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Competitor or adversary? West struggles to define relationship with Beijing

US’s most vital trade partner and main long-term competitor presents a sticky ‘pacing challenge’

The Guardian - US · Feb 16, 2023

China warns of retaliation against US over balloon saga

China warned that it will retaliate against the U.S. over violations of its sovereignty, potentially escalating the lingering balloon dispute just as top diplomats from both nations plan to attend a security conference in Germany.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023

Blinken eyes balloon détente in possible meeting with Chinese counterpart

A failure to meet would indicate how serious the diplomatic rift actually is.

Axios · Feb 16, 2023

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China's top diplomat starts weeklong Europe tour in Paris

China's top diplomat is in Paris, the first stop on a tour of Europe that comes amid rising tensions between the United States and China after the American downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

China's top diplomat holds Paris talks on first leg of European tour

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday at the start of his trip to Europe, amid renewed tensions between China and the United States.

France 24 · Feb 15, 2023

U.S. says all countries should warn China against Taiwan conflict

The United States hopes China will not use any visits by U.S. lawmakers to Taiwan as an excuse for military action, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday, adding that all countries should warn Beijing against conflict over the island.

Reuters · Feb 15, 2023

Trial of the ‘Hong Kong 47’ symbolises China’s attempts to dissolve civil society

Experts say Chinese authorities want to send the message that critical voices deemed a threat to the regime will be erased

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2023

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Chinese spy balloon may have drifted into American mainland airspace by mistake, officials reveal

Suspected surveillance craft likely took advantage of strong winds that inadvertantly changed its flight path to enter US airspace, reports find

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

China’s provinces spent almost £43bn on Covid measures in 2022

Third of provinces yet to publish data as country looks to revive economy after zero-Covid policy ends

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

Washington’s China Hawks Take Flight

The story of how decades of U.S. engagement with China gave way to estrangement.

Foreign Policy · Feb 15, 2023

Governor of China’s Xinjiang cancels UK visit after British MPs call for his arrest

Erkin Tuniyaz was due to visit London as part of his EU trip

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

China threatens US entities over balloon incident

China says it will enact measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Reinterpretation of law to shoot balloons being considered

Unmanned Chinese surveillance balloons are "strongly suspected" to have flown in Japan's airspace three times since November 2019, the Japanese government has announced.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 15, 2023

Japan warns China of airspace violation as spy balloons suspected

Japan’s defence ministry ‘strongly suspects’ Chinese surveillance balloons entered Japanese airspace thrice since 2019.

Al Jazeera · Feb 15, 2023

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Bangkok Post · Feb 15, 2023

Philippines, US to hold biggest war games in years

MANILA: The Philippines and the United States will this year carry out their biggest joint military drills since 2015, Manila's army chief said on Wednesday, against a backdrop of growing tensions with China in the South China Sea.

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

China expresses support for Sri Lanka ahead of debt meeting

China has expressed support for Sri Lanka ahead of a meeting of lenders to poor economies but gave no indication if it might help to cut debts that have plunged the Indian Ocean island nation into financial and political turmoil

Reuters · Feb 15, 2023

China says U.S. balloons flew over Xinjiang, Tibet, warns of countermeasures

Diplomatic friction festered between the United States and China on Wednesday as Beijing charged that U.S. high altitude balloons flew over its Xinjiang and Tibet regions and said it would take measures against U.S. entities that undermine Chinese sovereignty.

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2023

British police forces ‘shot through’ with Chinese surveillance cameras, watchdog warns

UK should be as concerned about Chinese made cameras as spy balloons, warns watchdog

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Reuters · Feb 15, 2023

Philippines, U.S. to hold biggest war games in years

The Philippines and the United States will this year carry out their biggest joint military drills since 2015, Manila's army chief said on Wednesday, against a backdrop of growing tensions with China in the South China Sea.

Al Jazeera · Feb 15, 2023

Philippine president summons China envoy over sea confrontation

China’s foreign ministry defended the Chinese coastguard’s actions towards a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea.

Caixin Global · Feb 15, 2023

China to Lift South Korean Visa Freeze

Beijing will resume issuing short-term visas to South Korean nationals, ending most of the retaliatory measures taken after Seoul’s Covid curbs on travelers from China

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2023

Kevin Rudd: Australia’s incoming ambassador to US says balloon saga threatens push to ease tensions with China

Former Labor prime minister says incident has created ‘diplomatic clouds’ that may overshadow efforts to stabilise relationship

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

China national soccer boss arrested on corruption charges

The head of China's national soccer federation has been arrested on corruption charges in the latest blow to the country's effort to grow its standing in the international game

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

UK rehearsing economic fallout scenarios if China invades Taiwan

Exclusive: Whitehall officials planning strategy to tackle disruption to global supply chains in the aftermath of an attack

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2023

Japan Says Past Aerial Objects Likely Chinese Spy Balloons

A fresh analysis of unidentified aerial objects that flew over Japan's airspace in recent years "strongly" suggests they were Chinese spy balloons, according to Tokyo's defense ministry. "After further analysis of specific balloon-shaped flying objects previously identified in Japanese airspace, including those in November 2019, June 2020 and September 2021,…

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