China Could be on the Rise
China’s president, Mr. Xi, has been trying to strengthen Chinese power on the global scale by strengthening economic ties and presenting himself as rational and pro-globalization (something the United States cannot boast).
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Immigration the solution to Japan’s population problem
East Asia Forum The greatest crisis facing Japan is its population problem. Japan’s population has been on the decline since 2010. In 2015, the population appeared to be shrinking at a rate of 270,000 people per year. Recent projections by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research show that even steeper declines are ahead. The population is expected to… Read more »
Adding ‘5 + 1’ to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
East Asia Forum The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of China’s most important contemporary initiatives. Building an effective ‘5 + 1’ platform is crucial to the BRI’s implementation. ‘5 + 1’ refers to cooperation between China and the five countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) — Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia — under the BRI framework. The… Read more »
IS Still a Threat in Southeast Asia
By PhilStar Global KUALA LUMPUR – The reported death of Islamic State (IS)’s top leader in Southeast Asia is a major blow to the jihadists, but analysts warn it remains a potent threat, with battle-hardened fighters set to return from the Middle East. IS regional head Isnilon Hapilon was killed early yesterday during a military offensive to end the months-long… Read more »
Xi Jinping pushes China’s global rise despite friction and fear
By The Straits Times BEIJING (NYTIMES) – No part of the world seems too small, too near or too far for China’s globe-trotting president, Mr Xi Jinping. He has travelled to the tiny Pacific islands of Fiji, toured the neighbouring nations of Central Asia and signalled his interest in Antarctica with a visit to Tasmania, off Australia’s southern coast. This… Read more »
Analysis Post
East Asia is facing a tremendous amount of corruption, some countries with 71%. Cambodia is not excluded. After avoiding a civil war, thanks to the international community pooling money into a democratic system, they still have human rights issues. Many opposing parties to Hun Sen who has been controlling the country for 25 years have been shut down or had… Read more »
How the Islamic State spins the Marawi narrative
By East Asia Forum Authors: Jasminder Singh and Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani, RSIS Undeterred by its military setbacks in Marawi, the so-called Islamic State (IS) is now calling for a war of liberation and propagating an anti-Christian and anti-government narrative for continuing violence inside and outside Mindanao. Regional governments and the international community should be involved in not only counter-terrorism efforts… Read more »
Cambodia opposition politician Mu Sochua ‘feared arrest’
By BBC Mu Sochua, one of Cambodia’s best-known politicians and deputy leader of the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), has fled into exile after being warned she was about to be arrested on charges of treason. She spoke to BBC South-East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head in Bangkok – the exact location is being concealed for her safety.
Alarm as ‘super malaria’ spreads in South East Asia
By BBC By James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC News website 22 September 2017 The rapid spread of “super malaria” in South East Asia is an alarming global threat, scientists are warning. This dangerous form of the malaria parasite cannot be killed with the main anti-malaria drugs. It emerged in Cambodia but has since spread through parts of Thailand, Laos… Read more »
Analysis Post
After Cambodia’s press shut down, there is less insight into what reprimands came of the arrest of the opposing political party’s president. The “democracy” functions more like Russia’s, in that there is only an allusion of choice and say in the government. Earlier in history this may have caused the