Emanuele Scimia

Today's headlines: India and UAE sign trade and investment agreement; Pandemic now out of control in Hong Kong; Taiwan issues law to protect microchip industry from Chinese espionage; Burmese junta razes more than 4,500 civilian homes; Political tension mounts in Georgia.

South Korean missionary groups active in Russia are the first target. A UN official who handles asylum requests in Moscow is another one. North Korea’s crackdown follows the arrest of one of its soldiers at its consulate in Vladivostok. In violation of UN sanctions, some 20,000 North Koreans are reportedly working in Russia.

Today's headlines: Chinese judges freeze $157 million in Evegrande assets; Surge in Covid-19 infections in Southeast Asia; Bangladesh among world's top exporters of military uniforms; Iraqi court orders Kurdistan government to hand over oil and gas to central government; New trial of Naval'nyj.

The youngest, Fr Shi from Liaoning, was 45. Fr Han of Lanzhou died at the age of 56. Fr Wang, 87, from the archdiocese of Beijing, was a victim of Maoist repression when he was young. Sister Teresa Li Xuefang was a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Shaanxi.

Today's headlines: South Korea's presidential campaign gets underway; Myanmar will not send representatives to Asean summit; Hijab in schools dispute spreads to Uttar Pradesh; First visit of an Israeli premier to Bahrain; Ukrainian oligarchs flee the country amid fears of conflict with Russia.

Today's headlines: India bans 54 more Chinese apps. Japanese beer giant abandons Myanmar. Internet under regime control in Cambodia. Palestinian man dies after clashes with Israeli soldiers. Kyrgyz farmers risk being left landless.

The Nepali government wants to settle the issue by diplomatic means. The affected area borders on Tibet. China denies accusations that it is limiting religious and economic activities on the Nepali side. Security considerations are said to be behind China’s actions.

His sixth profile on the popular messaging site has been deleted. The lawyer says Tencent - owner of the social media - is trampling on civil rights. It was a veiled attack on the authorities, who tightly control the Internet. The academic has long been a government target.

Tourist receipts are down by 3.9 per cent in one year, and now represent only 56.3 per cent of those reported in 2019, before the pandemic. The authorities issued a warning against domestic travel, while Beijing is in a security bubble for the Winter Olympics. China’s zero-tolerance policy against the coronavirus is a threat to growth.

Four articles in Ta Kung Pao slam the cardinal for the 2019 protest movement and the pro-democracy movement, which was recently muzzled by the authorities under the security law. The move could herald a crackdown against religious activities in Hong Kong with Catholic and Protestant schools as the first targets.

In five years’ time the People's Liberation Army will be 100 years in operation. Prominent academic Jin Canrong: Beijing can take the island in a week, and the US can't avoid it. Pentagon prepares response with mobilising of troops and military machinery in the region. Nationalist professor reprimands Japan.

In 2020, a Chinese court sentenced the Hong Kong bookseller, who is Swedish national, to 10 years in prison for espionage, a charge Sweden and the EU dismiss as groundless. The reasons for the row between Sweden and China are multiplying.