Tag: Asia Pacific
Beijing acknowledges that its “zero Covid” policy has “elicited a strong public response”
China is releasing the pressure. A week after unprecedented demonstrations against the “zero Covid” policy, the National Health Commission (NHC), equivalent to the ministry, announced on Wednesday a general relaxation…
North Korea: “Nuclear weapons are above all a means of ensuring the survival of the regime”
But what about North Korea? Pyongyang has been increasing ballistic tests for a few weeks, with up to 23 shots on November 2. A spiral likely to degenerate into a…
China in the statistical blur after the relaxation of health restrictions linked to Covid-19
Health authorities announced on Wednesday a general relaxation of anti-Covid-19 health measures. Consequences: difficult to have reliable figures on the epidemic. It is no longer possible to collectively test the…
“Zero Covid” in China: a risky change of strategy in terms of health
Message heard! Ten days ago, young people marched in the major cities of the Chinese Empire, white paper in hand, demanding the end of the “zero Covid” policy. A reduction…
Narendra Modi’s BJP scores landslide victory in Gujarat
In India, the nationalist Hindu nationalist party BJP, in power at the national level, has just won a landslide victory in the state of Gujarat, its stronghold from which comes…
thousands of demonstrators protest against corruption and inflation
Thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday and Monday in Ulaanbaatar, the Mongolian capital, to protest in freezing cold, over suspicions of corruption in the coal industry and soaring inflation. Several people…
in Gujarat, the memory of the 2002 riots still influences the votes
We continue to vote, since December 1, for the legislative elections in Gujarat, stronghold of the Hindu nationalist party BJP. Twenty years ago, anti-Muslim riots killed more than 1,000 people…
authorities begin to pave the way for an end to “zero Covid”
“Zero Covid” in China: effective easing In Beijing, this Saturday, December 3, many mobile anti-Covid screening centers were closed, negative tests no longer being necessary to go to certain stores…
BJP attempts to appropriate Gandhi’s legacy
We have been voting for the legislative elections in Gujarat, India for four days. It was here that Narendra Modi rose to prominence as Chief Minister. It is also here…