanao.
2022/09/13 |
South Korea K-pop Stars ‘Newjeans’ Court Controversy With Racy Lyrics
The new all-girl pop group is being criticized for sexually suggestive lyrics. The group’s management agency insists some of the lyrics are being deliberately misinterpreted.
2022/07/27 |
China and Indonesia Agree To Boost Relations During Beijing Meeting
The leaders of China and Indonesia have laid out plan of expanding cooperation in an array of areas. Indonesian President Joko Widodo is the first world leader to visit Beijing since February.
2022/12/22 |
UN Council Adopts Resolution Urging End to Myanmar Violence
This is the first Security Council resolution on Myanmar since the country became a U.N. member in 1948.
2022/01/18 |
Australia Has a Solution to Indonesia’s Soaring Food Prices
As Indonesia takes the G20 presidency solving the country’s food security crisis should be top of the agenda.
2022/10/07 |
UN Council Rejects Uyghur Resolution on China by Narrow Margin
This is the first time the council has considered a proposal to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang.
2022/07/19 |
Thailand Sets 2028 Target To Finish High-speed Rail Link With China
Thailand’s new goal to finish the railway line from Bangkok to the Lao border is feasible but may be more of a political statement, analysts say.
2022/09/02 |
Biden to Name Arctic Ambassador as China Eyes Region
The United States and Nordic nations are growing wary of the risks of China's expanding influence in the Arctic. China considers itself a “near-Arctic state.”
2022/03/14 |
Chinese Premier to Step Down ahead of Leadership Change
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang compared the increasingly difficult task of managing the economy to climbing a high mountain with “less oxygen.”
2022/07/06 |
Who Will Win in Thailand’s Cannabis Industry?
Small farmers fear that a new cannabis bill will be written with the interests of large corporations in mind.
2022/09/14 |
Powerhouse: Clean Energy Transitions in the Indo-Pacific
Energy security is shifting to new interdependencies based on alternate fuels and rare earths.
2022/09/23 |
Fukushima: Japan Attempts to Safely Remove Nuclear Fuel From Crippled Reactors
More than a decade after one of the worst nuclear disasters in history, engineers want to construct a huge water-filled tank around one of the damaged reactors and carry out underwater dismantling work.
2022/05/13 |
China Faces Grim Economic Prospects, Experts Say
Analysts say the slowdown is attributable not only to China’s Covid policies but also to a crackdown on private enterprise, especially in the technology sector.