Tag: Asia Pacific
By flattering Macron, Xi Jinping sought to exploit dissension between Westerners
Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for Emmanuel Macron for three days, even going so far as to invite him to a tea ceremony, without a tie, facing a…
Taiwan: what we know about Chinese military exercises aimed at a “total encirclement” of the island
Beijing had promised “firm and forceful measures” in retaliation. It didn’t take long. China launched, this Saturday, April 8, three days of military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, in reaction…
In Thailand, residents of Chiang Mai asked to stay at home due to pollution
In Thailand, the inhabitants of the big city in the north of the country, Chiang Mai, are asked to stay at home, while the city is classified, since Friday April…
North Korea continues to use overseas workers to bring in foreign currency
North Korea continues to use illegal workers overseas to fund its weapons program. This is what the United States affirms in a joint declaration with South Korea and Japan, in…
what is the outcome of Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China?
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledges to “support any effort to restore peace in Ukraine”. This is what we can read in any case in the joint declaration published this Friday…
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…