Tag: Asia Pacific
Xi Jinping and the “New Zhejiang Army”
In a long dispatch, New China reveals in part how the 300 main Chinese leaders were selected within the central committee, whose names were published at the end of the…
Xi Jinping secures third term as China leader
Xi Jinping was reappointed for five years as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Sunday, October 23, during a vote behind closed doors at the end of the XX…
China and the Vatican renew their agreement on the appointment of bishops
Signed for the first time in 2018 and renewed for the first time in October 2020, this historic agreement has been extended for two additional years. Despite the difficulties sometimes…
ex-president Hu Jintao escorted out of closing CCP congress
In Beijing, President Xi Jinping announced the closure of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), meeting in front of some 2,300 delegates and supposed to chart the…
Oxfam releases damning report on discrimination in Indian society
In India, the international NGO Oxfam delivers an alarming report on discrimination. For women, Muslims or citizens of low caste, the rate of access to employment and the salary are…
Tibet too bears the brunt of China’s ‘zero Covid’ policy
According to official figures, nine new Covid cases and 95 asymptomatic cases were reported in Tibet on Friday. On social networks, some Internet users say they have been confined for…
Japan is preparing for the passage of Nanmadol, a particularly violent typhoon
Japan is preparing to face Sunday, in the south of the archipelago, a typhoon described as “ unprecedented ” and of “ very dangerous by the Japanese Meteorological Agency, which…
Narendra Modi welcomes cheetahs for an ambitious reintroduction project in India
India is embarking on an ambitious ecological plan: to reintroduce cheetahs, which have disappeared in the country for more than 70 years. Eight of these felines arrive, Saturday, September 17,…
flowers for the late Queen Elizabeth II at the UK Embassy
The final farewell to the late Queen Elizabeth II is taking place all the way to China, where a condolence book has been opened at the UK Embassy in Beijing.…
Putin and Xi show solidarity with Westerners
Chinese Presidents Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday showed their willingness to support each other and strengthen their ties in the midst of a crisis with Westerners,…