East Asia

The Mekong Dam Monitor project seeks to safeguard the integrity of the most important waterway in Southeast Asia. For the United States, Beijing poses an “existential” threat to the region as it does to the South China Sea. US expert calls on ASEAN countries to adopt a “common position”.

Francis' message for the World Day of Peace. A call for universal access to the Covid vaccine. From Christianity the concepts of person and common good. The social doctrine of the Church "a precious heritage of principles, criteria and indications, from which to draw the 'grammar' of care".

In his Message for the World Day of Peace 2021, Pope Francis invites the world to follow a ““grammar” of care: commitment to promoting the dignity of each human person, solidarity with the poor and vulnerable, the pursuit of the common good and concern for protection of creation." A religious proposal faced with a situation in which a "culture of indifference, waste and confrontation" dominates. The social doctrine of the Church also demands attention to the poor and emphasizes the universal destination of goods. Families, schools, religions must educate by drawing inspiration from the principles of social doctrine in order to impress a “a more humane future” to "the process of globalization."

Brazilians are looking at legal ways to ban the use of China’s high-speed Internet technology. According to the son of the Brazilian president, Beijing wants to carry out cyber espionage operations. For an Argentinian expert, with or without Chinese 5G, our web data is bought and sold for purposes we don't know.

The spacecraft made landfall in Inner Mongolia. 2-4 kg of rocks and lunar debris dating back to about 1.2-1.3 billion years ago collected. The find will add new information on the origin of the Earth's satellite and the solar system. Xi Jinping: There will be more space explorations.

The Chinese leader wants a "healthy and stable" dialogue with the new president of the United States, but he is also getting China militarily ready for actual war. The duties and sanctions imposed by Trump will remain. The US strategy of "encirclement" faces China’s “counter-containment”. Technological decoupling is a risk while Taiwan and Hong Kong remain thorny issues.

“To pray with tenderness for others. We are all leaves on the same tree: each one that falls reminds us of the great piety that must be nourished in prayer, for one another. Let us pray for one another: it will do us good and it will do everyone good”. May the difficulties help us to live a less consumeristic and more religious Christmas.

They are housed in a city dormitory in the south of the country. Cases on the rise: 1,078 more infections in the last 24 hours. The government evaluates new limits on gatherings. Hostels for foreign students and workers are also a problem in Singapore and Hong Kong.

For the first time since its inception in 1950, the event will not take place. Each year it attracted more than two million people from Japan and abroad, generating US$ 625 million, featuring snow statues up to 15 metres high. Pictures from past editions will be posted online. The number of coronavirus cases is rising.

117 out of 387 worldwide according to Reporters Without Borders. Top five positions occupied by Asian countries and the Middle East. Rise in arrests after the outbreak of the pandemic. Most of the imprisoned Chinese reporters are of Uyghur origin. Independent Chinese and foreign reporters and those active in Hong Kong are targeted.

The Good Neighbour North District Church is accused of money laundering and fraud. Its members are known for supporting the pro-democracy movement and youth protests against police violence. for Pastor Wu Chi Wai, this is a message to all Christian communities.

For Ji Seong-ho, who was elected to South Korea’s parliament, doing the opposite means building a "sand castle". He has confidence in Joe Biden's new US administration. With the northern economy in dire straits, the time is right to press Pyongyang.