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25d06/22war-conflict · 3/5

Amid PLA pressure, Taiwan starts drill to simulate rapid deployment in a crisis

Taiwan began a combat readiness exercise on Monday that aims to boost the military’s ability to quickly move to a wartime footing, amid sustained pressure from the mainland. The Chinese mainland’s increasingly frequent air and naval operations in the region have blurred the line between peacetime and wartime and mean that the Taiwanese military will have less time to respond to a crisis, according to officials. The Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise, which runs through Friday, was designed to..

unclassifiedchina · asia · taiwan
25d06/22

Malaysian woman sorry for ‘excessive’ behaviour in video mocking locals in China

A woman who appeared in videos allegedly showing a group of Malaysian tourists mocking locals in China as “smelly” has apologised after days of criticism from social media users in Malaysia and China. Nur Asyiqin Mohd Dalil came under scrutiny after the clips went viral, with users criticising the remarks as insulting to locals in China and saying they reflected poorly on Malaysians abroad. In a statement posted on her TikTok page, @ekyn.wong, on Saturday, she said she took full responsibility..

unclassifiedchina · asia
25d06/22

Elephants’ transfer to Japan sparks Malaysia’s corruption inquiry

Three elephants whose transfer from Malaysia to Japan earlier this year sparked public anger over their alleged mistreatment are now at the centre of a corruption investigation over claims that Putrajaya did not receive the money linked to the move. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said on Monday it had opened a formal investigation into the movement of the elephants – Dara, Amoi and Kelat – from Zoo Taiping in the northern state of Perak to Tennoji Zoo in Osaka. MACC said it was.

unclassifiedchina · asia · japan
25d06/22shipping-routes · 3/5

India’s Imports of Russian Oil Set for New Record High

India is set to import a record-high volume of Russian crude in June as the Hormuz crisis and the U.S. waivers on Russia’s barrels have pushed the world’s third-largest crude importer to gorge on Moscow’s oil again. India has imported 2.6 million barrels per day (bpd) of Russian crude oil so far in June, according to preliminary vessel-tracking data from commodity analytics firm Kpler cited by Indian media. So far this month, Russian crude has accounted for as much as 53.5% of all Indian oil imp

unclassifiedmiddle-east · russia · usa
25d06/22war-conflict · 2/5

Ex-hospital director opens China’s only school for HIV-positive children to provide shelter

A former hospital director in northern China has dedicated over two decades to creating an educational sanctuary for children living with HIV. Guo Xiaoping, 63, a former director of an infectious diseases hospital in Linfen, Shanxi province, began his mission in 2004 after discovering children in hospital’s Aids ward who had reached school age but lacked access to proper education. He transformed a ward into a makeshift classroom, where he and the nurses taught Pinyin and multiplication...

unclassifiedchina · asia
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