Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/asean-meet-discuss-possible-exclusion-myanmar-leader-summit-sources-2021-10-14/ Myanmar’s current army leader’s lack of cooperation and alignment with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has caused the member states to contemplate leaving him out of the upcoming summit. After establishing a five-point agreement with Myanmar’s junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, in April to end the violence and remediate their current political situation, the… Read more »
Link to the article: https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20211009-china-s-president-xi-vows-peaceful-reunification-with-taiwan China’s president Xi sees the independence of Taiwan as the greatest danger to China’s national reunification and revival. In efforts to unify the two states, he announced at a commemoration for the 110th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution in Beijing that there would be a “peaceful” reunification, taking a gentler approach than his last debriefing regarding… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/how-covid-19-southeast-asia-is-threatening-global-supply-chains-2021-10-06/ New coronavirus spikes in some of the largest manufacturing countries in the world are causing and will continue to cause a ripple effect in the supply chains of almost everything from automobiles to apparel. In Vietnam, production has been reduced or halted since April. Suppliers for Apple, Samsung and other technology corporations located in northern Vietnam… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-applies-join-pacific-trade-pact-cptpp-official-news-agency-2021-09-22/ Taiwan sent in their application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (SPTPP) on Wednesday in hopes to benefit Taiwan’s economy and trade policy. Just a week after China submitted their application, Taiwan hopes that China will not overshadow them as the Chinese and some other countries still see Taiwan as a territory… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-build-eight-nuclear-powered-submarines-under-new-indo-pacific-security-2021-09-16/ Under the new Indo-Pacific pact, Australia will be only the second country, after Great Britain, to be given access to the United States’ nuclear technology. Although China was not specifically mentioned in the dealings, this new pact will attempt to control and push back on China’s strong influence on the Indo-Pacific in Taiwan and the South… Read more »
Link to article: http://www.news.cn/english/2021-09/13/c_1310185108_2.htm As a part of the Belt and Road Initiative, the China State Construction Engineering Corporation started the building of this giant stadium in 2017. Using innovative design and technology, the stadium is built in the shape of a boat to symbolise the mode of transportation from China to Cambodia in history. The 99 meter tall prows… Read more »
