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Central Asia
Putin against restoring monarchic rule in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a cold attitude towards the ideas of restoring monarchic rule in Russia, the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on recent statements by Crimea’s head Sergey Aksyonov. “Monarchy in an individual region of Russia is ruled out,” he said, when asked if it might be…
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East Asia
Criticising the citizen Park Geun-hye
Today marks the first day former President Park will spend in her private residence as an ordinary citizen. After being criticized for staying in the Blue House two additional days since her impeachment, Park was driven to her home in Samseong-dong (Gangnam) late Sunday evening. Upon arriving at her residence,…
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East Asia
The “Real Asia Pivot”: Trump Will Do What Obama Only Talked About
Former President Obama should be given credit for recognizing this and for attempting, however weakly and ineffectively, to transition American attention further east. Ironically, due to his Administration’s failures, it is likely to be the successor to America’s self-purported “First Pacific President,” the ever-pugnacious but unabashedly pro-American Donald Trump, who…
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Politics
East Timor will choose a new president
The people of East Timor will choose their new president on March 20, 2017. The current president of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak (TMR) has announced the electoral campaign will begin on March 3 until March 18, 2017. TMR said he will not be campaigning again for the presidential election…
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Central Asia
Will Afghanistan Become the Next Proxy War?
Afghanistan turned into a matter of “prestige” during the War on Terror initiated by the George W. Bush administration. In other words, the “Enduring Freedom Operation” was the first indication that the USA was becoming a global hegemon. The US’ involvement in Afghanistan was unrivaled and different from the “Great…
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East Asia
Citizen Park Geun-hye: First day away from the Blue Roof
Today marks the first day former President Park will spend in her private residence as an ordinary citizen. After being criticized for staying in the Blue House two additional days since her impeachment, Park was driven to her home in Samseong-dong (Gangnam) late Sunday evening. Upon arriving at her residence,…
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East Asia
Female sailors on escort mission in Gulf of Aden
By Xing Xue, Li Youtao, Zhang Dongjie from People’s Daily When women around the world celebrated the International Women’s Day on Wednesday, 16 female soldiers of a Chinese navy fleet on an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden spent a special yet regular day by guarding the safety of…
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East Asia
Eight innovation in China’s draft general provisions of civil law
By Xu Jun from People’s Daily The 5th session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) of China deliberated on the draft general provisions of civil law on Wednesday afternoon. From the beginning, the draft has drawn strong response from the society. Its release will better improve the basic rules…
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East Asia
Multilateralism serves as cornerstone of international system: FM
By Yang Xun from People’s Daily Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday declared China’s commitment to continue to support multilateralism and a UN-centered international system. Analysts said that China’s stance injects some determinacy into the current “uncertain” world. “The current international system is like a well-designed building with multilateralism…
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China has woven a global cooperation network against corruption: FM
By Zhao Cheng from People’s Daily China has concluded extradition treaties and mutual judicial assistance treaties with 70 countries, knitting a web that basically covers the major countries on all continents, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday. Fugitives should realize that there is no safe haven abroad and they…
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