The navies of India, Japan, the United States, and Australia started a joint military exercise “Malabar 2020” earlier this month. Observers say the drill is meant to curb Beijing’s increasing military and political expansion in the Indo-Pacific region. At the same time, Germany also declared it will dispatch a frigate to patrol the Indian […]
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The Japanese government plans to start construction of an airfield and other related facilities in fiscal 2022 on Kagoshima Prefecture’s Mageshima island, a planned site for the relocation of U.S. forces field carrier landing practice (FCLP) operations, government sources have said. The construction work is expected to last three years and be completed by […]
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The typhoons now hitting China have brought attention to another disaster: the infamous “tofu buildings.” The phrase is meant to suggest buildings have the structural integrity of tofu and is often used when shoddy construction is exposed in China — often a product of Party officials embezzling construction funds, low-quality construction materials, and other […]
Continue Reading During the first virus outbreak in China, concerns began to spread about possible food shortages. This included an alleged leaked government memo that caused panic buying. And now with the floods, locusts, the swine flu, and another virus outbreak now spreading, there are signs that food supplies are becoming an issue. Meanwhile, in Beijing, […]
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