https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-china-europe-australia-aba6501776092c39870f70d3a2b2a7a1 This article details a directive by the Australian government to accelerate pre-existing military contracts. Australia is seeking to expedite agreements with Norwegian missile companies to get their fleet armed with missiles that will be able to contest China’s missiles. Australia also wants to up the schedule for fighter jets and intercontinental ballistic missiles supplied by the US. This renewed… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-tokyo-europe-moscow-690708cd044183c5a27b0fa0bc6589d0 On Friday, Japan announced that they will expekk eight Russian diplomats and trade officials and will also start to lessen imports of Russian coal and oil to virtually none. The prime minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, also stated that Moscow should be held accountable for the war crimes that are happening in Ukraine. This comes with a massive ban… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-china-europe-beijing-32a35d62c98c1b109f95408140337a12 Though China has still not put blame on Russia, the country has stated that the killing of civilians is disturbing and should be investigated. Some speculate that with this news it is possible that China’s support of Russia could be weakening. Though whenever a Chinese official talks about the killings and attacks in Ukraine they either don’t mention Russian… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/only-on-ap-united-nations-thailand-myanmar-indonesia-21128b761ef13e31465f0a537a1b0b18 A Myanmar citizen, Hay, fled to Thailand to escape the military violence in her country. Hay and her family decided to flee to Thailand. Though the bordering country does not want them. Thailand’s government does not want to upset the military government in Myanmar, so all of the refugees fleeing from Myanmar to Thailand are being told to leave… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-education-new-zealand-pandemics-617bdd9ffd2c53464287ad031ccf3877 After finally opening up their borders again, New Zealand’s cases have started to rise. On Tuesday the cases hit a record breaking 24,000, this shows how much the states stance on the virus has changed. The opposition leader Christopher Luxon has reported that he has become infected with the virus. The virus has also spread through the student and… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/1/unfounded-hong-kong-slams-us-uk-reports-on-declining-freedoms Now that we are post Chinese takeover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom, which occurred in 1997 and resulted in Hong Kong’s status as a “special administrative region” of China, Hong Kong still has a level of autonomy officially according to China, however it has fundamentally lost its democratic functions. In a recent report, both the United States… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/27/holdstronger-togethermyanmarrussiaparademilitary-relationship Ever since the military coup and the new regime’s cruel treatment of its citizens, Myanmar has been increasingly shunned by the rest of the world as the rebellion of freedom-fighters against the military has become an escalating conflict that Myanmar’s government has released little to no information on. Myanmar has already been facing heavy sanctions targeting the Commander in… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/seoul-south-korea-north-korea-95ff1c53c7a50ed5df90b61333655f19 Four years after Kim Jung Un declared North Korea’s Nuclear testing sites closed by destroying the tunnels with press watching. With the pause in talks with the United States, North Korea has expanded their military capabilities. This includes 9 rounds of missile launches just in 2022. The fast pace the Kim Jung Un has set seems to be a… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-afghanistan-business-china-religion-6df7983f4446fe38119d4d4dc04782d0 This article details the meeting between regional powers in the middle east to discuss the future of Afghanistan, notable attendees are the Russian and Chinese foreign minister. These talks were about how the new Taliban government will function within the middle east. China notably sought to assert itself as a regional power almost userpoing the role held previously by… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/china-tiktok-facebook-influencers-propaganda-81388bca676c560e02a1b493ea9d6760 This article details tactics used by the Chinese government to promote their confusion beliefs and authoritarian ideologies. This is done by using government supported lifestyle influencers to show off the good tourist destinations in China while also spouting the beliefs of the government. The article specifically investigates this process through one person Vica Li. Li is a lifestyle Tik… Read more »
