East Asia Tonight: Japan's incoming PM calls snap election; China stocks surge on stimulus blitz

Also on East Asia Tonight (Sep 30), Taiwan braces for Typhoon Krathon; China marks 75th national day; and how fresh Malaysia durian is making its way to China.

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19:12 Editor's note: The cuts to existing mortgage rates won't take effect until end-October.

[patrickkoh]

A hawk in power is just making tension and not good for East Asia.
Asking or wanting another Ukraine in the east?

[happymelon]

36 ports on the East Coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico may go on strike on Oct 1st, supply chain damage may be greater than the epidemic.

[lightreviews]

waow leveled up in presentation specs i see

[ArabicReja]

Taiwan 🇹🇼 says it looks forward to deepening ties between the two countries under Ishiba.
President Lai congratulates Ishiba, who visited Taipei last month and met Lai.

[happymelon]

durians is luxury fruit in China.
In China, this year, Burberry sale drop 60% and LV sales drop 28%
😆Almost daily, the midia told me China economy collapse .
How they have extra $ to enjoy imported fruits ？

Malaysian Musang King durians being sold at U$82 per fruit in China.
Said Malaysian Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu.29 Aug 2024

[happymelon]

durians is luxury fruit in China.
In China, this year, Burberry sale drop 60% and LV sales drop 28%
😆Almost daily, the midia told me China economy collapse .
How they have extra $ to enjoy imported fruits ？
😅 So, midia feed us misinformation ?

Malaysian Musang King durians being sold at U$82 per fruit in China.
Said Malaysian Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu.29 Aug 2024

[happymelon]

😂In his Hudson paper, Ishiba, who has a reputation as a troublemaker in the LDP, also said Japan's military alliance with the U.S. could be revised to allow Tokyo to station troops in Guam, a U.S. territory, for the first time since 1944.

[happymelon]

🤣Shigeru Ishiba, proposes creating an 'Asian NATO' and stationing Japanese troops on U$ soil to counter China's military rise.
His ideas have faced skepticism from Washington but aim to strengthen regional security through existing alliances like the Quad and AUKUS.

The NATO idea, however, has already been rejected by Washington, with Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, dismissing it as hasty.

Ishiba, however, doubled down on his idea on Friday, telling a press conference that "the relative decline of U.S. might" made an Asian treaty organisation necessary.

[kjrd]

Just REMEMBER that it was the USA who helped China to grow so big so fast! 😮

Never tried Durian. Might have to ne brave one day! 😊