East Asia Rebecca Locher East Asia Rebecca Locher

Belt and Road Forum: More Than Infrastructure

China continued its push for an alternative international environment at the third Belt and Road Initiative forum this past week. The conference took place from October 17 to 18, hosting two dozen world leaders and delegations from more than 100 countries, where they discussed the global infrastructure and development endeavor that began a decade ago.

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East Asia Rebecca Locher East Asia Rebecca Locher

Breaking Up the Unification Church of Japan

Last year’s assassination of the Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a year-long examination into the Unification Church, ending on Friday, October 13, 2023, with the Japanese government officially asking the Tokyo District Court to legally dissolve the Church.

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East Asia Tai Halpern East Asia Tai Halpern

China Ramps up Efforts to Tackle its Population Crisis

On Tuesday October 10, 2023, Chinese state media announced the CCP’s plan to conduct a nationwide survey to “monitor China’s population developmental changes and provide a basis for the Communist party… to formulate… population related policies.” The survey comes as China begins to see its long-growing population begin to shrink for the first time in six decades.

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