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Xi is expected in Riyadh as the Middle East looks beyond America

Two months after snubbing U.S. President Joe Biden’s pleas for oil, Saudi Arabia is rolling out the red carpet for his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

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President Xi Jinping to attend summits in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from Dec 7-10

President Xi Jinping will attend the first China-Arab States Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from Dec. 7-10, said Hua Chunying, spokesperson at the foreign ministry, in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters

Australia and United States vow to increase military cooperation amid rising Chinese presence in Pacific

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles meet their US counterparts in Washington, discussing the rise of China in the Pacific as well as Australia's defence "capability gap".

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US sticking with North Korea policy despite series of missile tests

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is not about to change its long-standing North Korea policy and will continue to focus on deterrence and stronger ties with Asian allies, a senior White House official said, despite leader Kim Jong Un’s unprecedented barrage of missile tests in recent months.

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China’s Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia to ‘bolster ties’

Initial agreements worth $29bn will be signed at a Saudi Arabian-Chinese summit this week, official news agency says.

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Eye of the storm: Taiwan at the centre of Sino-U.S. tensions

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in August in defiance of Chinese warnings for the trip not to take place.

Reuters

Mongolians protest alleged theft of coal sold to China

Protesters have tried to force their way into Mongolia's State Palace, incensed by allegations of corruption linked to the coal trade with China

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Factbox-Saudi-China energy, trade and investment ties

Saudi Arabia and China signed a series of agreements during President Xi Jinping's visit to the kingdom, demonstrating deepening ties between the two countries that Riyadh's traditional ally the United States is warily watching.

Reuters

Chinese President to Visit Saudi Arabia at King Salman's Invitation

Chinese President Xi Jinping will kick off an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday at the invitation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. King Salman and Xi will preside over a Saudi-Chinese summit with the participation of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China's Xi to arrive in Riyadh on Wednesday to meet Saudi and Arab leaders

Saudi Arabia aims to increase trade with Beijing and discuss regional security when China's president visits Riyadh this week, with the kingdom seeking to expand superpower ties beyond the increasingly fractious alliance with the United States.

Reuters

China Pays Its Respects to Late Leader Jiang Zemin

Sirens wailed out across China at the beginning of a public memorial service for former leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday, who died last week at the age of 96. A nationwide three-minute silence was held as part of the formal memorial service. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other current and…

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Late Chinese leader Jiang hailed in memorial service

China's communist leaders have eulogized the late leader Jiang Zemin as a loyal Marxist-Leninist who oversaw their country's rapid economic rise while maintaining rigid party control over society

The Independent UK

Hu Jintao reappears as China comes to standstill for late leader Jiang Zemin

Former leader who was removed from a key meeting in October attended the memorial where Xi Jinping urged country to ‘turn grief into strength’

The Guardian - AU

European Institutional Complexities and EU-Taiwan Relations

The European Union and its member states are enhancing their political relations with Taiwan, but it comes more expressly from the action of their legislative branches rather than their executive actors.

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China bids farewell to former leader Jiang Zemin

China comes to a standstill for Jiang Zemin, with sirens wailing as people gathered for three minutes of silence.

France 24

China comes to standstill in tribute to late leader Jiang Zemin

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other current and previous top officials paid their respects Monday to former leader Jiang Zemin, who died last week at age 96.

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Q&A: How China’s ‘sharp power’ is growing and evolving

Academic Joshua Kurlantzick says Beijing’s influence efforts are becoming sophisticated and it is learning from Russia.

Axios

U.S. and EU positions on China are converging, top official says

The goal is "not to be nasty, but not to be naive."

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Australia 'playing with fire' in Taiwan

China says a delegation of Australian MPs are 'playing with fire' visiting Taiwan, but one coalition senator says it's simply business as usual.

Reuters

Biden administration working with Congress on 'deterrence' over Taiwan - White House

The White House said on Monday that the U.S. administration is continuing to work with Congress on ways to "reinforce deterrence" against any changes to the status of Taiwan.

The Guardian - AU

Papua New Guinea can’t afford Australia and US standoff with China, James Marape warns

PNG prime minister tells west ‘your enemy is not our enemy’ as he tries to steer clear of geopolitical struggle gripping the Pacific

The Independent UK

China party officials pay respects to former leader Jiang

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other current and previous top officials have paid their respects to former leader Jiang Zemin, who died last week at age 96

The Independent UK

Japan aims to boost 5-year defense spending to $318 billion

Japan has set a new target for military spending over the next five years to $318 billion, or 1.5 times the current level, as the country seeks defense buildup including the use of preemptive strike

The Guardian - UK

China’s Covid policy didn’t have to end in riot and protest. This is why it did

The government faces the rapid spread of public anger centred on a galvanising tragedy, says professor of psychology Stephen Reicher

The Independent UK

Madrid-based human rights group says China has more secret ‘police stations’ abroad than reported

NGO finds over 100 police station aimed at clamping down on Chinese dissidents living in exile

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