Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed along the Line of Actual Control (L.A.C.) in the Tawang sector of India’s Arunachal Pradesh state, The Hindu reported, citing several sources from India’s defense and security establishments. Around 20 Indian soldiers and “a much higher number on the Chinese side” suffered injuries during the
Last Sunday, Taiwan’s Premier Su Tseng-chang said China violated international trade norms by “discriminating” against the self-ruled island and halting Taiwanese imports, AFP reports. The accusation came after Chinese customs authorities “suddenly suspended” imports of alcoholic beverages from Taiwan on December 9, according to Taipei’s finance ministry. Premier Su told
China’s nuclear arsenal will more than triple to 1,500 warheads by 2035, the Pentagon said last month in its annual report on the country’s military developments. In 2020, the U.S. Department of Defence estimated that China held approximately 200 warheads and predicted the tally to double within a decade. Only
The internet is headed for a “point of no return” where social control and dependence on addictive apps rise to unsustainable levels, says Geert Lovink, a professor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science. Lovink, who helped create a precursor to the internet called the Digital City, claims in his
More than 200 Rohingya Muslims landed in Indonesia’s Aceh Province on Tuesday, local authorities told Reuters. They are the latest group of refugees to flee the violence and instability plaguing Myanmar. Targeted campaigns of violence against the Rohingya minority and intense fighting between Myanmar’s military junta and separatist groups in
North Korea fired 23 missiles into the sea on November 2nd, Pyongyang’s largest deployment in a single day, according to Reuters. One missile landed less than 40 miles off South Korea’s coast, marking the first time a ballistic missile has crossed a nautical border with South Korea since the peninsula’s
It has been two years since governments of the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH), often referred to as the “water tower of Asia,” agreed to take joint action on South Asia’s looming water crisis, but so far no institution for transboundary water cooperation has emerged. In October 2020, representatives from all
Taiwan is planning significant growth in defense funds as China continues to fly aircraft into the island’s air defense identification zone, operate military vessels in nearby waters, and prepare for a cross-strait invasion scenario. On October 4th, Taiwanese Premier Su Tseng-chang announced a budget of about $19.4 billion for fiscal
China’s top leader issued a powerful warning on Sunday against further U.S. support for Taiwan, which Beijing considers to be a runaway province part of Chinese territory. At the opening ceremony of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress that’s held once every five years, President Xi Jinping said
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and G7 leaders will hold emergency talks on Tuesday to address the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine, Reuters reports. Russia launched a salvo of cruise missiles at multiple Ukrainian targets on Monday, striking busy intersections during rush hour and knocking out power and heat for cities
