As Chinese influence grows, Japanese warship visits Sri Lanka COLOMBO (Reuters) – Japan’s largest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, sailed into Sri Lanka’s Colombo harbor this weekend, marking Tokyo’s highest profile salvo in a diplomatic battle with China for influence along the region’s vital commercial sea lanes. Japanese destroyer Inazuma is seen behind one of its ship inspection teams on… Read more »
North Korea intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, South says SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, materials and facilities to achieve “complete” denuclearization, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who held his third summit with Kim last month, said on Friday. Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to work towards denuclearization… Read more »
One article I read this week that caught my attention was an article about the new alliance of Thailand, Malaysia, and China. I’m not positive whether this actual alliance is relatively new or not, but the article did state that these countries are scheduled to hold a joint military drill.
Japan’s women sailors serve on frontline of gender equality ABOARD JS KAGA (Reuters) – Women serving on Japan’s biggest warship, the Kaga, are a tight-knit group on the frontline of a push to transform the Japanese navy into a mixed-gender fighting force, where men outnumber them more than 10 to one. The Maritime Self Defence Force (MSDF) needs more women… Read more »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Tesla Inc has signed an agreement with the Shanghai government for an 860,000 square meter plot of land to build its first overseas Gigafactory, the electric carmaker said in a Chinese social media post on Wednesday. The land agreement marks a key step toward the firm and its Chief Executive Elon Musk making cars locally in China… Read more »
This article is about the continuing conflict between China and the United States. China and the U.S. have been experiencing trading issues with each other, which has been causing major tension between these two powerful nations. Initially, the U.S. wanted to put taxes on China’s imports and China wanted to do the same back. This continuous trading issue could potentially… Read more »
BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping has urged redoubled efforts to win the tough battle against poverty on schedule.
In my article about China and Vietnam it describes the strengthening relationship between the two countries. High ranking officials from both countries have travelled to either China or Vietnam to discuss differences in the areas of sea, land, and the economy. Both countries agreed to create solutions to these problems so that they can combine forces and become a stronger… Read more »
The US envoy in charge of North Korean affairs has held talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov in Moscow.
The number of foreign visitors to Japan has dropped for the first time in more than 5 years as natural disasters prompted many tourists to cancel trips in September.