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Japan unveils proposal to promote marriage, raise birthrate

A Japanese Cabinet minister in charge of tackling the country’s declining birthrate has unveiled a draft proposal aimed at reversing the downtrend, including increased subsidies for childrearing and education and a salary increase for younger workers to incentivize marrying and having kids

The Independent UK

‘Take back control’? With this Pacific trade deal, Brexit Britain has just signed it away

Goodbye, food standards. Hello, corporate lobbyists. Why are we doing this, asks Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now

The Guardian - UK

Embattled Macron Heads to China, Leaving Burning Paris Behind

French President Emmanuel Macron will head to China next week for a rare visit to the rising superpower, in an awkward balancing act between his global statesman ambitions and his struggle to contain embarrassing pension protests at home. The French leader, whose decision to ram much-disputed pension legislation through parliament…

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EU leaders seek to smooth ties between Beijing and Brussels

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday his country wanted a "balanced relationship with China" shortly after he met with China's President Xi Jinping. The Spanish leader's two-day visit to China comes ahead of next week's trip by French President Emmanuel Macron and Eu Commission president Ursula von der…

Radio France Internationale

World Bank Says Recoveries in Asian Economies Losing Steam

Developing economies in Asia have mostly regained ground lost during the pandemic but are seeing their recoveries stall as productivity lags, the World Bank said in a report released Friday. The report forecasts that growth in the region including China will pick up pace this year after the world's No.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China's overtures to foreign firms fall on familiar ears at 'Asia's Davos'

'China is open for business' was the message its newly-appointed Premier Li Qiang delivered this week to the Boao Forum, an international summit sometimes touted as Asia's answer to the World Economic Forum's meetings in Davos.

Reuters

Britain joins Australia and 10 other nations in Pacific trade pact

The UK has struck a deal to join an 11-country trans-Pacific trade pact that includes Japan and Australia as it looks to deepen ties in the region and

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Members of exiled Chinese church detained in Thailand

Supporters of a Chinese Christian church say more than 60 members have been detained in Thailand, raising fears they may be returned to their home country where they face possible persecution

The Independent UK

China stages combat patrols after warning Taiwan about U.S. speaker meeting

Nine Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait's median line on Friday carrying out combat readiness patrols, Taiwan's defence ministry said, days after Beijing threatened retaliation if President Tsai Ing-wen meets U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Reuters

World Bank says recoveries in Asian economies losing steam

The World Bank says developing economies in Asia have mostly regained ground lost during the pandemic but are seeing their recoveries stall as productivity lags

The Independent UK

UK agrees to join trans-Pacific trade partnership

Critics say the impact will be limited, with official estimates suggesting it will add less than 1% to UK GDP

Evening Standard

Japan FM to visit China amid friction over detained Japanese

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says he will visit China this weekend for talks with his counterpart Qin Gang, becoming Japan’s first top diplomat to do so in more than three years amid growing frictions between the two countries including a recent flap over the detention of a Japanese national…

The Independent UK

China's global influence looms over Harris trip to Africa

The global rivalry between the United States and China has been a recurring backdrop during Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Africa

The Independent UK

Taiwan leader scrambles for allies in Central America visit

As Taiwan’s diplomatic partners dwindle and turn instead to rival China, Taiwanese President President Tsai Ing-wen is aiming to shore up ties with the self-governing island’s remaining allies during a trip this week to Central America

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White House tries to keep China calm while Taiwan’s President Tsai visits US

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is going to unprecedented lengths to play down the importance of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the United States this week, as officials try to keep an already soured relationship with China from getting any worse.

Al Jazeera

Russian ‘invasion was wrong’: Views from China on war in Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, some in China have abandoned their initial support for Russia and Putin.

Reuters

Factbox-Relations between Taiwan and the United States

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York on Wednesday on what is officially called a transit on her way to Guatemala and Belize, and will be stopping in Los Angeles on her way back to Taipei next month.

The Independent UK

Australia concerned journalist still awaits verdict in China

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government remains deeply concerned that Australian journalist Cheng Lei has not learned of a verdict a year after standing trial in China on national security charges

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The Independent UK

UK agrees to join Pacific trade pact in post-Brexit deal

The U.K. has agreed to join an Asia-Pacific trade pact that includes Japan, Mexico and Australia

Daily Mirror

UK joins super-trade deal with countries including Mexico, Vietnam and Chile

The country will become the first in Europe to join the huge trade bloc in the Indo-Pacific, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Xi facing calls in China to rethink 'no first use' nuclear arms policy

BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- The administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping is facing calls in China to rethink its "no first use" policy for nuclear weapons, a pledge not to use nuclear weapons unless attacked with such arms.

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ's uneasy stability with China

New Zealanders, especially NZ businesses, should temper their expectations of a strong relationship with China, says Jason Young

The Guardian - UK

Europe must reassess its relations with China, says EU chief

Ursula von der Leyen calls for ‘clear-eyed picture’ of risks as she prepares for Beijing trip

Reuters

Taiwan, China must do 'everything possible' to avoid war- former president Ma

Taiwan and China must do everything possible to avoid war and it is the responsibility of both sides' leaders to ensure peace, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou told a senior Chinese official on Thursday.

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As the U.S., Canada and the EU torque up pressure and restrictions, ByteDance fights to avoid a government-forced spinoff of its gold mine

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