Tag: Asia Pacific
The challenges ahead Kazuo Ueda, new Governor of the Bank of Japan
Will the new governor of the Bank of Japan, Kazuo Ueda, change the monetary policy led by Haruhiko Kuroda for a decade? This policy of interest rates around 0% to…
already three months of detention for Mortaza Behboudi
The Franco-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi was arrested on January 7 in Kabul while he was just doing his job: reporting on Taliban Afghanistan. His family, relatives and the Reporters sans…
What is the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Partnership, which the UK will join?
After 21 months of tough negotiations, the United Kingdom signed, on Friday March 31, the most important trade agreement since Brexit. London will join the CPTPP Trans-Pacific Free Trade Partnership.…
Taiwan on high alert: understand everything about renewed tensions with China
Once again, the Chinese military threat hangs over Taiwan. Thursday, April 6, the island state announced that it had detected a Chinese helicopter and three warships near its coasts, in…
why a united opposition fails to emerge?
In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon explains why a clear opposition in Iran cannot emerge with Hamdam Mostafavi, deputy editorial director of L’Express, and Corentin Pennarear, journalist with…
War in Ukraine: how the Russian army is “bunkering” Crimea
While Ukraine unveiled a twelve-point plan on April 2 to “derussify” Crimea, photographs recently published by the washington post show the defenses built on this territory by Russia, after having…
indignation at the rewriting of the history books imposed by the nationalists
A major controversy agitates India around the release of new secondary school books. The ruling Hindu nationalist government removed significant parts of the country’s Muslim history, which spanned centuries. This…
Macron in China: these big bosses who accompany the head of state
About fifty big bosses, artists and even… a zoo director. As Emmanuel Macron began his three-day state visit to China on Wednesday April 5, economic relations and access to the…
the revival of cultural exchanges, driving force of the France-China relationship
Emmanuel Macron arrives in China this Wednesday, April 5. On the program: three days of state visit during which it will be a question of economy, Ukraine but also the…