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Since 2017, the US and Vietnamese militaries have only grown closer — all part of a US-led strategy to help Vietnam stand up to China.

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Whether the United States would go to war to defend Taiwan is an open question. The World’s Patrick Winn spoke with Kolas Yotaka, a former Taiwanese legislator, now a spokeswoman for the Taiwan presidential office. 

In Hong Kong, lighting a candle for Tiananmen victims is now a crime Wearing black, or being in or around Victoria Park on the anniversary, could also land someone a one-year sentence in jail. Listen to the story. Visitors tour in front of Tiananmen Gate on the eve of the June 4 anniversary in Beijing, June 3, 2021. Credit: Share It’s much more than a candlelight vigil. In Hong Kong, commemorating victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre is a treasured act of resistance. There is no other place on Chinese soil where a mass remembrance of the tragedy is remotely possible. But now...