In short: Japan has overhauled its defence export rule, allowing Japanese-made arms — including warships, combat drones and missiles — to be sold internationally. Some fear the move away from Japan’s postwar pacifist policy could increase global tensions. What’s next? Japan will only sell to 17 countries that have signed defence equipment and will monitor […]
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China tests a new Taiwan strategy — and a peace talk reveals the shift
By Bang Xiao Tuesday 14 April https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/china-xi-jinping-cheng-li-wun-visit-taiwan-strait-peace-talk/106559678 (ABC-Australia) At a private luncheon in Beijing last Friday, a single dish carried unusual weight: sea clams in chicken broth. The choice was deliberate. It echoed a meal served more than 50 years ago, when Beijing hosted Richard Nixon — who had met chairman Mao Zedong earlier that […]