Geopolitical dimensions of climate policy
July 29, 2024
Asian news from Philippines
Philippines says China 'mischaracterised' South China Sea resupply mission deal
MANILA — The Philippines' Foreign Ministry on July 28 accused China of "mischaracterising" an arrangement between them that allowed the unimpeded resupply of Filipino troops stationed on a beached naval vessel in the South China Sea.
Is Washington orchestrating Manila’s new security pacts as a bulwark against Beijing?
Before heading to Manila, the two senior US officials travelled to Tokyo to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defence Minister Kihara Minoru to discuss a number of regional security issues and “continue to build on the momentum” of the US-Japan-Philippines trilateral cooperation, according to a US State Department press release.
France renews vow to defend freedom of navigation as it showcases fighter jets in the Philippines
CLARK, Philippines (AP) — France renewed a commitment to help defend freedom of navigation and overflight in the Asia-Pacific Sunday and said that its supersonic fighter jets — a pair of which landed for the first time in the Philippines — and advance military power would enable it to respond rapidly to any humanitarian or security crisis in the region.
Quad FM meeting, BOJ monetary policy, digital wallet stimulus in Thailand
Welcome to Your Week in Asia.
Blinken chides Beijing's 'escalating actions' in South China Sea
VIENTIANE (Reuters) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Beijing's "escalating and unlawful actions" in the South China Sea at a summit on Saturday, while his Russian counterpart said Washington has stoked anxiety with its plan for a nuclear deterrence with ally Seoul for the Korean peninsula.
After Philippines’ Pogos ban, what next for 40,000 displaced Filipino workers, industry?
President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s pronouncement that Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) have been banned in the country “effective immediately” has been widely applauded but also raised many questions, particularly about the 40,000 Filipino workers whose jobs are at stake.
11 killed by mudslide in China as heavy rains from tropical storm Gaemi drench region
BEIJING (AP) — Eleven people were killed after a mudslide hit a house in southeastern China on Sunday as heavy rains from what remained of a tropical storm drenched the region, state media said.