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The Quiet Evolution of Vietnam’s Digital Authoritarianism Digital rights in Vietnam are declining as a new system of surveillance and control has emerged in the country, with the support of Western tech giants. By Gerard McDermott and Alice Larsson The Diplomat November 19, 2022 In this Sept. 27, 2012, file photo, two students use computers at an internet cafe near their dormitory in Hanoi, Viet..

Tatmadaw: Myanmar's notoriously brutal military BBC, 1st February, 2022 Myanmar coup Myanmar's military has shocked the world by killing hundreds of its own civilians, including dozens of children Since it overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically elected government in a coup one year ago, Myanmar's military - known as the Tatmadaw - has gone on to shock the world by killing hundreds of its ow..

「台湾有事は日本有事」 安倍元首相が台湾のシンポでオンライン講演 西本秀 朝日新聞 2021年12月1日 18時00分 台湾で開かれたシンポジウムにインターネットを通じて参加し、基調講演を行う安倍晋三元首相（右下）=台湾の民間シンクタンク「国策研究院」配信の動画より 安倍晋三元首相は1日、台湾で開かれたシンポジウムに日本からオンライン参加した。緊張が高まる中台関係について、「台湾有事は日本有事であり、日米同盟の有事でもある」と述べ、中国側が軍事的手段を選ばないよう、自制を促す取り組みの必要性を訴えた。 シンポは台湾の民間シンクタンクが主催し、現地の立法委員（国会議員に相当）や学者らが出席。安倍氏は「新時代の日台関係」と題し基調講演を行った。日台間に外交関係はなく、安倍氏は首相在任中、台湾側との接触を控えていた。 安倍氏は講演で「日本と台湾がこれから直面する環境は緊張をはらんだものとなる..

4 Dams on the Upper Mekong in Yunnan, China: 2011-2019 Firsthand glimpses of how dam construction changed the river over the course of eight years. By Scott Ezell The Diplomat May 05, 2021 Infrastructure construction on the upper Mekong, 2011, with a Tibetan village on the far bank. Credit: Scott Ezell These photos document the construction of four dams – from north to south, Wunonglong, Lidi, T..

Singapore Is Not the Model for a More Libertarian America The island nation's harsh drug sentences, crackdowns on speech, and poor treatment of blue-collar immigrants make Singapore's policy not worth replicating. Mike Riggs | From the January 2021 issue REASON (Left: primeimages/Getty, Right: Alex Bowie/Getty) When modern Singapore's founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, died in 2015, The Atla..

Vietnam proposes students learn Korean at earlier stage of education By Elizabeth Shim UPI, Nov. 17, 2020 Vietnamese officials are exploring ways to integrate Korean language learning for students in elementary school. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI | License Photo Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Vietnam's ministry of education said it is moving toward making Korean language a "first foreign language" that c..

Here's What Must Change to Keep Asia's Rise Peaceful The biggest risk of conflict in the twenty-first century stems from not settling the conflicts of the twentieth century. Can Asians embrace a cartographic pragmatism similar to what they have achieved in the economic and social spheres? by Parag Khanna The National Interest August 16, 2020 AS THE coronavirus roiled global economies and fractur..

The Covert Art of China’s Military Activity in the East China Sea China is contesting for control, not of the high seas like Germany in World War I or Japan in World War II, but of the marginal seas and skies of Asia, even while the United States remains dominant on the high seas of the Pacific. by Michael Auslin The National Interest June 8, 2020 This is adapted from Michael R. Auslin, Asia’s N..

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中国の植民地化するカンボジアの悲劇違法建築でビル倒壊、土地は買い漁られ、臓器売買まで 2019.6.26（水） 末永 恵 JB Press シアヌークビルやプノンペンなどでは、一帯一路関連のプロジェクトの投資拡大で建設ラッシュが続く一方、犯罪が急増し、深刻な問題に発展している（筆者..