Vietnamese girl’s 1940 birth certificate could support Paracels sovereignty claim — Radio Free Asia

The birth certificate issued in June 1940 by the French colonial authority on Pattle Island in the Paracels for Mai Xuan Quy. Credit: Mai Xuan Tap family

New evidence has emerged that may help support Vietnam’s claims over the Paracel islands in the South China Sea, currently occupied by China. A copy of a birth certificate issued in June 1940 claims that Mai Kim Quy, a girl, was born at 3 p.m. on Dec. 9, 1939, on Pattle Island to Mai Xuan

Views of Russian invasion of Ukraine mirror divide in strife-torn Myanmar — Radio Free Asia

This screengrab provided via AFPTV and taken from a broadcast by Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) in Myanmar on March 26, 2021 shows Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin (L) being presented with a sword by Myanmar armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw. AFP

Imbalance of power The war in Ukraine is likewise being kept an eye on by the opposition-led paramilitary Peoples Defense Force (PDF), which was formed in the consequences of the coup to secure the countrys civilian population and is combating the military throughout a broad swathe of Myanmar. Yebaw Wei Gyi, a PDF leader, said

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