https://www.ft.com/content/4b73bf1c-76a4-426f-a335-de8528b24acb This article discusses a recent incident taking place in Taiwan. Yesterday, an unmanned Chinese drone flew into Taiwanese airspace. The drone was there for 4 minutes and is a model WZ-7 which is otherwise known as a Soaring Dragon. This drone violated the airspace of a Taiwanese island called Pratas and is the most recent escalation by China into… Read more »
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/asia/meloni-takaichi-italy-japan.html This article discusses a recent meeting between the leader of Japan and the leader of Italy. This came about following a recent meeting between Sanae Takaichi of Japan and Giorgia Meloni of Italy. During this meeting the two discussed the unique positions as the first female leaders of their respective countries. The two seemed to share a close bond,… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/china-canada-carney-xi-beijing-b71c1b67d3489a8b4058c650152b0cb9 The article discusses a recent evolution in the relationship between Canada and China following the signing of a new trade agreement between the two countries. Canada had originally imposed a 100% tariff on China in line with Trump’s anti-China tariff run. Additionally like the US there was also a 25% tariff on Chinese steel and other such resources. Canada… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dz11pykwnoThis article summarizes the recent increase in Japan’s interest rate as there has been an increase in inflation. This increase in the interest rate by 0.25% is a significant increase from 0.5% up to 0.75%. This is the highest the rate has been since 1995 because of increased inflation and the weakening of the Japanese yen when in relation to… Read more »
theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/19/honduras-rethinking-china-ties This article discusses the recent change in the outlook for relationships between Taiwan and Honduras as well as what this means for Taiwan in relation to other Latin American countries. This new change began a few weeks ago with the failure of Honduras to have a successful election for new president as a result of technical failure, known interference… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/death-toll-climbs-16-after-mass-shooting-sydneys-bondi-beach-2025-12-14 This article discusses the recent shooting at Bondi Beach. The article consists mostly of summarizing the event that transpired and discussing the aftermath of the shooting. Last Sunday at a Hanukkah event, two gunmen, a father and son, opened fire on the onlookers at the event. The gunmen killed 15 people with many others hospitalized. The total death toll… Read more »
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/3-chinese-nationals-charged-attempting-smuggle-chips-china/story?id=127709300 This article discusses a recent charge that has been raised to the attention of the public in relation to China and the US. It was just discovered that three Chinese Nationals as well as one American have been caught smuggling NVIDIA and HP chips from the US to foreign countries in order for them to eventually be shipped to… Read more »
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/instagram-facebook-cut-16s-australia-social-media-ban-rcna244914 This article discusses a new ban coming into effect in Australia after a recent census vote showed support for a social media ban for all users under the age of 16. Meta has alerted its Australian users who stand to be affected to download their data ahead of account deletions that will come shortly in order to comply with… Read more »
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/china-seeks-inflict-economic-blow-japan-escalating-spat-taiwan-rcna244555 This article discusses current geopolitical tensions between China and Japan. These tensions began recently after a comment made by the new Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi made a public announcement stating that should China take direct action to assert sovereignty over Taiwan, that Japan would take military action to defend Taiwan in response. This statement sparked a stream of… Read more »