Recently Japan has launched its first marine unit since WWII. The unit was set out to protect the remote islands in the east china sea that china has claimed. Currently the unit has 2,100 members and will soon grow to 3,000. Both China and Japan have had disputes over control of these islands, Japan has effective control of the islands… Read more »
A defunct Chinese space lab broke apart as it hurtled through Earth’s atmosphere Monday and plunged towards a watery grave in the South Pacific, Chinese officials said. The Tiangong-1 “mostly” burnt up above the vast ocean’s central region at 8:15 am (0015 GMT), China’s Manned Space Engineering Office said. There was no immediate confirmation of the final resting place of… Read more »
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Tuesday to lower car tariffs this year and take other steps to further open the world’s number two economy, indirectly addressing major complaints by the United States in a simmering trade row. Promising a “new phase of opening up”, Xi told an economic forum on the southern island of Hainan that Beijing “does not… Read more »
China on Wednesday issued a $50 billion list of U.S. goods including soybeans and aircraft targeted for possible retaliation in an escalating technology dispute with Washington that companies worry could set back the global economic recovery. The Chinese tax agency said the date the 25 percent tariff hike might take effect would be announced later depending on what U.S. President… Read more »
Japan’s military on Saturday launched its first Marines unit, tasked with defending remote islands in the face of China’s growing maritime presence in the region. The Japanese Self-Defence Forces’ amphibious fighting unit staged an exercise with US Marines at Sasebo in western Japan following the inauguration ceremony. The 2,100-member brigade, based in Sasebo, will be responsible for defending remote islands… Read more »
With the US government leading other countries towards democracy. China continues to stray farther from it, and closer to dictatorships. The leader, Xi, of the communist party has been given an indefinite term. The presidential term limits have been abolished, by 2958 votes out of 3000. I think that although the Chinese think that having one leader is a good… Read more »
China’s rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits that will enable President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The amendment upends a system enacted by former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1982 to prevent a return to the bloody excesses of a lifelong dictatorship typified by Mao Zedong’s chaotic 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. “This marks the… Read more »
At least 40 people died on Monday when a passenger plane carrying 70 people crashed as it prepared to land at Kathmandu airport, Nepal. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear. In addition, 23 people were injured when the Bangladeshi plane crashed and burst into flames near the capital’s airport, in the worst aviation disaster to hit Nepal… Read more »
Beyond the future of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, a number of other issues could be raised during upcoming talks between Pyongyang, South Korea and, potentially, the United States. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in in April and, according to South Korean officials, wants to meet U.S. President Donald Trump…. Read more »
Pressure mounted Tuesday on Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a ballooning cronyism and cover-up scandal, as a new poll showed his support at the lowest level since his re-election in October. Abe and his finance minister Taro Aso have been on the ropes in recent days following revelations that key documents relating to a controversial land sale were doctored… Read more »