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class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/an-historic-investment-in-the-united-states/7998730.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--block-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="An Historic Investment in the United States"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/03990000-0aff-0242-4b41-08dab05f2f7e_cx0_cy10_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) Semi-conductor chips are assembled and organized on a workbench before a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a Nanotronics manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/03990000-0aff-0242-4b41-08dab05f2f7e_cx0_cy10_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) Semi-conductor chips are assembled and organized on a workbench before a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a Nanotronics manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >March 05, 2025</span> <a href="/a/an-historic-investment-in-the-united-states/7998730.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="An Historic Investment in the United States"> An Historic Investment in the United States </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">"[W]e must be able to build the chips and semiconductors that we need right here, in American factories, with American skill and American labor," said President Trump.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/religious-freedom-under-attack-in-burma/7997635.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--block-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="Religious Freedom Under Attack in Burma"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/43f7137a-362e-4362-0544-08dd4a817621_cx0_cy18_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) This photo from Amnesty International released on July 20, 2022, shows a Christian church destroyed after being landmined and burned down by the Myanmar military." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/43f7137a-362e-4362-0544-08dd4a817621_cx0_cy18_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) This photo from Amnesty International released on July 20, 2022, shows a Christian church destroyed after being landmined and burned down by the Myanmar military." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >March 04, 2025</span> <a href="/a/religious-freedom-under-attack-in-burma/7997635.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="Religious Freedom Under Attack in Burma"> Religious Freedom Under Attack in Burma </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">“As Burma continues to fragment,” said USCIRF Vice Chair Soloveichik, “vulnerable religious communities are further exposed to violence, terror and retaliation for their alleged support for pro-democracy groups.” </p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/promoting-foreign-investment-while-protecting-america/7997259.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--block-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="Promoting Foreign Investment While Protecting America"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/75e1a05a-380a-4bc4-89d3-f633aa7cf879_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) A Chinese flag is displayed next to a "Made in China" sign seen on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips on February 17, 2023. " /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/75e1a05a-380a-4bc4-89d3-f633aa7cf879_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) A Chinese flag is displayed next to a "Made in China" sign seen on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips on February 17, 2023. " class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >March 04, 2025</span> <a href="/a/promoting-foreign-investment-while-protecting-america/7997259.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="Promoting Foreign Investment While Protecting America"> Promoting Foreign Investment While Protecting America </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">President Trump vowed to “adopt new rules to stop U.S. companies from pouring investments into China, and to stop China from buying up America.”</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/uighurs-must-not-be-forcibly-returned-to-china/7995418.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--no-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="Uighurs Must Not Be Forcibly Returned to China"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/63a14798-a5e8-4b5b-9ec0-2e8855aca156_cx0_cy7_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) This photo provided by Thailand's daily web newspaper Prachatai shows trucks with black tape covering the windows leave a detention center in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/63a14798-a5e8-4b5b-9ec0-2e8855aca156_cx0_cy7_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) This photo provided by Thailand's daily web newspaper Prachatai shows trucks with black tape covering the windows leave a detention center in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >March 03, 2025</span> <a href="/a/uighurs-must-not-be-forcibly-returned-to-china/7995418.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="Uighurs Must Not Be Forcibly Returned to China"> Uighurs Must Not Be Forcibly Returned to China </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">“We call on Chinese authorities to provide full access to verify the well-being of the returned Uighurs on a regular basis,” said Secretary Rubio.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/secretary-rubio-on-u-s--china-relations/7990183.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--no-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="Secretary Rubio on U.S.-China Relations"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/fdf69353-4dbc-4dd1-e906-08dd4a81f35f_cx0_cy7_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) Gantry cranes stand near a cargo ship at Yangshan Port outside of Shanghai, Feb. 7, 2025. " /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/fdf69353-4dbc-4dd1-e906-08dd4a81f35f_cx0_cy7_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) Gantry cranes stand near a cargo ship at Yangshan Port outside of Shanghai, Feb. 7, 2025. " class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >February 27, 2025</span> <a href="/a/secretary-rubio-on-u-s--china-relations/7990183.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="Secretary Rubio on U.S.-China Relations"> Secretary Rubio on U.S.-China Relations </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">"We’re not going to live in a world in which China gets to dominate the Indo-Pacific," said Secretary Rubio, "and we’re not allowed to have commercial ties in that region because they’re holding countries hostage."</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/u-s-condemns-reckless-prc-actions-in-south-china-sea/7986222.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--no-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="U.S. Condemns Reckless PRC Actions in South China Sea"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/2f8a788c-e073-4b90-ffcf-08dd4a817620_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) A Chinese military helicopter flies close to a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic (BFAR) aircraft above Scarborough shoal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/2f8a788c-e073-4b90-ffcf-08dd4a817620_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) A Chinese military helicopter flies close to a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic (BFAR) aircraft above Scarborough shoal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >February 24, 2025</span> <a href="/a/u-s-condemns-reckless-prc-actions-in-south-china-sea/7986222.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="U.S. Condemns Reckless PRC Actions in South China Sea"> U.S. Condemns Reckless PRC Actions in South China Sea </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">“We are not going to live in a world in which China gets to dominate the Indo-Pacific,” said Secretary Rubio.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/investing-in-indo-pacific-security/7975394.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--no-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="Investing in Indo-Pacific Security"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/ef2413ca-2135-48d0-950a-d2b06a4a77e6_cx0_cy10_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomes Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/ef2413ca-2135-48d0-950a-d2b06a4a77e6_cx0_cy10_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomes Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >February 14, 2025</span> <a href="/a/investing-in-indo-pacific-security/7975394.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="Investing in Indo-Pacific Security"> Investing in Indo-Pacific Security </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">“[T]his is not a mission in the Indo-Pacific that America can undertake by itself. It has to [include] robust allies and partners. Technology sharing and subs are a huge part of it,” said Secretary Hegseth. </p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/targeting-dprk-s-illicit-income-stream/7973901.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--no-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="Targeting DPRK's Illicit Income Stream"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/7f4e0039-808e-459c-9bbd-921148bfbadf_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) A man types into a keyboard during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas on July 29, 2017." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/7f4e0039-808e-459c-9bbd-921148bfbadf_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) A man types into a keyboard during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas on July 29, 2017." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >February 13, 2025</span> <a href="/a/targeting-dprk-s-illicit-income-stream/7973901.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="Targeting DPRK's Illicit Income Stream"> Targeting DPRK's Illicit Income Stream </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">North Korean workers used false and stolen identities to conceal their identities and overseas locations to secure employment as remote information technology specialists with U.S. companies and nonprofit organizations.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/pursuing-an-even-stronger-partnership-with-japan/7972299.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--no-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="Pursuing an Even Stronger Partnership With Japan"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/7aecc30d-2968-4a1a-84d8-fc9e21be19e4_cx0_cy5_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/7aecc30d-2968-4a1a-84d8-fc9e21be19e4_cx0_cy5_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >February 12, 2025</span> <a href="/a/pursuing-an-even-stronger-partnership-with-japan/7972299.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="Pursuing an Even Stronger Partnership With Japan"> Pursuing an Even Stronger Partnership With Japan </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">“Our service members work together every day to defend our common interests. Japan is committed to double its defense spending by 2027,” said President Trump. </p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-grid archive-list__item"> <div class="media-block media-block--t-spac media-block--contain"> <a href="/a/restructuring-u-s-foreign-aid/7969596.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--m img-wrap--no-mob img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float" title="Restructuring U.S. Foreign Aid"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.voanews.com/d0ecfe08-14f0-4edb-a6bf-e0c35e4e21c7_cx0_cy5_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(FILE) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signs a welcome book on the day of a joint news conference with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 4, 2025." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.voanews.com/d0ecfe08-14f0-4edb-a6bf-e0c35e4e21c7_cx0_cy5_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(FILE) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signs a welcome book on the day of a joint news conference with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 4, 2025." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h-m media-block__content--full-mob media-block__content--h"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3 date--mb-25" >February 10, 2025</span> <a href="/a/restructuring-u-s-foreign-aid/7969596.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3 media-block__title--25" title="Restructuring U.S. Foreign Aid"> Restructuring U.S. Foreign Aid </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">The change to USAID “is not about ending foreign aid,” said Secretary Rubio. “It’s about structuring it in a way that furthers the national interest of the United States.”</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <p class="buttons buttons--archive ta-c "> <a class="btn link-showMore btn__text" data-ajax="true" data-ajax-method="GET" data-ajax-mode="after" data-ajax-update="#loadMoreAfter" data-ajax-url="/asia?p=1" href="/asia?p=1" title="Load more">Load more</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer role="contentinfo"> <div id="foot" class="foot"> <div class="container"> <div class="foot-nav collapsed" id="foot-nav"> <div class="menu"> <ul class="items"> <li class="socials block-socials"> <span class="handler" id="socials-handler"> Follow Us </span> <div class="inner"> <ul class="subitems follow"> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EditorialsonVOA" title="Follow us on Facebook" data-analytics-text="follow_on_facebook" class="btn btn--rounded js-social-btn btn-facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <span class="ico ico-facebook-alt ico--rounded"></span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://x.com/EditorialsonVOA" title="Follow us on Twitter" data-analytics-text="follow_on_twitter" class="btn btn--rounded js-social-btn btn-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <span class="ico ico-twitter ico--rounded"></span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ViewFromWashington" title="Follow us on Youtube" data-analytics-text="follow_on_youtube" class="btn btn--rounded js-social-btn btn-youtube" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <span class="ico ico-youtube ico--rounded"></span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/rssfeeds" title="RSS" data-analytics-text="follow_on_rss" class="btn btn--rounded js-social-btn btn-rss" > <span class="ico ico-rss ico--rounded"></span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/podcasts" title="Podcast" data-analytics-text="follow_on_podcast" class="btn btn--rounded js-social-btn btn-podcast" > <span class="ico ico-podcast ico--rounded"></span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/subscribe.html" title="Subscribe" data-analytics-text="follow_on_subscribe" class="btn btn--rounded js-social-btn btn-email" > <span class="ico ico-email ico--rounded"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="block-primary collapsed collapsible item"> <span class="handler"> Editorials <span title="close tab" class="ico ico-chevron-up"></span> <span title="open tab" class="ico ico-chevron-down"></span> <span title="add" class="ico ico-plus"></span> <span title="remove" class="ico ico-minus"></span> </span> <div class="inner"> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="subitem"> <a class="handler" href="/africa" title="Africa" >Africa</a> </li> <li class="subitem"> <a class="handler" href="/asia" title="Asia" >Asia</a> </li> <li class="subitem"> <a class="handler" href="/americas" title="Americas" >Americas</a> </li> <li class="subitem"> <a class="handler" href="/europe" title="Europe" >Europe</a> </li> <li class="subitem"> <a class="handler" href="/middle-east" title="Middle East" >Middle East</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="foot__item foot__item--copyrights"> <p class="copyright"></p> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <script defer src="/Scripts/responsive/serviceWorkerInstall.js?cb=295"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> // opera mini - disable ico font if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Opera Mini/i)) { document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].className += " can-not-ff"; 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