1- MAJOR RECENT EVENTS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
ASIA MIDDLE
Central Asia Middle corridor, Rémi Perelman
Box 1 Recent meetings concerning Central Asia
FAR EAST
China Purge continues in the generals’ ranks, Daniel Schaeffer, Asie21
Box 1 Biographical details of new appointees in December 2023
Box 2 Generals dismissed on December 29, 2023
Box 3 Industrialists to be dismissed on December 29, 2023
China Space: 3e flight of Chinese space plane, Philippe Coué, Asie21
China Moon: a new partner for the ILRS project, Philippe Coué, Asie21
North Korea Kim’s agriculture, Edouard Valensi, Asie21
Box 1 The Phyongan province livestock machinery factory
Japan The Ukrainian opportunity, Arnaud Leveau, Asie21
Japan – China A turbulent nuclear comeback, Edouard Valensi, Asie21
Box 1 Discharge of treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Taiwan Act III: Missile or satellite? Cognitive operation or tartuffery? Catherine Bouchet-Orphelin, Asie21
Box 1 Alert from Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense on January 9, 2024
Box 1 Hu Xijin’s statements
Box 2 Ke P.’s election campaign, Disney Land in Taiwan
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Indonesia Prabowo Subianto: well on track, Sophie Boisseau du Rocher, Asie21
SOUTH ASIA
Maldives – China – India The Maldives move closer to China and further away from India, Alain Lamballe, Asie21
2- GRAPPLINGS
Asia – Mozambique Asian tankers
China Forbidden games
China – Africa
⦿ Angola: danger
⦿ Angola – United States: a change of pace
⦿ Mozambique : islamic groups, Sinopec and JGE
⦿ Equatorial Guinea – Russia: approaches continue
⦿ Sao Tome and Principe: sea cucumbers
⦿ Sao Tome and Principe: exodus
China – Argentina Forget the chainsaw
China – Japan Fears
China – Japan Disinformation
China – Switzerland Renewal
India – Gambia Corruption
Russia – Guinea Bissau Opportunism
3 – POINTS TO WATCH
Burma – China New ceasefire in Burma under Chinese auspices, Jean Perrin, Asie21
China World leader in AI by 2030, with help from Hong Kong, Patrick Hébert, Asie21
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