Blinken says China rejects status quo of Taiwan situation

China has decided the status quo of Taiwan’s situation is no longer acceptable and has begun to ratchet up pressure on the self-governing island, including holding out the possibility of using force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (Oct 26). Speaking at an event organised by Bloomberg,Continue Reading

28 dead in Bangladesh cyclone, millions without power

“We found one body on Tuesday night and three more this morning. Four crew are still missing,” Abdullah Pasha from the fire department told AFP. Nearly five million people were still without power on Wednesday, Rural Electrification Board official Debashish Chakrabarty told AFP. Nearly a million people who were evacuatedContinue Reading

10 ways China has changed under Xi Jinping

BEIJING: Xi Jinping emerged from the 20th Communist Party Congress with a precedent-breaking third leadership term and a Politburo Standing Committee made up entirely of loyalists, cementing his place as China’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Under Xi’s decade in power, China has undergone profound change, both domestically andContinue Reading

ASEAN chair alarmed over escalating Myanmar violence

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is gravely concerned about an escalation of violence in Myanmar and is calling for restraint and an immediate cessation of fighting, the bloc’s chair Cambodia said. Myanmar has been trapped in a cycle of violence since the army ousted Nobel laureate Aung SanContinue Reading