https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43360/the-u-s-wants-south-korea-to-help-take-on-the-chinese-military-as-well-as-north-korea The summary of this article is about South Korea and the United States are working on a new joint war plan as the two allies seek to keep pace with North Korea’s and there rapid increase in military funding capabilities. This new operational plan that the US and South Korea are carrying out is also response to the growing military… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/myanmar-seizes-boat-carrying-228-rohingya-state-tv-2021-11-29/ Myanmar has seized a boat that was carrying more than 200 Rohingya who were attempting to flee the country. The Rohingya are a muslim minority group in Myanmar and other countries in Southeast Asia. In Myanmar Rohingya people are not considered citizens and have limited access to healthcare and other services. They have also been the… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-former-diplomat-richardson-meets-myanmar-junta-chief-2021-11-02/ Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson met with Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader in Myanmar who has mostly been in diplomatic isolation since the coup in February. Richardson had previously stated that his focus in the meeting would be on humanitarian issues and during the meeting the main topics discussed were related to the current COVID-19… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/biden-administration-invites-taiwan-its-summit-democracy-2021-11-24/ After the list of countries participating in an upcoming democracy summit was released, China responded with hostility as one of the countries included on the list was Taiwan. Taiwan’s ministers have said that the Biden administration including them on the list shows that Taiwan has upheld democratic values and human rights. This all comes after an… Read more »
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/move-china-invade-taiwan-terrible-consequences-antony-blinken-says-rcna7625 There has been cross-strait tensions that have been rising in recent months, with Taiwan complaining for a year or more of repeated missions by China’s air force near the self-ruled island that Taiwan claims as its own. China has not ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control, despite the island’s claim that it is an independent… Read more »
https://www.startribune.com/east-asia-super-league-aims-high-from-startup-to-big-3/600122406/ The East Asia Super League is set to launch next October featuring some of the region’s biggest domestic clubs. The 2022-2023 season will start out with the winners and runners-up from each of the Japan, South Korea and Philippines leagues, plus the P. League champion from Taiwan and adding a new Hong Kong-based basketball team. This league was created by… Read more »
http://www.news.cn/english/2021-11/30/c_1310343004.htm This article talks about many different things that China is trying to do in order to work as a team with the continent of Africa. Such as, China is providing around one billion vaccines doses to Africa in order to help Africa achieve its goal of having sixty percent of its population vaccinated by 2022. They also are supporting… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-23/xi-jinping-china-will-not-seek-dominance-over-south-east-asia/100641786 Summary: Amid ongoing conflict about the South China sea, president Xi Jinping said he will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbors. This took place at the ASEAN conference, also known as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Also at this meeting, the Philippines criticized recent provocative actions from China in the South China… Read more »
