Non-interference

The Ukraine Crisis Is A Major Challenge For China

The Ukraine-Russia crisis is posing a major challenge for China on many fronts.The ever-closer diplomatic relationship between Russia and China could be seen at the Winter Games with Mr Putin coming to Beijing as one of only a handful of known world leaders to attend.Significantly, Mr Putin waited until just after the Games were over to recognise the two breakaway regions of Ukraine and send in troops to back them.In its public pronouncements, the Chinese government has urged all sides to de-

1 March 2022
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ASEAN Leaders Plan Myanmar Visit This Week

The chair and secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plan to travel to Myanmar this week even as the 10-nation group remains divided on how to respond to the military coup there, four diplomatic sources have said. Myanmar is a member of ASEAN which has a policy of non-interference in the affairs of members, but it has led the main diplomatic effort to resolve the crisis that has engulfed the country since 1 February when the military staged a

2 June 2021
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No rights for the Rohingya?

When the 34th ASEAN Summit concluded in June 2019 in Bangkok, it came as no surprise that the bloc was met with heavy criticism for suggesting Rohingya refugees will repatriate back to Myanmar within two years. More than 700,000 Rohingya were forced to flee northern Rakhine state in western Myanmar during a 2017 military-led crackdown the United Nations (UN) has said included mass killings and gang-rapes executed with “genocidal intent”.

12 February 2020
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Sending the Rohingya home to die?

The United Nations (UN) recently warned that the repatriation of the Rohingya already driven from the country by the Myanmar army remains "impossible", stating that Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are already facing a "serious risk of genocide".A report from a fact-finding mission to Myanmar, set up by the Human Rights Council, said the 600,000 Rohingya still living in Rakhine state remain in deteriorating and "deplorable" conditions."Myanmar continues

18 September 2019
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Will ASEAN let more Rohingya die?

When the 34th ASEAN Summit concluded last month in Bangkok, Thailand, it came as no surprise that the bloc was met with heavy criticism for suggesting Rohingya refugees will repatriate back to Myanmar within two years. More than 700,000 Rohingya were forced to flee northern Rakhine state in western Myanmar during a 2017 military-led crackdown the United Nations (UN) has said included mass killings and gang-rapes executed with “genocidal intent”.

28 July 2019
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Will the Rohingya be denied again?

The 34th ASEAN Summit is underway in Bangkok, Thailand. Even prior to its kick off, analysts had made forecasts about what were some of the key topics that would be discussed during the three-day event. Topics such as the United States (US)-China trade war and sustainability were among some of easier ones to guess.

21 June 2019
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