Australia has established incredibly strict quarantine rules in order to prevent the spread of the virus. When entering or leaving the country, one must pay for their own hotel room, and quarantine for 14 days in order to make sure that they don’t have the virus. Because of these intense measures, Australia has found 4 cases of a “super” Covid… Read more »
Hong Kong’s highest court ruled to ban the usage of masks in court this Monday. The ruling is in response to the series of protests led by citizens of Hong Kong demanding more democratic liberties to be given. The court ruled that by wearing masks, they were hiding their faces allowing them to remain anonymous and not be punished by… Read more »
As the pandemic continues to rage across the world, individual countries and cities are also making different attempts in order to combat the issues coming up because of the virus. In Tokyo, many people working in small businesses have recently lost their jobs due to the increase in Covid cases. Ultimately, many people are going homeless and jobless. In response… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55168633 US officials speak out about increased efforts to influence President elect Biden’s new administration, “focusing on people close to Mr. Biden’s team”. It has been said that over one thousand suspected agents for China have fled the US. As talk of this influence spreads, a virtual meeting took place in the Aspen Institute think tank. At this discussion, the… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55109523 As violence between Beijing and the Hong Kong protests continue without an end in sight, the UK offers migrants a five year stay and application for permanent residency, starting on January 31. The United Kingdom put out a statement expressing their disdain for Beijing’s actions calling it “an erosion of freedoms and rights”. Some current members of the Hong… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55328102 Trade relations between China and Australia worsen as Australia finally responds to China’s outrageous tariff on barely. Australia decided to appeal to the World Trade Organization just this last Wednesday, due to the growing frustration over the eighty percent tax on barley, imposed by the Chinese government. For some time now China has put restrictions on many important exports… Read more »
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/15/business/australia-coal-trade-china-intl-hnk/index.html The trade fight between China and Australia appears to be escalating, with Beijing reportedly placing new restrictions on imports of Australian coal. Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham on Tuesday said he was “deeply troubled” by new reports in Chinese state media that the country’s top economic planner has effectively banned certain coal imports from Australia. The Global Times reported last… Read more »
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/15/revealed-china-suspected-of-spying-on-americans-via-caribbean-phone-networks China appears to have used mobile phone networks in the Caribbean to surveil U.S mobile phone subscribers as part of its espionage campaign against Americans, according to a mobile network security expert. The findings paint an alarming picture of how China has allegedly exploited decades-old vulnerabilities in the global telecommunications network to route “active” surveillance attacks through telecoms operators. The alleged attacks… Read more »
https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006938259 I thought that this was very interesting, though it has more to do with Japan-China relations than international. A TV show depicting “inaccurate historical information” about Japan was pulled in China. I found this interesting because the relationship between China and Japan isn’t historically good, so you would think that China would not respond in this way to a… Read more »
https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006943957 This article discusses the planned revision to the child allowance laws in Japan. The current system is based on the income of the highest income earner, the new plan bases it off of the household’s total income. This helps ensure that the child allowances are going to people who need it under this fairer system. I think that this… Read more »
