China has evacuated more than 3,000 of its citizens from Vietnam after last week’s violent anti-China protests. The protests were triggered by China’s decision to place an oil rig in disputed territory in the South China Sea. The protests had initially been approved by the Vietnamese government (an unusual decision by the government), but they spiraled out of control and many factories were burned and several people were killed.
The scale of the BJP’s victory in the Indian elections has still not been precisely determined, but it appears to be a stunning defeat for the Congress Party. In the map below, the orange districts went for the BJP, and the blue districts went for Congress. Indian voters certainly made their wish for change apparent in a dramatic fashion.
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