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This month it was revealed that China has been telling US officials that the Taiwan Strait is not an international waterway, but China’s territorial waters. “China has sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Straits,” the Global Times thundered last week. The slow, inexorable expansion of China’s territorial claims by land and sea signals that once Taiwan is annexed, this problem of Chinese expansionism will only become more dire. As a solid explainer from The Interpreter observed last year, China treats “territorial waters” as sovereign waters: “China’...

Globally, people are always looking for different ways to help the environment. A trend that has picked up pace in recent years is big group cleanups....

We are a coalition of over 250 global campaign groups representing Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Chinese, Southern Mongolians, Taiwanese, and other affected and concerned communities. Ahead of the European Council Summit, we urge EU leaders to take strong multilateral action by committing to a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. On 9 December an […]

~ The recent visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the U.S. brings to focus the close ties between the two allies. What is significant is that PM Suga became the first foreign leader to visit the U.S. after President Joe Biden took office. Washington has a security treaty with Japan and it has served both the countries well in the period since the end of the Second World War. The Prime Minister’s visit this time was significant for many reasons. Let us try to analyse them threadbare. RELATED: Why Japan Needs the U.S. The United States is a critical partner for Japan, espec...

~ For anyone who chooses a life in politics, the prospect of a long, private discussion with the President of the United States must seem like the ultimate career highlight.  For Japan’s Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, 72 – who has spent many years in the political background – it must have felt a particular honor to be feted as a VIP in Washington. On April 17, he became the first national leader to meet Joe Biden for face-to-face talks at the White House. Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions, there was no grand banquet for Mr. Suga and his entourage following the meeting. His wif...