https://www.reuters.com/world/china-ramps-up-construction-new-antarctic-station-report-2023-04-18/ China is constructing a station in the Antarctic southern polar region; they claim that it is only for peaceful purposes and scientific research, but the placement is extremely beneficial for China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), as it would provide them with greater surveillance capabilities. The station is very strategically placed to be able to intercept intelligence signals from Australia… Read more »
Following U.S. representative Michael McCaul’s visit with the Taiwanese president last week, China has placed sanctions on the lawmaker for “sending a seriously wrong signal to Taiwanese independence separatist forces” as well as “seriously harming China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” The sanctions state that McCaul wont be permitted back into China, from interacting with organizations or individuals within China, and… Read more »
For decades after the Vietnam War, U.S. and Vietnamese government relations weren’t hostile, but also not at the top of either’s agenda. The U.S. didn’t find it in it’s national interest to continue focusing on Vietnam relations until very recently. Last Saturday, just after the 50th anniversary of the U.S. pulling out of Vietnam, U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-let-loyal-civilians-carry-licensed-arms-media-document-2023-02-12/ Myanmar’s internal affairs have been in turmoil for years, but with the military-ruled government reviving in 2021, the country has taken on a more extreme ideology. In recent years, tens of thousands of people have fled Myanmar to escape the extremist junta and around 1.2 million have been displaced. In a new leaked document, the government has proposed a… Read more »
At the UN security council last Wednesday, China blocked the United States from broadcasting an informal video about the state of human rights in North Korea. The video was made in an attempt to inform the security council of the huge amounts of human rights violations that North Korea has, and will continue to commit if nothing is changed. The… Read more »
China’s population has been rapidly aging in the past few years, following the infamous one-child policy that began in the 1980s to cope with overpopulation. The one-child policy had detrimental effects on China’s population demographic; their population, currently at 1.4 billion, is steadily decreasing and aging. As the population ages, the ratio of retirees to workers increases, and the size… Read more »
