Tag: Asia Pacific
Cardinal Zen, out on bail, to attend Benedict XVI’s funeral
In Hong Kong, the elderly Cardinal Zen, known for his pro-democracy and anti-Communist positions, was allowed to leave the Special Administrative Region to attend the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI…
missile launches to start 2023, Kim calls for increased nuclear arsenal
North Korea started the year the same way it ended 2022: a ballistic missile launch and offensive declarations. Kim Jong-un called for increasing exponential the country’s nuclear arsenal to deal…
By taking the helm of ASEAN, will Indonesia make a third voice heard?
This Sunday, Indonesia takes the lead in ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. What will be the main challenges for the alliance in 2023 at regional and international level?…
for 2023, XI Jinping calls for effort and unity in the face of Covid-19
” The light of hope is ahead of us “, said Saturday, December 31, Chinese President Xi Jinping in his traditional New Year’s address. Wishes in a China crossed by…
International, politics, coronation, climate… These events expected in 2023
What to expect in 2023? Covid, for starters, will always be with us, as all eyes are currently on China where the number of contagious people has exploded since the…
Qin Gang, the ambassador to the United States, new foreign minister
China has a new foreign minister in the person of Qin Gang, until now ambassador to the United States. Sign of the importance given by Beijing to the Sino-American relationship.…
Japan no longer refrains from waging war: why it is a revolution
After Germany, it was the turn of Japan, another loser of the Second World War, to break with the pacifism that had prevailed since 1945. Gone was the strict defensive…
Covid-19: is China’s data really transparent, as it claims?
“Since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has been sharing reliable information and data with the international community, including the WHO, in an open and transparent way.” Faced with the…
Bangladesh inaugurates its first skytrain line in Dhaka
It’s a small revolution for the capital of Bangladesh. Dhaka, with its 22 million inhabitants and its infernal car traffic, inaugurates its first metro line. It took 10 years to…
fear of the Chinese sub-variant BF.7, Beijing wants to be reassuring
The epidemic situation in China, where the number of cases is exploding following the sudden abandonment of the “zero Covid” policy, is worrying internationally. Faced with the fear of seeing…