Tag: Asia Pacific
Emmanuel Macron in Mongolia: the reasons for a trip anything but trivial
This is a first for a French president. Emmanuel Macron will travel to Mongolia on Sunday May 21 for a brief visit to this landlocked country between China and Russia…
Imran Khan agrees to conditional search of his home
An agreement has apparently been made between the former Prime Minister and the Punjab authorities for a search to take place this Friday, May 19, at his home. The Pakistani…
G7 summit: the sound of boots invites itself to the martyr city of Hiroshima
The city of Hiroshima hosts the G7 summit with the slim hope that its calls for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons will be heard, in a general context…
War in Ukraine: who is Li Hui, the special representative sent by China?
The symbol is not insignificant: as the preparation for a Ukrainian counter-offensive in the spring intensifies, Beijing sends a senior diplomat to play the role of ambassador and mediator with…
India: before the general elections, Modi cleans up his opponents
“I am paying the price for telling the truth!” exclaims Rahul Gandhi, the main figure of the Indian opposition. On April 22, under the eye of the cameras, he was…
Visit of a Chinese special representative to Ukraine and Russia
A Chinese government envoy will visit Ukraine and Russia next week to try to negotiate an end to the war, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday (May 12th). Beijing’s…
China-US talks resume at high level, a first since the balloon affair
Three months after the destruction of a Chinese surveillance balloon over the United States, dialogue resumes between Beijing and Washington. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister…
ASEAN fails to advance Burma peace plan
Same actors, same scenario: ASEAN unable to agree on the Burmese file. On the last day of its regional summit, the organization of Southeast Asian countries made no progress on…
Kidnapping, drugs and money laundering… Chinese mafias attack Thailand
On March 28, a 22-year-old Chinese student in Bangkok was kidnapped by three compatriots who demanded a ransom from her family living in China. The case takes a tragic turn…
deadly inter-ethnic clashes in Manipur state
Some 23,000 people have fled ethnic violence in northeastern India that is believed to have left at least 54 people dead, the army said on Sunday (May 7th). Unrest broke…