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Kishida specifies 2% of current GDP target for defense, security spending

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed the defense and finance ministers to boost Japan's defense and security-related spending in fiscal 2027 to 2% of the current gross domestic product.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

UK parliamentary committee visits Taiwan

A British parliamentary committee is visiting Taiwan this week to meet President Tsai Ing-Wen and other senior officials, the Foreign Affairs Committee said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

Chinese ambassador summoned to Foreign Office after arrest of BBC journalist

THE Chinese ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office amid an escalating diplomatic row following the arrest of a BBC journalist in the…

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Canada won’t compromise values in relations with China, says foreign minister

Exclusive: as the two nations prepare to co-host Cop15, Mélanie Joly discusses Canada’s long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy

The Guardian - US

UK summons Chinese ambassador over ‘unacceptable’ arrest of BBC journalist

The broadcaster said the cameraman was ‘beaten and kicked’ by police after covering protests against Covid restrictions.

The Independent UK

‘Golden era’ of UK-Chinese relations is over, says Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking at the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London’s Guildhall

Evening Standard

UK summons Chinese ambassador over ‘completely unacceptable’ beating and arrest of BBC journalist

China accuses British government of ‘hypocritical double standards’ after Rishi Sunak’s rebuke

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China Cities under Heavy Policing after Protests

China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. The country's leadership faced a weekend of protests not seen in decades, as anger over unrelenting lockdowns fuels deep-rooted frustration with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US dismisses China objections to South China Sea mission

The U.S. Navy has dismissed Beijing's protests over a “freedom of navigation operation" conducted near a Chinese-held island in the South China Sea

The Independent UK

China: Police crack down on protests after demonstrators call on President Xi Jinping to quit

Xi Jingpeng is facing his toughest show of public defiance since becoming president of China

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak news – live: David Miliband hints at Commons return demanding EU ‘cooperation’

Former Labour minister says UK has a ‘shredded reputation’

The Independent UK

UK summons Chinese ambassador to Foreign Office over police ‘beating’ of BBC journalist in Shanghai

Ed Lawrence was reportedly ‘arrested, handcuffed, beaten and kicked’ by security forces in Shanghai as he covered protests over the weekend

Evening Standard

China says it drove away US cruiser near Spratly Islands

BEIJING: China's military said on Tuesday it drove away a US guided-missile cruiser that "illegally intruded" into waters near the South China Sea's Spratly Islands, an assertion the US Navy disputed.

Bangkok Post

Biden Monitoring China Covid Unrest

US President Joe Biden is monitoring unrest in China by protesters demanding an end to Covid lockdowns and greater political freedoms, the White House said Monday. The comments came after hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities over the weekend, in a rare outpouring of public…

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China says journalists should eschew activities unrelated to their role

Journalists should not engage in activities unrelated to their role, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after broadcaster BBC said one of its reporters had been assaulted and detained while covering weekend protests in Shanghai.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Says It Drove Away US Cruiser Near Spratly Islands

China's military said on Tuesday it drove away a US guided-missile cruiser that "illegally intruded" into waters near the South China Sea's Spratly Islands. "The actions of the US military seriously violated China's sovereignty and security," said Tian Junli, spokesman for the Southern Theatre Command of the People's Liberation Army.…

Daily Mirror

Chinese universities send students home and move exams online amid anti-lockdown protests

Students at Tsinghua University, Xi's alma mater, protested on Sunday along with other schools in Beijing and the southern province of Guangdong - it comes as the government sees its largest protests in decades

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What’s behind angry protests against China’s ‘deadly’ Covid restrictions

In today’s newsletter: A timeline of increasing dissent as Chinese citizens demand ‘food, not PCR tests’ and blame Xi Jinping’s government for restrictions they say have cost lives

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China says US ship ‘illegally intruded’ in waters near Spratlys

China has taken an increasingly assertive approach to its claims in the disputed South China Sea in recent years.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong asks Beijing to rule on fight over foreign lawyers

Hong Kong’s leader asks Beijing for help in his bid to block foreign lawyers from working on national security cases.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak news – live: UK ‘looks at fast-track removal of migrants from safe countries’

Home Office to revive New Labour policy

Reuters

China says it drove away U.S. cruiser near Spratly Islands

China's military said on Tuesday it drove away a U.S. guided-missile cruiser that "illegally intruded" into waters near the South China Sea's Spratly Islands, an assertion the U.S. Navy disputed.

Reuters

Hong Kong leader says central govt concerned about issue of foreign lawyers

Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Tuesday the central government in Beijing was concerned about the issue of foreign lawyers appearing in national security cases in the city.

The Independent UK

Sunak takes aim at China with promise of ‘evolutionary leap’ in foreign policy

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking at the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London’s Guildhall.

The Independent UK

UK's Rishi Sunak says 'golden era' with China over

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared that the U_K_’s “golden era” of ties with China was over in his first major speech on foreign policy, and described China’s growing authoritarianism as a “systemic challenge to our values and interests.”

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