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POLITICSSep 16Prosecutors' interrogations recorded and videotaped: 13,000 home-based cases in six months, most covering the entire processOver 13,000 home-based criminal cases were recorded and videotaped during interrogations by prosecutors in a six-month period, with most covering the entire process.Asahi Shimbun
POLITICSSep 16About 300 South Koreans prepare claims against the Trump Administration over massive raidTrabajadores surcoreanos demandarán a EE.UU. por una redada en una planta de baterías, alegando abusos y detenciones injustas. Las acciones legales buscan reconocimiento oficial y disculpas por parte de Washington, tras denuncias de condiciones insalubres y maltratos.Clarín
POLITICSSep 16Japan’s Takaichi to opt for stability in first reshuffle since taking over LDPJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retained many of her Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) executives on Wednesday, in her first reshuffle since taking the helm of the ruling party about a year ago. Takaichi kept the influential former prime minister Taro Aso as vice-president and his brother-in-law, Shunichi Suzuki, as secretary general, as she seeks to maintain continuity ahead of what is likely to be a packed legislative agenda into the end of the year. Policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi was...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Hong Kong policy address to unveil bold youth housing and mediation initiativesHong Kong’s leader will unveil two bold initiatives on housing and mediation in his policy address, the South China Morning Post has learned, with the government planning to boost home ownership rates among young couples and prioritise settling official commercial disputes through the city’s mediation body. The new measures, to be unveiled by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Wednesday, aimed to strengthen the city’s status as a global mediation capital while improving livelihoods, government...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Singapore ministers earn millions. What do other Asian leaders make?Singapore’s ministers are among the world’s highest paid, a system its leaders have defended as necessary to attract capable people into public service and reduce the temptation of corruption. Its latest salary review has once again put the spotlight on that approach, while highlighting a wider regional divide over how Asian governments value political leadership and public service. Under the city state’s formula, the prime minister’s salary is pegged at twice the benchmark for an entry-level...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Top Chinese official leads 87-member committee for Tung Chee-hwa state funeralThe first vice-chairman of the nation’s top political advisory body is overseeing an 87-member committee of political and business heavyweights to arrange the state funeral for Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa. A vigil will be held from 3pm to 10pm on Saturday at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point and a public memorial service will start at 9am on Sunday, according to an obituary placed by Tung’s family in the South China Morning Post on Tuesday. “In lieu of flowers,...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Nvidia CEO Huang attending Trump's state dinner for China's Xi: SourceJensen Huang appeared to side with Trump as the president pushed back on tech CEOs' warnings about the risks of rapid AI advancement.CNBC
POLITICSSep 15Will ‘transactional’ America assist India in a future border crisis with China?When Chinese President Xi Jinping met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi last week on the sidelines of the Brics summit, another country loomed large in the background, even in its absence: the United States. After the meeting, both sides reaffirmed their commitment to maintain peace at the disputed border and strengthen economic ties. Beijing’s readout, however, offered a pointed reminder of the US factor in India-China ties. The official Chinese statement claimed that Modi...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Why I am grateful for Asean’s endless meetingsI remember 2011 well. Indonesia was chairing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and I was serving as deputy foreign minister for Asean cooperation. I learned a great deal, although if I had to summarise the experience in one word, I would say: meetings. Asean members meet. They talk. They disagree. They issue statements. Then, quite remarkably, they meet again. We meet in conference rooms, coffee shops and restaurants. We speak by telephone and online. And when matters become...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15China projecting image of 'stabilising force in world politics', expert saysSpeaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Rex Li, Professor of International Relations at King's College London, says that China "is trying to promote an alternative international security order and project itself as a stabilising force in world politics", adding that while Beijing "is increasingly willing to play a more significant part in ending the conflict in the Middle East, so far we haven't seen any concrete proposals coming from China".France 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 15China projecting image of 'stabilising force in world politics', expert saysSpeaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Rex Li, Professor of International Relations at King's College London, says that China "is trying to promote an alternative international security order and project itself as a stabilising force in world politics", adding that while Beijing "is increasingly willing to play a more significant part in ending the conflict in the Middle East, so far we haven't seen any concrete proposals coming from China".France 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 15'Revolutionary change in American foreign policy': Canada pivoting towards EU, India and ChinaFrançois Picard is pleased to welcome Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Autocracy, Inc. According to Applebaum, the upheaval in American diplomacy and foreign policy transcends any one administration. She describes a full-fledged transformation in the way the United States exerts power, pivoting away from leadership of a democratic alliance and toward a transactional, mafia-style politics that fuses ideology, private economic interests, personal relationships and geopolitical leverage.France 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 15Dispatch from Seoul: How Asian allies can help the US with IranAllies in the Asia-Pacific should recognize that they cannot continue to be perceived as unwilling to assist the US in its conflict with Iran. The post Dispatch from Seoul: How Asian allies can help the US with Iran appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
POLITICSSep 15Can China play peacemaker as Iran’s foreign minister heads to Beijing?Tehran and Beijing explore diplomatic paths amid escalating tensions between Iran and the United States.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 15Election in Philippines’ Bangsamoro region ends in hung parliamentNo party wins majority in parliamentary polls in southern Philippines' Muslim-majority region, unofficial results show.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 15China does not need to replace the US in the GulfIt can gain leverage over the region without engaging in military overreach.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 15The Perils of Mind-Reading in the Taiwan StraitWithout sustained dialogue over Taiwan, Beijing and Washington are both vulnerable to dangerous misreadings of each other’s intentions.The Diplomat
POLITICSSep 15Japan Faces Hard Choices in Weaning off Russian EnergyBeyond the question of energy security, Tokyo may want to avoid antagonizing Russia further by cutting off LNG purchases.The Diplomat
POLITICSSep 15How Okinawa’s political shift could make Japan more prepared for a Taiwan contingencyOkinawa’s election on Sunday of a governor backed by Japan’s ruling party ended 12 years of local leadership opposed to the relocation of a US airbase and elements of Tokyo’s defence build-up plans. While experts say that Genta Koja’s victory will not give Tokyo any new military authority in the region, it could lead to closer integration of civilian infrastructure into Japan’s defence network in case of a conflict – including one over Taiwan. Koja’s election would give Tokyo “room to expand its...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15US-China ties haunted by lack of mutual trust, Beijing security forum hearsA lack of mutual trust and confidence haunts Sino-US relations, a major security conference in Beijing has heard, just a week before Xi Jinping travels to America for his first state visit there in over a decade. “[While] we have the agreement on this constructive strategic stability, we don’t have the illusion that things will be easy going ahead. There are always problems, sometimes very big problems,” said Cui Tiankai, a former Chinese ambassador to Washington, at a panel of the Xiangshan...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Coalition talks likely as no party dominates Philippines’ Bangsamoro regionWith 98.56 percent of party-list votes counted, no party has received a majority, according to unofficial results.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 15US allies in Asia alarmed as think tank calls for pullbackAnalysts warn that a US withdrawal from the western Pacific, as recently suggested by a think tank, would weaken deterrence and strengthen China's position.DW News [en]
POLITICSSep 15The world is not so much embracing China as recoiling from Trump’s USGlobal surveys show China is now more popular than the United States in most countries. The reality is China hasn’t become more popular, only that Uncle Sam has become odious. Two recent major summits demonstrate precisely why this erosion has occurred. At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and the Group of 20 (G20) gathering in the US, the Trump administration faced withering criticism for policies that have destabilised global commerce, violated...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Iran’s top diplomat heads to China for talks as Middle East diplomacy faltersIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China on Wednesday, amid stalled diplomatic efforts to de-escalate conflicts in the Middle East. The meeting comes during the countdown to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States for a summit next week with his US counterpart Donald Trump, when the war on Iran and disruption of energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are expected to be high on the agenda. Fighting has also erupted...South China Morning Post
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