Taiwanese giant Foxconn will build a new microchip factory in India

Today's headlines: Indonesia will review minimum wage laws; Marcos' Philippines filed 52 complaints against interference in the South China Sea; in the Emirates a newspaper that had denounced oil price hikes was closed down.

INDIA

Taiwanese microchip manufacturer Foxconn will move part of its production to Gujarat. The nearly billion project is expected to create 100,000 jobs in the state that will see the ruling BJP party clash with opposition parties in elections in December. Already last year, Prime Minister Modi announced a 10 billion package to attract investors. Critics fear difficulties caused by Indian bureaucracy.

INDONESIA

The Indonesian government announced yesterday that it will review the minimum wage and other labour regulations. In recent days, trade unions have organised protests against the high cost of living after President Joko Widodo raised fuel prices by 30%. Inflation in the country has reached its highest level since 2015.

PHILIPPINES - CHINA

In the 70-odd days of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s presidency, the Philippines has filed 52 complaints against China's interference in the South China Sea. According to some, this could mark a change of pace compared to the Duterte administration, which filed only 388 formal protests against Beijing in six years.

TAIWAN - USA

Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Washington yesterday hosted a group of politicians from around the world who support the imposition of sanctions against China over military pressure on Taipei. The aim of the group is to push their governments to adopt "greater deterrence against military or other actions" by the People's Republic of China against Taiwan, reads a draft obtained by Reuters.

UK - RUSSIA - MYANMAR

Myanmar, Russia and Belarus were not invited to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II to be held on 19 September. In July the Burmese coup junta had expelled the head of the British embassy for not presenting his credentials after the UK imposed economic sanctions on companies close to the regime.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

In a matter of weeks, the print edition of an Emirati newspaper that had denounced the rise in fuel prices during the summer has disappeared. The news from the Dubai daily Al Roeya was taken for granted by the editors, who were fired within a few days. The International Media Investments, publisher of the newspaper, said that Al Roeya had been closed down to be turned into an Arabic-language branch of CNN, but the announcement was denied by anonymous sources with direct knowledge of the dismissals.

CENTRAL ASIA

A meeting was held in Tashkent between representatives of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and China with the aim of speeding up the railway delivery of commercial cargo between Beijing and Kabul, at the initiative of the transport company 'Uzbekiston Temir Uyllari' and in the presence of the Uzbek Minister of Transport Ilhom Mahkamov.

RUSSIA

The Rosgvardija of the Russian army special units started a programme together with the Orthodox TV channel Spas, called 'Guarding the Faith and the Homeland', in which journalists will visit churches and mosques in war zones, and soldiers will talk about their experience of faith during the conflict.

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