Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20231010_22/ Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Matsuno Hirokazu, strongly condemns the attacks by Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist group, on civilians in Israel. Japan is closely monitoring the situation with serious concern and believes that such attacks and the abduction of innocent civilians can never be justified. He acknowledges the support for Israel from countries like the United States and Britain… Read more »
Link To Article: https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20231003/b2194d6cd23e4bbb8e9680c77e3af72d/c.html Indonesia recently just opened their first high speed railway. The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, opened HSR’s (High Speed Railway) operation at a recent ceremony. This ceremony was seen as a event for Indonesia’s modernization of transport. The crimson colored train touched down in the capital of West Java Province, marking their first successful launch. This train… Read more »
Link To Article: https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20231003/c9fc70b5d5914f5c996e762129819301/c.html Myanmar residents are starting to receive more free Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment from a team of doctors at a clinic in the country. The team of doctors have provided medical consultations, acupuncture, and other TCM trearments. They have received positive feedback from residents, but mostly from older generations. The Myanmar residents are no stranger to… Read more »
Link To Article: https://english.news.cn/20231005/964d17069cfd43a49b03ecadb562dcd7/c.html In the next month, China will be hosting this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai once again. This will be the first complete return to in person interactions for this event since the Covid-19 outbreak. This exhibition has caught great attention ever since it began in November… Read more »
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/many-killed-artillery-strike-northern-myanmar-media-local-sources-2023-10-10/ On October 10, 2023, a devastating artillery strike on a refugee camp near the China-Myanmar border resulted in the deaths of at least 29 people, including women and children. Sources indicated that the attack was carried out by Myanmar’s ruling military, marking one of the deadliest incidents targeting civilians since the military’s 2021 coup. The shelling occurred in… Read more »
A Chinese-Australian journalist named Cheng Lei was detained in 2019 on “murky” espionage charges and was given a closed-court trial in Beijing which resulted in her being detained for 3 years. Cheng Lei has written a story on her hardships in chinese prison since her release, one of which was that she was only allowed to stand in sunlight for… Read more »
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed concerns with chinese President Xi Jinping regarding the attacks in Israel from the terrorist group of Hamas. While China condemned the attacks against Israel, they have seemingly decided to stay neutral in the situation so far by not officially naming the attacks as terrorist attacks. So far the most aggressive standpoint that China… Read more »
