South Korea has both rolled out testing for its prisoners, as well as extending the suspension of flights from the UK in order to stifle the rise in COVID cases. Over half of the inmates in their prisons tested positive, which I find horrifying. This probably means that they are not taking proper precautions and social distancing in their prisons…. Read more »
Trump has banned several chinese contactless payment apps, similar to cashapp or venmo, saying he does so in an attempt to protect national security, as chinese software has access to private information, and may help the chinese communist party gain more information about America. This reminds me of the attempted tik tok ban last year, for the same reasons. I… Read more »
Another round of arrests has taken place in Hong Kong, after an unofficial vote in opposition to current legislation was organized. 53 people were arrested in raids in 72 premises. These arrests were supported by Beijing and justified to them because they saw the vote as an attempt to ‘overthrow the government’. Many countries, including the UK, have spoken out… Read more »
https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006938259 I thought that this was very interesting, though it has more to do with Japan-China relations than international. A TV show depicting “inaccurate historical information” about Japan was pulled in China. I found this interesting because the relationship between China and Japan isn’t historically good, so you would think that China would not respond in this way to a… Read more »
https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006943957 This article discusses the planned revision to the child allowance laws in Japan. The current system is based on the income of the highest income earner, the new plan bases it off of the household’s total income. This helps ensure that the child allowances are going to people who need it under this fairer system. I think that this… Read more »
(was not the same article I used originally, but I found this one on the same topic) Joshua Wong, one of the leading organizers of the Hong Kong protests last year has pleaded guilty and is likely facing 5 years of imprisonment. The protests were sparked by Hong Kong’s entanglement with Beijing, causing people to fear that their democratic rights… Read more »