China’s Communist Party Central Committee approves the outline of a new five-year economic and social development plan; the China-led International Organization for Mediation opens for business in Hong Kong; Japan’s Diet elects Sanae Takaichi, a firebrand nationalist and security hawk, to be Japan’s fourth prime minister in five years and first female head of government; the South Korean government is allowing same-sex couples to identify themselves as “spouses” or “cohabiting partners” in the next census; Taiwan’s High Court sentences a retired lieutenant general to prison for attempting to develop an espionage operation for China.
October 19 - October 25
China’s Communist Party Central Committee approves the outline of a new five-year economic and social development plan; the China-led International Organization for Mediation opens for business in Hong Kong; Japan’s Diet elects Sanae Takaichi, a firebrand nationalist and security hawk, to be Japan’s fourth prime minister in five years and first female head of government; the South Korean government is allowing same-sex couples to identify themselves as “spouses” or “cohabiting partners” in the next census; Taiwan’s High Court sentences a retired lieutenant general to prison for attempting to develop an espionage operation for China.