East Asia

‘Trump Is Better’: In Asia, Pro-Democracy Forces Worry About Biden

December 22, 2020 / David Lindsay, East Asia, Foreign Affairs and U.S.ForeignPolicy

“BANGKOK – A dissident once branded Enemy No. 1 by the Chinese Communist Party is spreading conspiracy theories about vote-rigging in the American presidential election. Pro-democracy campaigners from Hong Kong are championing President Trump’s claims of an electoral victory. Human rights activists and religious leaders in Vietnam and Myanmar are expressing reservations about President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s ability …

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Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water. – The New York Times

January 16, 2019 / Climate Change, East Asia

Millions Rely on Their Water. Henry Fountain, a New York Times reporter, and Ben C. Solomon, a Times multimedia reporter, traveled to Kazakhstan to see the effects of climate change on mountain glaciers. Maps by Jeremy White.JAN. 16, 2019 “On a summer day in the mountains high above Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, the Tuyuksu glacier is melting …

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It’s Not Too Late on North Korea – by Susan Rice – NYT | Inconvenient News Worldwide

September 20, 2017 / East Asia, Foreign Affairs and U.S.ForeignPolicy, Korea - North and South Korea

“We carefully studied this contingency. “Preventive war” would result in hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of casualties. Metropolitan Seoul’s 26 million people are only 35 miles from the border, within easy range of the North’s missiles and artillery. About 23,000 United States troops, plus their families, live between Seoul and the Demilitarized Zone; in …

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