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‘Give me a break, man’: Biden refuses to take questions over China after balloon statement

Biden calls reporter after remarks to ‘answer questions that he could not hear because other reporters were shouting’

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: Morrison accuses west of appeasing China, Biden’s balloon backdown, heatwave builds

The former PM says accommodating China is worst mistake since Munich; ‘avalanche’ of mortgage stress coming; why we should talk about happiness

The Guardian - AU

Biden: No evidence of "sudden increase" in unidentified objects in U.S. airspace

The speech was the president's most extensive remarks yet on the unidentified objects downed in recent days.

Axios

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Biden says shot-down objects were probably scientific and not China-linked but posed risk to air traffic

President says the objects shot down last week were most likely ‘balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions’

The Independent UK

U.S. concerned about debt Pakistan owes China, official says

The United States is concerned about debt owed to China by Pakistan and other countries, U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet said on Thursday during a visit to Islamabad as the country dealt with an economic crisis.

Reuters

Uyghur groups call for U.N. action against China over rights abuses

Uyghur advocacy groups called on United Nations bodies to take action against China on Thursday over its abuses against the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, after U.N. experts this week reviewed Beijing's rights record.

Reuters

China after the end of 'zero Covid'

The Detail talks to journalist Chen Liu about returning to China after three years of border closures.

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China hits back at US with sanctions on Lockheed, Raytheon

China imposed fines and sanctions against two U.S. defense companies in a further escalation of tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.

Tribune News Service

China sanctions Lockheed Martin and Raytheon over Taiwan sales

The sanctions could have a chilling effect on future sales to Taiwan by companies not yet sanctioned by China.

Axios

China says 200 million treated, pandemic 'decisively' beaten

China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for COVID-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November

The Independent UK

Former Australian PM Scott Morrison likens west’s ‘appeasement’ of China to Munich agreement with Hitler

Speech in Tokyo draws parallel with pre-second world war agreement, and claims credit for urging others to stand up to Beijing ‘bullying’

The Guardian - AU

Journalist held without trial in China said to need urgent medical attention

Advocates of Huang Xueqin accuse authorities of ‘trying to exert mental pressure and physical torture’

The Guardian - UK

Xi Says China Must Boost Consumer Spending, Foreign Investment This Year

The president stresses the importance of consumption in bolstering the economy at a key annual meeting to set the economic policy agenda for 2023

Caixin Global

China calls for Iran sanctions to be lifted during Raisi’s visit

Beijing has condemned the punitive economic measures during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s first state visit.

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Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island, likely Chinese

Taiwan's military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Criteria to be eased for shooting down balloons

When a foreign balloon or other aerial object intrudes into Japanese airspace, the use of weapons by the Self-Defense Forces to bring down the object will soon be allowed, according to sources.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong population drops for 3rd year under COVID shadow

Hong Kong’s government has announced that the territory's population dropped for a third straight year as deaths rose during the pandemic and anti-virus measures restricted the number of arriving workers

Bangkok Post

Xi Jinping to visit Iran

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Iran, the foreign ministry said Thursday, as a three-day trip to China by the leader of the Islamic republic drew to a close.

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Explainer-What we know about China's medical reform protests

Hundreds of people in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian protested against medical benefit cuts on Wednesday in the latest display of public discontent after rare nationwide demonstrations last year over strict COVID curbs.

Caixin Global

China to Take Action Against U.S. Entities After Balloon-Related Blacklisting

Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it will take action against the relevant American entities that have ‘undermined China’s sovereignty and security’

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Spy balloon further deflates US-China relations

(Opinion editor's note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom.)

Evening Standard

Britain takes threat from China ‘deadly seriously’, says minister amid spy balloon row

Britain takes the threat from China “deadly seriously”, a Government minister said on Thursday as a review was being carried out into whether Beijing is targeting the country with spy balloons.

Reuters

China's balloons give Japan and Taiwan a reason to share intelligence, says lawmaker

The flight of suspected Chinese surveillance balloons has shown that Japan and Taiwan need to share "critical" intelligence about potential common aerial threats, a senior defence policymaker for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said.

Reuters

China, Iran call for Iran sanctions to be lifted; Xi to visit

China's President Xi Jinping and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, called on Thursday for the lifting of sanctions on Iran as an integral part of a stalled international agreement on its nuclear programme.

The Independent UK

South Korea defense report revives 'enemy' label for North

South Korea has called North Korea “our enemy” in its biennial defense document, reviving the label for its rival for the first time in six years

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