Tag: Asia & Pacific

Japan, China Establish Military Hotline Amid Increasing Regional Friction

April 1, 2023
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Japan and China have established a direct military hotline to prevent maritime and air clashes as tensions grow over competing territorial claims in the East China Sea. Both nations announced the setting up the confidential communications line on Friday, reported Jiji Press. “We will utilize it not only for responding when unforeseen circumstances occur but…

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Members of Exiled Chinese Church Detained in Thailand

March 31, 2023
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BANGKOK, Thailand—More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand paid fines for overstaying their visas but remained in police custody Saturday uncertain about their legal status amid fears they would be deported against their will to their home country, where they face possible persecution. The 63 members of…

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36 Bodies Found Inside Well After Collapse at Indian Temple

March 31, 2023
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NEW DELHI—Thirty-six bodies have been found inside a well at a Hindu temple in central India after dozens of people attending a festival fell into the muddy water when its cover collapsed, officials said Friday. Video of Thursday’s collapse at the temple complex in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state showed chaos afterward, with people rushing…

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Key US Ally Saudi Arabia to Join Regional Bloc Led by Moscow, Beijing

March 31, 2023
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Saudi Arabia this week came one step closer to joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a formidable bloc of Eurasian states led by Moscow and Beijing. On March 28, Riyadh approved a memorandum to begin the process of joining the SCO as a “dialogue partner,” according to the Saudi Press Agency. Dialogue partner status is…

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UK to Join Indo-Pacific Trade Bloc in Biggest Trade Deal Since Brexit

March 31, 2023
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Britain will join a vast free trade area of 11 countries spanning the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced. The UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was formally confirmed in a call between Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and her counterparts from the group in the early hours…

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Britain Joins Asia-Pacific Free Trade Pact in ‘Biggest Trade Deal Since Brexit’

March 31, 2023
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The United Kingdom has struck a deal to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after almost two years of “intense negotiations,” the British government said on March 31. In a statement, the British government hailed the Asia-Pacific trade deal as the country’s “biggest trade deal since Brexit,” referring to the withdrawal of Britain…

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World Bank Says Economic Recoveries in East Asia Are Losing Steam

March 31, 2023
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The World Bank said that Asian economies are beginning to lose steam after making a recovery from the pandemic. The smaller economies in East Asia, which have largely regained their pandemic-era losses, are now facing a stalled recovery as productivity begins to lag, according to a World Bank report from March 31. Across the Asia-Pacific…

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Deadly Airstrikes in Northern Burma Kill, Injure Dozens of Civilians

March 31, 2023
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Burmese junta forces fired airstrikes on a village in the country’s northwest on Thursday, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring 20 more, as the military intensified efforts to tackle opposition groups, according to independent news reports. The Chin National Army (CNA), an ethnic armed rebel group in Burma (also known as Myanmar), claimed that…

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Natan Sharansky on Today’s ‘Evil Empires,’ the War in Ukraine, Soviet Communism, and the New Antisemitism

March 30, 2023
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“When there is nothing to die for, there is nothing to live for … and that’s why I think that nationalism is a very good word when it goes together with freedom and human rights. The moment you separate them, you’re getting awful dictatorship or empty, shallow, decadent life.” I sit down with former Soviet…

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PREMIERING NOW: Natan Sharansky on Today’s ‘Evil Empires,’ the War in Ukraine, Soviet Communism, and the New Antisemitism

March 30, 2023
AfricaAmerican Thought Leadersanti-CCPanti-chinaantisemitismAsia & Pacificcancel cultureChinaChina Human Rightschina-hong kongChinese Regimecritical race theoryEducation & Family NewsEpochTVEuropeFeatured TopicsHong KongInternationalIran nuclear dealiranian regimeJimmy LaiLive VideosMiddle EastNational Securitypolitical prisonerpolitical prisonersreligious freedomRussia-Ukraine WarSoviet UnionSpecial TopicsThreat from Communist ChinaUKUSUS-China relationsVideoWorld
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“When there is nothing to die for, there is nothing to live for … and that’s why I think that nationalism is a very good word when it goes together with freedom and human rights. The moment you separate them, you’re getting awful dictatorship or empty, shallow, decadent life.” I sit down with former Soviet…

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