Article: https://english.news.cn/20251020/ce8971ae9f5a4b5ea0739cb715e5c68c/c.html The “Chancay-Shanghai” shipping route has significantly boosted trade between China and Peru, handling 154,000 tonnes of cargo worth 3.97 billion yuan in the first three quarters of 2025. This marks a 56.9% year-on-year increase in Shanghai’s trade with Peru, reaching 13.42 billion yuan. Compared to the first half of 2025, the volume and value of goods transported have… Read more »
Article: https://english.news.cn/20251020/0185193c3a684b29b30c9d2160138784/c.html The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army reported that it expelled an Australian P-8A military aircraft for illegally intruding into China’s territorial airspace over Xisha Qundao. According to a Chinese military spokesperson, the Australian aircraft entered the airspace without the required approval from the Chinese government. In response to the intrusion, the theater command organized… Read more »
Article: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251020_02/ Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his desire for stronger ties between China’s Communist Party and Taiwan’s Kuomintang party, emphasizing the “one-China” principle. In his message to Cheng Li-wun, the newly elected leader of the Kuomintang, Xi conveyed his opposition to “Taiwan independence” and stressed the importance of upholding the “1992 Consensus”. This consensus, reportedly reached between the… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9x91ewzvxo This article brings up the impactful role of social media on world relationships and conflicts. Thailand and Cambodia have had long-term disputes over land between the two countries because of the land’s significance to sparking nationalism. The Thais and Cambodians have been ceasing fire since July with injured Thai soldiers and captured Cambodian soldiers. This dispute… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.arise.tv/north-koreas-kim-vows-full-support-for-russia-amid-partnership-talks-with-putin/ In this article about North Korea and Russia’s relations, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un committed to fully supporting Russia in their war with Ukraine. Last week at a military parade in Beijing, Kim and Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, scheduled a meeting where they also met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Kim and Putin discussed… Read more »
Link to article: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250911_20/ Additional research: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250909_N01/ In this article 300 South Koreans out of 475 people were detained in the United States by ICE during an immigration raid at a South Korean factory in Georgia. The South Korean workers and technicians entered the US without proper paperwork and are now being released and sent back to South Korea this… Read more »
