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Victoria’s Daniel Andrews leaving on surprise mission to China

Daniel Andrews will be the first of Australia's state leaders to visit China since the COVID-19, with education and trade meetings organised.

The New Daily

Honduras cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan

Honduras has announced it is cutting diplomatic ties with Taiwan, saying it recognizes “only one China in the world.”

The Independent UK

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to travel to China for trade mission

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will travel to China this week for a trade mission, his first since the state's Belt and Road agreements were torn up and against a backdrop of rising security tensions.

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Andrews to make first state visit to China since COVID

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has given him a tick of approval to visit China for talks on education and trade.

AAP

Xi and Putin Meeting Signals the Return of the China-Russia Axis and the Start of a Second Cold War

China’s and Russia’s roles have been reversed, and their ambitions restored — not in the name of communist ideology, but in light of an aggressive, militarist nationalism that animates both regimes.

The News Lens

Biden gets rapturous reception in Ottawa speech – despite mixing Canada up with China

‘Excuse me, Canada. I applaud Canada’

The Independent UK

Joe Biden says no sign yet of China sending Russia weapons

Ex-President Medvedev quotes threatening 1941 Stalin message to urge more weapons production by Russia’s arms industry.

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Taiwan president reviews troops ahead of sensitive U.S. visit

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited army engineers on Saturday and reviewed their training, saying that defending democracy is the armed forces' "great" mission, ahead of a trip next week to the United States and Central America.

Reuters

US moves to open fourth new Pacific embassy, speculation mounts Joe Biden could visit region

United States President Joe Biden is due in Sydney for a meeting with other Quad leaders in late May, with speculation mounting it might be part of a wider regional tour.

ABC News

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The Ukrainian father who rescued his children from Russia; a tale of two visits as Xi meets with Putin and Kishida travels to Kyiv

The Guardian - AU

Little room for maneuver as U.S.-China ties slide further

President Joe Biden said last month after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that he planned to speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping about the episode and clear the air between the rival superpowers.

Reuters

Envoy made rare prison visits to three US citizens in China, official says

Chinese-American citizen Kai Li, jailed in China on spying charges he denies, received a rare in-person visit last week from the U.S. Ambassador to Beijing and urged the U.S. government to continue to work for his release, Li's son said on Friday.

Reuters

EU's Borrell: Russia-China Partnership Has Limits

China's partnership with Russia has limits, despite rhetoric to the contrary, and Europe should welcome any attempts by Beijing to distance itself from Moscow's war in Ukraine, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday. Borrell's remarks followed a summit this week between Russian President Vladimir Putin and…

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EU's Borrell: Russia-China partnership has limits

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Biden, Trudeau to hold talks on migration, Haiti, and more

President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to announce an agreement that aims to stem the flow of asylum seekers at unofficial crossings on the countries’ border

The Independent UK

Second confrontation in two days between US and Chinese ships in South China Sea

China claims US actions violate its sovereignty and security in the strategic waterway

Reuters

US Vice President Harris to address China's influence and debt distress in Africa visit

Vice President Kamala Harris starts a weeklong trip to Africa this weekend as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner than China, which has invested heavily in the continent over several decades.

The Guardian - US

‘Brazil is back’: Lula to visit Xi as he resets diplomatic relations with China

Meeting is part of high-profile tour as Brazil’s president attempts to repair country’s reputation after the Bolsonaro era

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The Guardian - UK

Brokering peace in Ukraine would be good for Xi and China: is he adroit enough to pull it off?

The war is a test of China’s ability to manage its interests. Putin, Zelenskiy, the EU, the global south: it’s trying to keep them all on side, says Yu Jie, a senior research fellow at Chatham House

Al Jazeera

China, US in war of words over South China Sea navigation

China says US destroyer warned off for second day, US Navy said its ship successfully challenged China maritime claims.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Welcomes Gulf Ministerial Statement on Resumption of Relations with Saudi Arabia

Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed the statement issued at the 155th GCC Ministerial Council on the resumption of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Spokesman Nasser Kanaani expressed his country's aspirations for the agreement to be influential in promoting peace and stability in the region. Saudi Arabia and Iran announced earlier…

The Independent UK

China threatens consequences over US warship's actions

China is threatening “serious consequences” after the U.S. Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row, in a move Beijing claims was a violation of its sovereignty and security

Daily Mirror

North Korea vows to make rivals despair in ‘radioactive tsunami’ nuke drone test

Pyongyang has ramped up its weapons demonstrations in recent months in response to military exercises between the United States and its ally South Korea, leading to increased nuclear tensions

The Independent UK

Scandal-plagued China soccer hit by new corruption probes

China’s scandal-plagued official Football Association has been rocked by new corruption probes into its chiefs of discipline and competition

Reuters

China detains staff, raids office of US due diligence firm Mintz Group

Chinese authorities raided the office of U.S. corporate due diligence firm Mintz Group in Beijing and detained five local staff, the company said, putting foreign companies in China on alert just as the country hosts an international economic forum.

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