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China’s Growing Influence On The Global Stage Is ‘mixed Bag’ For Israel, Experts Say

Hours after China brokered a relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran puts Israel on notice as they rethink strategy

Zenger

The view from Moscow and Beijing: What peace in Ukraine and a post-conflict world look like to Xi and Putin

Just a few days after being branded a war criminal in an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin was talking peace with his most important ally, Chinese president Xi Jinping.

The Conversation

China will test NZ's fence-straddling diplomacy as never before

PM Chris Hipkins brushes the Aukus security pact away as not relevant to us because of its nuclear component, but our likely Aukus involvement relating to technology will have far-reaching consequences, argues Peter Dunne

Newsroom.co.nz

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Russia boosts defences near Japan amid US row over Asia Pacific

Moscow’s move comes after high-level visits by rivals China and Japan to both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Al Jazeera

Honduras denies demanding $2.5 billion in Taiwan aid before China announcement

Honduras denied on Wednesday it had demanded $2.5 billion in aid from Taiwan before its announcement to seek to open relations with China, instead saying the country had repeatedly requested Taiwan buy Honduran public debt.

Reuters

New Zealand opposition flags concerns about AUKUS

New Zealand's opposition has flagged concerns with Australia's AUKUS defence agreement, saying it makes NZ less safe.

The New Daily

Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of expanding Asia-Pacific presence

Russia said on Wednesday that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems had been deployed to Paramushir, one of the Kuril islands in the north Pacific, some of which Japan claims as its territory.

Reuters

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Xi Jinping’s parting comment to Putin on leaving Moscow: ‘Changes are happening’

Chinese leader tells Putin to ‘take care of yourself, dear friend’

The Independent UK

OPINION - Forget the bestie act, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have different aims

Relations between China and Russia “are at their highest point in history” ,according to the communique from their two presidents in Moscow yesterday. But the rictus smiles of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping seemed to tell a different story.

Evening Standard

China, Russia oppose Western sanctions, agree to expand economic ties in joint statements

SHENYANG, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed joint statements on strengthening Sino-Russian relations on Tuesday, the second day of Xi's visit to Russia.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

China and Russia: explaining a long, complicated friendship

Chinaese leader Xi Jinping just concluded a three-day visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a warm affair in which the two men praised each other and spoke of a profound friendship

The Independent UK

North Korea launches MORE cruise missiles after simulating nuclear attack on neighbour

Today marks the fourth round of tests in direct response to the US and South Korea military drills held last week - which Pyongyang claims is tantamount to an invasion rehearsal of its Hermit Kingdom

Daily Mirror

Xi Jinping's chilling message as he tells 'friend' Vladimir Putin 'change is coming'

When the invasion was launched in February 2022, China's President Xi Jinping and Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin announced a "no limits" friendship and have also spoken to strengthening their "special relationship"

Daily Mirror

Fresh concern over Chinese interest in Pacific airstrip

China has conducted a feasibility study at the request of Kiribati's government to upgrade a strategic airstrip that housed military planes in World War II.

AAP

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Asharq Al-Awsat

China Calls Xi’s Russia Visit One of Friendship, Peace

China on Wednesday said President Xi Jinping’s just-concluded visit to Russia was a “journey of friendship, cooperation and peace,” and again criticized Washington for providing military support to Ukraine. The trip that ended Wednesday signaled no new progress in ending the bloody conflict between Russia and Ukraine while shoring up…

Reuters

Taiwan visit China called 'vile' is a 'normal work trip', German minister says

Germany's education minister said on Wednesday that she was on a "normal work trip" to Taiwan to seek collaboration with partners that share similar challenges, a visit China has condemned as "vile".

WEKU

The leaders of China and Russia have finished talks. Here are some takeaways

China's Xi Jinping says he has a peace plan for Ukraine and wants to mediate an end to the war. Ukraine and its neighbors are skeptical.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The health of Americans is a big reason for our high COVID-19 death rate

For the past three years, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, and will continue to demonstrate in the future, that America is one of the unhealthiest countries in the industrialized world. Critics on the right and left harp on how the pandemic was handled, but in fact the dismal outcomes in…

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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa warns China not the only outside power looking to increase their presence in Pacific

During a visit to Canberra, Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa warns that China is not the only major power that may want to secure further military access to the Pacific "under the guise of protecting assets".

The Guardian - AU

Chinese state company wins contract to redevelop Solomon Islands port, prompting cautious response

Samoa’s prime minister says port ‘might morph into something else’ and suggests Pacific countries may have to monitor situation

Radio France Internationale

France urges Chinese leader Xi to orchestrate peace deal in Ukraine

France has urged China to use its relationship with Russia to broker a deal between President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Voldymyr Zelensky to end the war in Ukraine.

France 24

Zelensky says Ukraine will 'respond to every blow' after Russian attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said his country would "respond to every blow" after Russian strikes killed at least seven people in the Kyiv region, and claimed another victim in southern Zaporizhzhia. Follow our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

The Conversation

Xi’s Moscow trip shows peace in Ukraine isn’t China’s main concern

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Moscow this week has been more about reiterating China and Russia’s shared interests, and less about any concrete pathway towards ending the war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Marcos defends US military presence, which China opposes

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has defended his decision to allow a larger United States military presence in the country as vital to territorial defense

The Guardian - UK

Western democracy is weaker in this new cold war than it was in the first one

For democrats, a stubborn economic malaise is more existentially threatening than any example set in Moscow or Beijing, says Rafael Behr

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