Tag: Asia
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Vietnamese police arrest dozens of construction site protesters — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] Hundreds of police officers broke up a construction site protest in northern Vietnam Tuesday by beating several demonstrators with batons and arresting about a dozen of them, the protesters told Radio Free Asia. The US$30 million 15-hectare (37-acre) Long Son Container Port Project would build a 250-meter (820-foot) dock to be operational by 2025…
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Fiji withdraws from UN Xinjiang statement — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] Fiji has withdrawn from an international statement that called on China to end its persecution of Uyghur and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, underlining the superpower’s leverage over Pacific island countries. A total of 51 nations had backed the statement that was issued in mid-October at a U.N. committee on human rights violations in…
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China’s foreign minister in Washington to pave way for Xi — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives in Washington on Thursday for talks expected to pave the way for U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to meet in San Francisco next month. It’s the first by a Chinese foreign minister to the United States since before the COVID-19 pandemic, and comes…
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Pilot opposition suggests no meaningful census for Myanmar polls — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] Public opposition to a pilot census program conducted by Myanmar’s junta this month has been so strong that the likelihood of a meaningful survey ahead of planned elections is extremely slim, according to experts. The junta hopes to carry out a survey to get an accurate headcount in the lead up to polls it…
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Marcos’s Investment Fund Dilemma – Asia Sentinel
[ad_1] By: Viswa Nathan Oops Speculation abounds in the Philippines over President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s suspension last week (October 18) of his controversial plan to launch a sovereign wealth fund, the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). The explanation that the president and his team have found ways to make “more improvements…specifically to the organizational structure” of…
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Myanmar opposition drive to crimp junta revenue is far from quixotic — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] Thirty months into Myanmar’s civil war, the military continues to lose ground, both on the battlefield, where it has increased their targeting of civilians, and in their management of the economy, which continues to underperform. The economy has contracted 12 percent since the coup, revenue is flat, foreign investment is lagging, inflation is surging,…
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Reject Tibet name change, leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile says — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] The leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile has urged the international community not to follow China’s decision to replace the use of the term “Tibet” with “Xizang” as the romanized Chinese name on official diplomatic documents. Chinese media and the official account of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China, “United Front…
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Putin welcomed as guest of honor in Beijing — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in Beijing to a red-carpet welcome by a military honor guard on Tuesday for China’s third Belt and Road Forum (BRF), which got underway Wednesday. Speaking to nearly 30 national leaders and more than 100 delegations, directly after Chinese President Xi Jinping on Oct. 18 in Beijing’s palatial…
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US, South Korea confront China on North Korean human rights — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] The United States and South Korea issued a veiled warning to China for repatriating North Korean escapees, pledging to collaborate in addressing the human rights situation in the country. The vow came as South Korea’s Foreign Minister, Park Jin, met with the U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, Julie Turner, in…
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China’s roads win hearts in South Asia – but at a cost
[ad_1] “As China shifts its growth model towards internal consumption, and there is less capital available to be deployed to South Asia, countries in the region are now rebalancing towards India, Japan, the United States, European Union and other traditional partners. This is apparent in Sri Lanka, where China has been largely missing in action…
