ASIA TODAY Iran: we have hypersonic missiles

Other news of the day: Xi Jinping and Joe Biden will meet in Indonesia on November 14. Taiwan’s Foxconn will hire tens of thousands of workers in India. The ASEAN summit opens today. East Timor is about to become the eleventh member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Countries. Russia is prohibited from establishing relations with the Greek Orthodox Church. Central Asia’s GDP has grown by 3.6% in the last 10 years.

Tehran has developed a hypersonic missile (capable of exceeding five times the speed of light) that can break through any type of defense. This was stated by General Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the aerospace unit of the Guardians of the Revolution (Pasdaran). China and Russia are the countries with the greatest advances in this missile technology.

CHINA- UNITED STATES

Xi Jinping and Joe Biden They will meet on November 14 on the eve of the G20 summit in Indonesia. It will be their first meeting in person since the US president took office in January 2021, and the first since the Chinese leader’s recent re-election. Taiwan’s future and technological warfare will be the hottest topics at the summit.

INDIA-TAIWAN

Foxconn is about to quadruple the staff at its Apple iPhone assembly factories in India. In the next two years, the increase in personnel is expected to reach 53,000 troops. The decision has been made at a time when the Taiwanese giant has production problems in China due to Xi Jinping’s “covid zero” policy.

ASEAN

Opening today in Cambodia asean summit, the association that brings together 10 countries in Southeast Asia. The focus of the meeting is centered on the situation in Myanmar, where the confrontation between the military junta in power and the anti-coup resistance is intensifying. Extended meetings with China, the US, Japan, Australia, South Korea, India, New Zealand and even Russia are planned.

EAST TIMOR

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Countries) agreed in principle admit East Timor as 11th member. For the time being, Dili will be granted “observer” status. He submitted a formal application for membership in 2011.

RUSSIA

The Patriarchate of Moscow sent a circular to all Russian bishops recalling the prohibition to communicate with the hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Athens who were concelebrating with autocephalous Ukrainian bishops and priests. A list of 19 “to avoid” Greek bishops has been drawn up, starting with Archbishop Ieronimos of Athens, with whom many Russians have good relations.

CENTRAL ASIA

In the last decade, the average growth of the GDP of the countries of the region is estimated at 3.6%, according to the report published by the Eurasian Development Bank. Exports are also growing, in which Russia always remains the main partner, but exports to China, which has surpassed Moscow in total investment in Central Asia, are growing even more.