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The US warn Beijing in the South China Sea

20 Giugno 2016
The United States have decided to flex its muscles in the South China Sea to reassure regional allies and send a clear message to China, whose claims on the area appear more and more explicit. [subscriptionform] [level-european-affairs] Two Americans Carrier Strike Group (CSG), each composed of a aircraft carriers and

China: Xinjiang, bilingualism to reduce ethnic tensions

26 Maggio 2016
The peak of ethnic tension in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China, was reached in July 2009, when in the capital of Urumqi thousands of Uyghurs clashed with Han ethnic groups. The police forces, sent to suppress clashes, were soon to face both sides and responded harshly. According to official figures released by the

WPC strengthens the power of Kim Jong-Un

10 Maggio 2016
The General Congress of the Workers’ Party of North Korea, which began last Friday, 36 years after the previous one, continues as planned, further strengthening the power of the president Kim Jong-Un, who succeeded his father Kim Jong-Il in 2011. Sunday May 8, state television broadcasted a long speech in

China renews its citizens surveillance system

29 Aprile 2016
China, like all authoritarian systems, has the constant need to keep under control its own citizens to monitor their behaviors, anticipate possible conflicts and find appropriate solutions to the problems. [subscriptionform] [level-european-affairs] The main obstacle, to the Asian giant, is its own size. Prepare effective monitoring standards for a billion

Mitsubishi admits manipulating emissions data

21 Aprile 2016
A new “VolksWagen case” is on the horizon of the Rising Sun, albeit on a smaller scale. Mitsubishi Motors, historic Japanese auto maker, has admitted that he rigged the data related to the energy efficiency of some of its vehicles. [subscriptionform] [level-european-affairs] The president of the group, Tetsuro Aikawa,

Aung San Suu Kyi wants to release political prisoners

9 Aprile 2016
After the oath of Htin Kyaw, the first democratically elected president of Myanmar after 56 years of military dictatorship, continues the path of change in the country of Southeast Asia. [subscriptionform] [level-european-affairs] Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), of

Myanmar: finally the first elected president

1 Aprile 2016
For Myanmar’s finally the turning point. After 56 years of military rule, in the country of Southeast Asia took office a democratically elected government, thanks to the victory of the National League of Democracy (NLD) in the last November consultations. [subscriptionform] [level-european-affairs] The first civilian president of the new course

North Korea tests a new ballistic missile

25 Marzo 2016
North Korea has taken another step towards one of its priority objectives: to create an inter-continental missile that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and hit accurately the enemy, even thousands of kilometers away. [subscriptionform] [level-european-affairs] In the last hours in fact, the state media have spread the news
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