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Former NBA star stirs Chinese anger by calling Taiwan a country

BEIJING: Former National Basketball Association (NBA) star Dwight Howard has triggered a wave of criticism on Chinese social media for calling Taiwan a country in a promotional video with Taiwan's vice president.

Bangkok Post

Australia trade minister seeks to mend ties on visit to China

Australia's Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell appears to be making progress in restoring a nearly decade-long rift in relations with China during a visit to Beijing

The Independent UK

G7 finance chiefs debate reducing supply chain reliance on China

Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies discussed the need to make global supply chains more resilient by reducing over-reliance on China, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Friday.

Reuters

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Australian, China trade ministers to meet in Beijing

Trade Minister Don Farrell will be hosted by his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao in Beijing as the two seek to pave a path toward ending punitive tariffs.

The New Daily

EU ministers back plan to reduce economic reliance on China

European Union ministers on Friday backed reducing the bloc's economic dependence on China but will now have to figure out how to make that a reality, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.

Reuters

Chinese foreign minister to visit Australia - South China Morning Post

China's foreign minister is expected to visit Australia in July as diplomatic relations between the two trading partners stabilise, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.

Reuters

China ministers' India trips show warming of relations

Relations between two neighbouring countries and the world's first and second-most populous countries, China and India, have witnessed a downward spiral in recent years after the bloody clash between the two countries' border troops in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the…

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The problem with India’s multi-alignment stand

The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific and the Ukraine conflict are in many ways inter-connected

The Hindu

Top White House official meets key Beijing diplomat amid signs of easing US-China tensions

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Wang Yi held talks in Vienna this week

The Independent UK

US, China top officials hold ‘candid’ talks in Vienna meeting

White House adviser Jake Sullivan’s talks with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi aimed to ‘manage competition’, US says.

Al Jazeera

Direct flights between Edinburgh and Beijing set to return

Flights between Edinburgh and Beijing are set to return twice-weekly, from June 26 until October 8 - after being cancelled by Hainan Airlines in late 2019 because of the Covid pandemic.

Edinburgh Live

South Africa walks a tightrope of international alliances - it needs Russia, China and the west

Relations between the People’s Republic of China and Russia on one hand and the west, specifically the US, on the other have become increasingly tense in recent times. For the US, China and Russia represent authoritarian regimes. For China, the US is the source of global insecurity.

The Conversation

Australian trade minister visits China as part of joint efforts to repair ties

Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell is visiting China as part of a joint effort to repair ties scarred by political rifts over the past decade

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Australia's first trade minister to visit China in four years seeks pathway to end trade disputes

Don Farrell has become the first Australian trade minister to visit China since 2019, touching down in Beijing on Thursday afternoon.

Reuters

China completes warship deliveries to Pakistan as military alliance grows

China has delivered two frigates to Pakistan's navy, completing a four-warship deal inked in 2018, Chinese media reported, amid deepening military cooperation between the two nations in one of the world's most complex geopolitical regions.

The Independent UK

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s son criticises UK for ‘failing to speak out’ against crackdown

Lai’s son says he is ‘incredibly grateful’ Americans have been ‘a lot stronger’ than UK government

Reuters

Diplomats turned away from trial of prominent activist in China

Diplomats from several countries including the United States said on Thursday they were prevented from attending the subversion trial of rights activist and lawyer Guo Feixiong in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

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Asean urges South China Sea restraint, 'concerned' about Myanmar

LABUAN BAJO: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders on Thursday urged restraint and peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea and said a surge in missile tests by North Korea was a threat to regional peace.

The Hindu

SCO FMs' meet a success, security cooperation top priority: Secretary General Zhang Ming

The recent SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Goa was a success and will lay a new mark on the growth of the eight-member bloc, its Secretary General Zhang Ming has said, asserting that security cooperation remains the top priority of the grouping.

Al Jazeera

China’s cash-strapped local governments can’t pay workers on time

China’s local municipalities are heavily in debt, with all 31 apart from Shanghai reporting deficits in 2022.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss’s plan to visit Taiwan called ‘worst kind of Instagram diplomacy’

Alicia Kearns, foreign affairs select committee chair, launches blistering attack on former prime minister

The Guardian - AU

Collapsing buildings, incoming missiles: Taiwan rehearses a Chinese assault on its cities

Annual emergency drills have for the first time included a military strike on Taipei, a sign of worsening cross-strait relations

Reuters

US envoy hoping for progress in talks with Pacific islands ahead of Biden visit

The U.S. presidential envoy leading negotiations to renew agreements with three Pacific island states said on Wednesday he will visit them next week hoping to make progress ahead of a trip to the region by President Joe Biden later this month.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss’s trip to Taiwan risks ‘mortal wounds’ to China-UK relations, Beijing official warns

Visit ‘raises chances Beijing will exercise jurisdiction over island sooner rather than later’

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