Tag: Asia
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Blast at Myanmar camp sounded like it came from the ‘world wars’ — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] A farmer who lost his wife, three children and his mother when a bomb was dropped on his Kachin state village earlier this week said the powerful explosion wiped out buildings up to one mile away and sounded like something “used in the world wars.” “Houses built by NGOs and the locals are now…
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China replaces ‘Tibet’ with ‘Xizang’ in latest diplomatic documents — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] China has replaced the use of the term “Tibet” with “Xizang” as the romanized Chinese name on official diplomatic documents, a recent speech by the Foreign Minister Wang Yi shows. The change comes as Chinese Communist Party scholars advocate an amendment to the translated name which they claim will prevent the Dalai Lama from…
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Manila dismisses China’s ‘gunboat’ claim — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] The Philippines has rejected China’s claim that it drove away an “intruding” Philippine gunboat near a disputed reef in the South China Sea, calling it “Beijing’s propaganda.” Earlier on Tuesday, the Chinese Coast Guard said a Philippine Navy gunboat came into China’s “jurisdictional waters” near the Scarborough Shoal in the Spratly Islands. “On October…
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Burmese kite fighters compete in the sky — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] On any clear evening, kites can be seen in just about every direction in the skies above the suburbs of Mandalay. People fly kites for the pleasure of seeing the colorful designs. Or they watch for kite fighting – a game where one uses the kite’s string to cut the string of other kites.…
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Japan, South Korea among top donors to replenish Green Climate Fund — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] The U.N.-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF) secured over US$9 billion for 2024-2027, falling short of expectations, with global pressures mounting on the world’s top emitter China, to start contributing to the international climate finance mechanism. At the replenishment conference held Thursday in Bonn, Germany, 25 donor nations pledged $9.32 billion, with at least five…
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US Senate delegation to visit China next week — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will lead a bipartisan group of six senators on a trip next week to China, South Korea and Japan, with reports they hope to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. The delegation will include Democrats Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Jon Ossoff of Georgia, according to an…
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Central Asia Appears on the Chessboard
[ad_1] By: Salman Rafi Sheikh More traffic on the Silk Road Last February, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken debuted a ‘new’ US approach to Central Asia, visiting Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and later participating in the C5+1 ministerial meeting, delivering a message that was nothing short of an alarming development for China (and Russia), as,…
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Asia faces one of worst economic outlooks in half a century, World Bank warns
[ad_1] Receive free Asia-Pacific economy updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Asia-Pacific economy news every morning. The World Bank has cut its forecast for China’s growth next year and warned that east Asia’s developing economies are set to expand at one of the lowest rates in five decades,…
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Indonesia to launch China-funded high-speed rail, first in SE Asia
[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed multibillion-dollar project backed by China that will cut travel between capital Jakarta and another major city by hours.The Chinese-made bullet train named “Whoosh” is built to take more than 600 people to and from Jakarta and the Javan city…
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China-Myanmar Economic Corridor still going nowhere — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] As Myanmar’s economy continues to skid, with soaring inflation, a depreciating kyat, and flat revenue, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing seems to be looking for a few Chinese-backed marquee projects to kickstart growth, and ensure Beijing’s long-term commitment to the State Administrative Council, as the regime is formally known. In August Min Aung Hlaing…
