East Asia Tonight: China launches an intercontinental ballistic missile, the first in decades

Also on East Asia Tonight (Sep 25), in the lead up to Japan’s LDP leadership race to replace PM Fumio Kishida, we spotlight a former defence minister making his fifth attempt at the top job; Beijing investigates the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger over their boycott of Xinjiang cotton that could see the firm blacklisted; and Chinese border police reportedly being given quotas to identify and expel illegal migrants, making it tougher for North Koreans in China to evade capture.

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  1. Regional peace my ass when what they always do is muscle their way through force and economic pressure. Defend? What do they want to defend? Their armed encroachment and baseless territorial claims? I wonder if your ancestors would be ashamed or proud of ccp's shamelessness.

    One day, when China would be no more and defeat was becoming certain, you have come begging the US and Britain to deter Imperial Japan and preserve your territories. It seems you have not learned what territorial expansionists have become seeing you following the footsteps of your very own invader, albeit through different means.

    Just a disclaimer, I have nothing against the chinese but I do hate ccp.

  2. If you’re in the right mind, why you need to repeat WWII? What do you gain from doing it? The whole world? So what? For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

  3. The Dongfeng series of missiles is the most advanced strategic nuclear missile in the world today, leading Russia by at least ten years, the United States by at least twenty years, and France by at least thirty years!

  4. NATO was formed to counter USSR but now, USSR has already disband so why NATO is still around? Another NATO style shall make world in danger more and Peace worse for one NATO already created too much troubles in the world with US bullying the world with NATO powerful wand.

  5. CNA: "China's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean has stirred unease in the region." 🚀☢US Empire placed intermediate range missiles in the Philippines that can fire nuclear missiles into China, not a squeak from Japan, New Zealand and Australia. LIke What Anwar Ali said: "Double standard."

  6. Interesting that CNA hardly or maybe have yet to mention the more than 5,000 nuclear warheads that the US empire possesses compared to the last known of about 300 warheads that China possesses. Surely information like this helps its viewers to understand the issue correctly.

  7. YOU CAN'T TALK PEACE AND HAVE A GUN. CHINA KEEPS ON SPREADING ITS PROPAGANDA THAT IT STANDS FOR PEACE WHILE PURGING THE UYGHURS AND CREEPING AND STEALING OTHER COUNTRIES TERRITORIES.

  8. 昂撒犹太贱民在中国周边发动的战争,一场都没赢过,现在它说:我要直接挑战东亚怪物房的老大😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂