Source: Al Jazeera Shanghai, China – A trade deficit that US President Donald Trump has called “embarrassing” and the increasing threat posed by North Korea will be atop the agenda on his first official visit to Beijing on Wednesday. Trump has embarked on a 12-day trip to the Asia-Pacific and will arrive in China just two weeks after the end of… Read more »
Source: Al Jazeera Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen landed in Honolulu en route to the island’s diplomatic allies among Pacific nations, despite strong objections to the visit from China. Under UN Resolution 2758 self-ruled Taiwan is the sovereign territory of China. China regularly calls it the most sensitive and important issue between it and the US, complaining to Washington about transit stops by Taiwanese high-level… Read more »
China’s parliament has made disrespecting the national anthem a criminal offence punishable by up to three years in jail. Members of China’s Communist Party-controlled legislature, the National People’s Congress, approved the amendment on Saturday that could see offenders face imprisonment of up to three years. Legislators are extending the law to the semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau, the latest in a… Read more »
It seems that China and South Korea seem to be pursuing the same type of solution for the North Korea crisis. This solution is the more diplomatic approach. China wishes to avoid conflict by re-implementing the six-party talks in order to convince North Korea to denuclearize. Meanwhile, South Korea is refusing to fight fire with fire and, against the opinion… Read more »
France 24 Japan’s Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc’s big election win last month and days ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump that is expected to be dominated by concerns over a volatile North Korea. Abe, 63, took office in December 2012, promising to reboot the stale economy and bolster defence…. Read more »
BBC Glasgow City Council has unanimously voted to withdraw their offer to award Myanmar’s de facto leader leader Aung San Suu Kyi freedom of the city. The decision comes following criticism of her response to the Rohingya refugee crisis amid alleged human rights violations in Myanmar.
France 24 A day after the UN imposed strict new sanctions on North Korea, China’s foreign minister called Sunday for the resumption of six-party talks to halt Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and warned that the crisis was entering a “critical” new phase. In a 15-0 vote on Saturday, the UN Security Council imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea that could… Read more »
France 24 South Korea will not develop atomic weapons of its own, despite the threat from the nuclear-armed North, President Moon Jae-In declared Wednesday. “A push by North Korea to become a nuclear state cannot be accepted or tolerated,” Moon said in an address to parliament. “We also will not develop or own nuclear” arms. In recent months Pyongyang has carried out… Read more »
Japan’s Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc’s big election win last month and days ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump that is expected to be dominated by concerns over a volatile North Korea. Abe, 63, took office in December 2012, promising to reboot the stale economy and bolster defence. His Liberal… Read more »
As many as 200 North Korean labourers have been killed after a mine shaft being dug at the regime’s nuclear test site collapsed, according to Japan’s Asahi TV. Sources in North Korea told the news channel that a tunnel being excavated by around 100 workers at the Punggye-ri test site collapsed earlier this month. An additional 100 labourers sent to… Read more »