Taiwan's main political parties are trading barbs ahead of the Taipei-Shanghai Twin Cities Forum, one of the last venues for communication between China and Taiwan, while pro-unification and pro-independence protests take to the streets. Opposition KMT lawmakers move fast to push forward controversial amendments that would make it harder to recall public officials in Taiwan. And Taiwan receives a batch of U.S.-made advanced tanks.
Plus:
- The biggest cyclone in nearly a century ravages a French territory in the Indian Ocean.
- The leader of South Korea's ruling party resigns after the parliament voted to impeach the president over the weekend.
- Indonesia releases remaining "Bali Nine" to return to Australia after nearly 20 years in prison.