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Milk Tea Alliance: Asia’s youth unite for democracy. Can it effect real change? 

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CNA Insider – 24-2-2021

They are separated by geography, spanning across several localities – Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and now Myanmar. But they are all united by a common purpose – to defy and resist authoritarian rule. Youths in some parts of Asia have formed a pan-Asian solidarity movement that operates in the virtual space, calling themselves the Milk Tea Alliance.

Through popular social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, they are pushing for democracy at home, while resisting China’s growing assertiveness as well as interference into what they see as their own internal affairs.

What exactly is ‘Milk Tea Alliance’? How did it come about and will it succeed in its overall mission to initiate democratic reforms across societies in Asia?

Japan’s Indo-Pacific Plan – 2 part

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Japan And China: Competition Or Cooperation In Southeast Asia? | Japan’s Indo-Pacific Plan – Part 1

Japan is investing in a series of infrastructure and supply chain resilience projects in ASEAN. It’s all part of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific plan launched by the Japanese government. Is this an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative? What is the current state of relations between Japan & China? Will the two Asian giants cooperate or compete?

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How Will Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Impact Southeast Asia? | Japan’s Indo-Pacific Plan – Part 2

Japan is investing in infrastructure to alleviate the economic bottlenecks in ASEAN countries. In Indonesia, it’s building the country’s first MRT project. In Vietnam, it has invested in a network of roads, rail, ports and energy infrastructure. And in the Philippines, it’s investing in a flood mitigation project. What do these projects have in common? And why has Japan chosen to invest in them?

How did tropical Vietnam run out of clean water?

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CNA Insider – 15-8-2023

The World Bank has said that water shortage is the biggest threat to Vietnam’s red hot economic growth. Hundreds of thousands of households in the Mekong Delta do not have access to clean water, relying on rivers and streams. But these waterways are contaminated by agricultural, household, and industrial waste. As a result, the Vietnamese government states that 80% of diseases in Vietnam are caused by polluted water.

Meanwhile, climate change and rising sea levels have caused saltwater intrusion near the coast, and floods in the cities. What is behind Vietnam’s water woes, and what can be done to fix it?

0:00 Intro
2:59 Water scarcity in Vietnam
5:37 Pollution in Vietnam’s water
11:37 Costs of water shortage on Vietnam economy
12:41 Upstream dams affect Vietnam’s water
15:01 Dangers of depleting groundwater
25:14 Ho Chi Minh City’s water demands
27:15 Land subsidence and flooding in Ho Chi Minh City
34:24 Vietnam government’s clean water plan
41:05 Combating saltwater intrusion with native plants