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| CHINA

A tragedy in Hebei is the first case to be tried under 2020 rules that lowered the minimum age for criminal responsibility to 12. Both the victim and the perpetrators are children of internal migrants, "left behind" with their grandparents in rural areas.

 


A delegation of 11 representatives of China’s “official” Catholic bodies took part in the assemblies that ratify Xi Jinping's political choices. Bishop Yang Yongqiang, one of the two bishops who attended the Synod at the Vatican, was also present. Bishop Shen Bin told journalists that the new goals for China’s Catholic community are “self-control, self-management, and self-construction”.

| 14/03/2024
| RED LANTERNS

Inaugurated by Modi in the foothills of the Himalayas, it will facilitate connections in Arunachal Pradesh, including military links to the de facto border with the People's Republic of China. Claiming sovereignty over the region, Beijing issued an official protest.

| 12/03/2024
| CHINA - INDIA

Hong Kong’s legislature works overtime during the weekend to further restrict freedoms in the former British colony. Security Secretary Chris Tang justifies denying detainees the right to legal counsel for 48 hours with the risk of collusion. Meanwhile, Beijing reports the arrest and trial of about 2.4 million people.

| 11/03/2024
| HONG KONG

The latest data on international arms transfers over the past five years come from Sweden-based SIPRI. India is the world's top importer, while the United States, for the first time in 25 years, is Asia’s largest supplier. Driving rearmament, experts explain, is the perception of a Chinese threat (which continues to boost its war production).

| 11/03/2024
| ASIA – PACIFIC

A seminar sponsored in Taiwan by the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue with Fu Jen Catholic University in a move to formulate some guidelines on a confrontation that the focus on the Chinese world makes increasingly necessary. Also starting tomorrow in Hong Kong is the third Christian-Taoist Dialogue.

| 10/03/2024
| ECCLESIA IN ASIA

Today's news: consumer prices in China rise for the first time in six months, driven by the New Year; Punjab, blasphemy: 22-year-old student sentenced to death for Whatsapp messages, a 17-year-old to life imprisonment; UN enquiry: Iran responsible for 'physical violence' that killed Mahsa Amini; Settlement and settler attacks in the West Bank reacheshttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/china-economy-consumer-prices-february-chinese-new-year-4183161 record levels.

| 09/03/2024
| ASIA TODAY
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| 15/03/2024
| PAKISTAN
 
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| 13/03/2024
| RUSSIA - SOUTH KOREA
 
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| CHINA - INDIA
 
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| 08/03/2024
| HONG KONG - CHINA
 
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| 01/03/2024
| ASIA
 
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| 27/02/2024
| GATEWAY TO THE EAST
 
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| 27/02/2024
| HONG KONG - UNITED STATES
 
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| 22/02/2024
| ASIA
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