Ever since the call for a greener earth was spread across the world in the later part of the 20th century, the initiative for countries to band together to clean up their footprints has risen. China traditionally has been affected the most when it comes to air pollution. Some of the pollution was so ill-contained that it reached and affected… Read more »
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Philippines (Reuters) – The threat from North Korea has grown to a “critical and imminent level” and the United States, Japan and South Korea must address the matter, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told his U.S. and South Korean counterparts in talks on Monday. Onodera’s remarks underscored the deep concern in Tokyo after North Korean weapons tests, including test… Read more »
China is in the midst of an all-out blitz on polluters flouting emissions standards, closing tens of thousands of factories in a massive effort to address the nation’s catastrophic pollution problems. Estimates of the crackdown suggest as much as 40 percent of China’s factories have been temporarily closed by safety inspectors, with officials from more than 80,000 factories charged with criminal offences for… Read more »
Scientists in China have developed several types of rice that can be grown in seawater, potentially creating enough food for 200 million people. Researchers have been trying to grow the grain in salty water for decades but have only now developed varieties that could be commercially viable. The rice was grown in a field near the Yellow Sea coastal city… Read more »
(Independent) North Korea is likely to be developing biological weapons alongside its nuclear programme, a new report has warned. A new study by the Belfer Centre, a US think tank, warns that Pyongyang is likely to have a programme to develop its biological weaponry. Based on testimony from defectors, it is believed to have begun in the 1960s after the Korean War between 1950… Read more »
With now over a million Rohingya refugees seeking safety in Bangladesh, China has begun to put pressure on the two countries to come to a peaceful agreement and solution to the current problem. With China finally getting involved, the two countries have agreed to arrange different steps so that the “people” can return to their homeland. Whether Myanmar’s government will… Read more »
Across Myanmar, Denial of Ethnic Cleansing and Loathing of Rohingya 查看简体中文版 查看繁體中文版 By HANNAH BEECHOCT. 24, 2017 SITTWE, Myanmar — The Buddhist abbot tucked his legs under his robes and began to explain. Rohingya Muslims do not belong in Myanmar, and they never have, he said. Their fertility allowed them to overwhelm the local Buddhist population. But now, somehow, many Rohingya… Read more »
source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya/myanmar-bangladesh-agree-to-cooperate-on-rohingya-refugee-repatriation-idUSKBN1CT29C Myanmar, Bangladesh agree to cooperate on Rohingya refugee repatriation Shoon Naing NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar and Bangladesh on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees and took steps to boost border security as relations between the neighbors have been strained by the continuing flow of refugees into Bangladesh. Over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar… Read more »
source: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/myanmar-signs-deal-bangladesh-rohingya-repatriation-171025070235910.html Myanmar signs deal with Bangladesh on Rohingya repatriation by Florence Looi 25 Oct 2017 Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to cooperate on the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, who have fled what the UN has described as “textbook ethnic cleansing” in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State. More than 600,000 have crossed into Bangladesh in the last two months, but given the… Read more »
China’s president, Mr. Xi, has been trying to strengthen Chinese power on the global scale by strengthening economic ties and presenting himself as rational and pro-globalization (something the United States cannot boast).