The Central American country is the eighth diplomatic ally taken from the island in the past five years. Taiwan now has full formal relations with only 14 states, including the Vatican. Honduras is at risk. Beijing wants to reduce Taipei's international room, while the United States is trying to widen it.
Today's headlines: Chinese and Nepalese start work on a Kathmandu-Tibet railway. North Koreans forced to burn garbage to heat homes. "Silent" strike today in Myanmar to protest the junta. Food prices skyrocket in Afghanistan. US combat troops leave Iraq. Pension risk in Kazakhstan.
Activists Chow Hang-tung and Gwyneth Ho also found guilty. They had refused to plead guilty, unlike 16 other defendants already been convicted. Elections on 19 December, Carrie Lam: A low turnout would espress popular satisfaction with the government's work.
Today's healines: planrevealedfor invasion of Malaysia from the south of the Philippines . Canada joins diplomatic boycott the Beijing Winter Games. South Korean population expected to collapse. Israel and USA prepare anti-Iranian military exercises. Indian Armed Forces chief dies. Kyrgyz opposition launches parallel parliament.
The fourth edition of the event inaugurated. Ambassador Matthew Lee: the Pope teaches us that the encounter between cultures is the best way to promote peace. Performance by the Taiwanese dance company Yang Yu Lin. Msgr Fisichella: Art, culture and music to build bridges.
Today's headlines: Hong Kong pilots quarantined 150 days in a year. New Washington super-radar against North Korean missiles. Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence halved to two years. India will produce 600 thousand Russian Kalashnikovs. Five explosions at the Syrian port of Latakia. Record levels of pollution in the Uzbek capital.
Such a turn of phrase suggests greater repression by the Communist Party of China. Believers must join the party. Online religious activities are now a target. Religions must not interfere in the state’s administrative, judicial and educational activities, nor the country’s social life.
Today's headlines: Modi and Putin kick off strategic summit. Chinese owned Evergrande hits new low. Contested Solomon Islands premier passes no-confidence vote despite riots. Japan contains Omicron variant of Covid-19. Palestinian youth killed after attacking Israeli checkpoint. Azerbaijan and Armenia reach agreement on minefields and prisoners between .
New high-speed rail connection between the two countries inaugurated. Experts: for Beijing it has a strategic, more than economic significance. Doubts shroud Laotian capacity to repay Chinese loan. The US and EU response to China's infrastructure programs is underway.
The number of people arrested is 155, including people over 80. More than 200 thousand tips (about 550 per day) to the police. Four companies awaiting trial. Three convictions so far. Independent newspapers close or move their offices. Even the statue of dissident and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is a threat to national security.
Matas Maldeikis heads a joint delegation of Baltic lawmakers. The Chinese have punished Lithuania for letting the Taiwanese open an office in Vilnius under the name "Taiwan." Support for the island is expanding in the Old Continent. Europe-Taiwan microchip cooperation is progressing.
Summit invitations reveal somes suprises and some contradictions. Washington claims UN criteria used. Pakistan will be present, but not Erdogan's Turkey, like all the Gulf monarchies. Green light to Philippines of controversial Duterte, but no to military-dominated Thailand and no to (a relieved) Singapore.
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