ASIA TODAY Taiwanese giant Foxconn to build new microchip factory in India

Other news of the day: Indonesia to review its minimum wage laws; in the Philippines, the Marcos government has already filed 52 instances denouncing interference in the South China Sea; In the Emirates, a newspaper that had denounced the rise in oil prices was closed down.

INDIA

Taiwanese microchip maker Foxconn to move some of its production to Gujarat. The project, valued at nearly $20 billion, is expected to create 100,000 jobs in the state that will see the ruling BJP party face opposition parties in elections in December. Last year, Prime Minister Modi had already announced a package of 10,000 million to attract investors. Critics fear difficulties due to Indian bureaucracy.

INDONESIA

The Indonesian government announced yesterday that will review the minimum wage and other labor laws. In recent days, unions have staged protests against the high cost of living after President Joko Widodo raised fuel prices by 30%. Inflation in the country has reached its highest level since 2015.

PHILIPPINES-CHINA

In the more than 70 days of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., The Philippines has filed 52 instances denouncing China’s interference in the South China Sea. In the view of some, this could mark a change of pace from the Duterte administration, which in six years only filed 388 formal protests against Beijing.

TAIWAN – UNITED STATES

Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to Washington received yesterday a group of politicians from around the world who support the imposition of sanctions on China by military pressure on Taipei. The group’s purpose is to pressure their governments to take steps to “further deter military or other actions” by the PRC against Taiwan, according to a draft obtained by Reuters.

UNITED KINGDOM – RUSSIA – MYANMAR

Myanmar, Russia and Belarus were not invited to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, which will take place on September 19. In July, the Burmese coup junta expelled the head of the British embassy for failing to present his credentials after the UK imposed economic sanctions on companies close to the regime.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

In a matter of weeks, The print edition of an Emirati newspaper that had denounced the rise in fuel prices during the summer disappeared. The editors of the Dubai newspaper Al Roeya they took the news for granted and were fired within days of its publication. The company International Media Investments, publisher of the newspaper, said that it proceeded to close Al Roeya to convert it into a branch of the in Arabic, but the announcement was denied by anonymous sources with direct knowledge of the dismissals.

CENTRAL ASIA

A meeting was held in Tashkent between representatives of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and China with the aim of accelerating the delivery of commercial cargo by rail between Beijing and Kabul. The meeting was an initiative of the transport company “Uzbekiston Temir Uyllari” and was attended by the Uzbek Transport Minister Ilhom Mahkamov.

RUSSIA

The Rosgvardija of the special units of the Russian army launched a program together with the Orthodox TV channel Spas, called “Watching for Faith and Fatherland”, in which journalists will visit churches and mosques in war zones, and Soldiers will talk about their experience of faith during the conflict.