https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/23/uighurs-in-turkey-call-for-boycott-of-beijing-winter-olympics Demonstrators from China’s Uighur Muslim ethnic group have protested in Istanbul, calling for a boycott of next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s poor treatment of the minority in Xinjiang province. The protesters gathered outside the Turkish Olympic Committee building, waving the blue and white flags of the independence movement of East Turkestan, a group China says threatens… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/20/china-stalls-us-bid-to-sanction-north-koreans-at-united-nations China and Russia have delayed a US effort at the United Nations to impose sanctions on five North Koreans in response to the recent missile launches by the country, diplomats on both sides said. The move by the two countries came prior to a closed door UN Security Council meeting on North Korea, the second in two weeks, following… Read more »
https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-flies-dozens-warplanes-near-taiwan China launched 39 aircraft, mostly fighter jets, near Taiwan Sunday, the single largest show of force in months. The launch came following the sailing of two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers along with other equipment, including a pair of amphibious assault ships, alongside allies in the Philippine Sea. It is not clear what caused the provocation but it is suspected… Read more »
Link to article: https://english.news.cn/20220118/b39c9f4a4e244f69ae7a2c7210f50f2e/c.html A new cargo train, loaded with 445 tons of goods headed for Moscow Tuesday morning. It departed from Quanzhou, in China’s Fujian Province. This is the first China-Europe train route from Quanzhou, which is an important starting point on the Maritime Silk Road. The train is scheduled to reach Moscow, Russia, via the border station of… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-us-bill-would-block-defense-contractors-using-chinese-rare-earths-2022-01-14/ Recently a new bill has been passed into the US senate. This bill would ban defense contractors from using chinese produced rare earth metals. The bill is hoping to counter China’s dominance in the sector. It also aims in the hope that the pentagon will help fund and build a stockpile of these 17 rare earth… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/13/us-pushing-for-tougher-sanctions-on-n-korea-after-missile-tests The US is pushing for the United Nations (UN) Security Council to put more sanctions on North Korea following Pyongyang’s (North Korea’s Capital) third missile test since January 5, 2022. The missile test was done in defiance of the United State’s previous push for imposing more sanctions on North Korea. The US first started pushing sanctions… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/14/north-korea-launches-third-suspected-missile-in-just-over-a-week North Korea just held their third missile test within a two week time period. They fired two ballistic missiles just a matter of hours after they criticized the US when they announced the push for new sanctions due to previous missile launches. The missiles were said to be short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs). Although the launch has… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/15/china-reaffirms-opposition-to-u-s-sanctions-on-iran Foreign Chinese Minister Wang Yi and an Iranian counterpart hold a meeting where they blame the US for continuing diplomatic standstill. This meeting also took place to disscuss reviving a 2015 deal (JCPOA) between major powers and Iran, which the US withdrew from under the Trump administration in 2018. The deal would have Iran limit uranium… Read more »
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/South-China-Sea/China-tells-Indonesia-to-stop-drilling-off-South-China-Sea-islands China has told Indonesia repeatedly to stop drilling for natural gas and oil off the coast of small islands in the South China Sea. China has been claiming it is infringement from Indonesia on their territorial water. China’s naval vessels have been close to Indonesian naval vessels multiple times on patrols of the area, seeing Indonesia continually drilling in… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/15/philippines-to-acquire-missile-system-from-india-for-375-mln The Philippines have recently secured a 375 million dollar deal to buy anti-ship missile systems. This missile system was bought from their neighbor India and is a part of a 5.85 billion dollar program to modernize their military. The Philippines has hada severely obsolete military, with ships from WWII in addition to helicopters from the vietnam… Read more »
