ALOT of stuff in East Asia under the radar!

[mumon]

US Steps up Relations with Taiwan: Commentary






The Taiwan authorities have also held many high-level meetings with the United States on a series of issues, from bilateral counter-terrorism intelligence co-operation to the island's participation in the US National Missile Defence system.

The United States has also continuously expanded its arms sales to Taiwan to increase Taiwan's military combat capability, said Nan and Dong.In April 2001, US President George W. Bush announced arms sale to Taiwan worth US$20 billion.

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Pentagon officials have also warned Taiwan many times of its lack of a self-defence capability and have encouraged the island to build its own missile defence system.



Beijing’s salvo spooks Hong Kong

HONG KONG, July 16. — China has made public for the first time its disapproval of the three massive demonstrations in Hong Kong by calling them a trilogy aimed at undermining the Special Administrative Region (SAR) and overturning its political system.
This tough message was carried in the 14 July Hong Kong edition of the official China Daily. In a strongly worded commentary, the paper criticised pro-democracy political groups for “hijacking the protest and using Hong Kong people for their own political purposes”.



And I haven't even starting parsing the DPRK stuff...

[DUreader]

1. WWIII kick