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Liz Truss’s delusional speech about China is digging the trenches of a second cold war

Does she really think Xi’s threats to Taiwan will be stopped by the sabre-rattling of the failed PM of a former colonial power? asks foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

France lifts Covid testing requirement for travellers from China

France has dropped Covid testing restrictions imposed on travellers from China, the French embassy in Beijing has announced.

Radio France Internationale

China’s Xi Plans ‘Peace Speech’ on Ukraine Invasion Anniversary, Italy Min Says

China's President Xi Jinping will deliver a "peace speech" on the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, citing top diplomat Wang Yi. Wang Yi "told me that Xi will deliver a peace speech on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine" on Feb. 24,…

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Boao Forum to Make Full Return as In-Person Event

Delegates from governments, businesses and academia will gather in the town of Boao on South China’s island province of Hainan starting March 28 to discuss deepening international cooperation in the post-Covid era

Caixin Global

China's Xi plans 'peace speech' on Ukraine invasion anniversary, Italy min says

China's President Xi Jinping will deliver a 'peace speech' on the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, citing top diplomat Wang Yi.

Reuters

Chinese President to Visit Iran

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Iran, Beijing’s foreign ministry said Thursday, as a three-day trip to China by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi drew to a close. The Chinese president “gladly accepted the invitation” by Raisi, said a joint statement by both countries, although no date…

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Biden Says He Will Speak to China’s Xi about Balloon Incident

President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China's president, Xi Jinping, about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a US fighter jet shot down early this month after it transited the United States. "We are not looking for a new cold…

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Scott Morrison says he ran out of time to impose sanctions on China over human rights

Australia’s former PM urges new government to apply sanctions amid questions why he stopped short of taking such action when in power

The Guardian - AU

Liz Truss: learn lessons of Russian aggression and stand up to China now

Ms Truss was speaking in Japan in her first public speech since her resignation as prime minister.

The Independent UK

Top Pentagon official to visit Taiwan, report says, amid US-China tensions

Relations between Beijing and Washington have soured since the US accused China of sending a spy balloon into its airspace

The Guardian - AU

Taiwan reports Chinese balloon found on northern island

Taiwan's Defense Ministry says it found a Chinese weather balloon on one of its outlying islands, amid U.S. accusations that such craft have been dispatched worldwide to spy on Washington and its allies

The Independent UK

Spy balloon: Hobbyists say $12 pico balloon may have been shot down by US as Biden rules out China

US president makes ‘no apologies’ for shooting down Chinese surveillance balloon

The Independent UK

S. Korea, US to hold simulated drill on North use of nukes

South Korea and United States militaries will hold a tabletop exercise at the Pentagon next week to hone their joint response to a potential use of nuclear weapons by North Korea

The Independent UK

Pentagon's top China official travels to Taiwan, sources say

The Pentagon's top China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Chase, has arrived in Taiwan, two sources familiar with matter said on Friday, beginning a visit that could exacerbate tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Reuters

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US reportedly sending Pentagon official to Taiwan within days

The U.S. is sending its top China defense official to Taiwan in the coming days, according to the Financial Times — though it’s unclear how Beijing will respond given the softer tone it has adopted in its diplomacy with the U.S. and allies recently.

The Independent UK

China faces grilling in review of key rights by UN committee

China has come in for a grilling over its human rights record as a two-day hearing opened at the United Nations human rights office

Reuters

South Africa's naval exercise with Russia, China raises Western alarm

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South Korea PM says will increase flights from China by end of month

South Korea will increase the number of flights into the country from China to 80 from 62 per week by the end of this month, South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Friday, in Seoul's latest step to ease curbs on travellers from China.

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China declares 'decisive victory' over COVID-19

China's top leaders declared a "decisive victory" over COVID-19, claiming the world's lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned Beijing's data as the coronovirus tore across the country after largely being kept at bay for three years.

Axios

House committee on China becoming an oasis of bipartisanship

It's a House panel that actually wants to work together.

Reuters

U.S. Republicans ask Biden to boost Taiwan in his budget request

The top Republicans on U.S. congressional foreign affairs and armed services committees pressed Democratic President Joe Biden on Thursday to include $2 billion in military assistance grants for Taiwan in his upcoming budget request.

The Guardian - UK

Truss to call for tough sanctions against China if it escalates Taiwan tensions

Former PM will warn in Tokyo ‘free world is in danger’ in apparent attempt to put pressure on Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Truss to call on G7 to agree China sanctions if Taiwan conflict escalates

The former prime minister is due to address a conference in Japan on Friday which has been organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.

Bangkok Post

'Big Joke' faces down critics

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn has vowed to stamp out graft rocking the Immigration Bureau (IB) and bring any corrupt officers to justice.

The Independent UK

Spy balloon – live: Biden says ‘nothing suggests’ three shot-down UFOs tied to China

US president makes ‘no apologies’ for shooting down Chinese surveillance balloon

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