Engineers in Taiwan's eastern city of Hualien are rushing to identify at-risk buildings as dozens of aftershocks continue to rock the region just three weeks after a magnitude 7.2 quake killed 17 people. The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that greenlights support for Indo-Pacific allies facing Chinese aggression, all while a U.S. congressional delgation touches down in Taipei and the U.S. secretary of state visits Beijing. And a U.N. weather report reveals that the Asian continent suffered the biggest impact from climate change and extreme weather in 2023. Plus:
- Taiwan's green air activists continue to campaign against the country's reliance on coal power.
- Unstable dams in Kyrgyzstan threaten a regional nuclear disaster.
- Volunteers at a foster home in Rwanda are introducing fencing to young children.