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Taiwan simulates destroying an invading Chinese force in coastal drill

TAICHUNG — Taiwan's military simulated destroying an invading Chinese force in a coastal exercise on Tuesday, firing off rockets and artillery to stop an amphibious assault in what it described as a more realistic combat scenario with less preparation time.

Bangkok Post

Xi And Kim Push For Increased Cooperation As Beijing And Pyongyang Get Closer

Kim Jong Un hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping in Pyongyang on Monday with a large-scale ceremonial welcome featuring military honors, flag-lined streets and coordinated displays across the North Korean capital as part of a rare visit by the Chinese leader.

International Business Times

‘A special sense of closeness’: China’s Xi vows stronger ties with North Korea in rare visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said that China world not swerve from its commitment to safeguarding common interests with North Korea or waver in its support for Kim Jong Un during a rare summit between the two leaders in Pyongyang. The summit comes at a time when China's economy,…

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While world makes beeline for Beijing, Xi flies to North Korea - Why China is worried about Kim Jong Un and Russia

Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in North Korea for his first overseas trip of the year.

The Times of India

Rare visit: China's Xi Jinping meets North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang

Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit to North Korea, meeting with leader Kim Jong Un to strengthen strategic ties. Xi emphasized their "unbreakable and enduring" friendship and commitment to regional peace. The visit occurs amid heightened tensions and North Korea's non-negotiable stance on its nuclear program.

The Times of India

China's Xi lands in North Korea for rare visit

SEOUL - China's President Xi Jinping hailed an "invincible friendship" with Pyongyang as he arrived in North Korea Monday, his first trip abroad this year after hosting back-to-back summits in Beijing.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong proposes to let city leader decide what counts as national security offense

The Hong Kong government is proposing to allow the city’s leader to classify certain criminal acts as national security offenses

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Chinese leader Xi heads to North Korea for closely watched talks with Kim

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to travel to Pyongyang in his first visit in seven years, a trip likely meant to reassert China’s unique influence over North Korea in return for providing economic and political benefits

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping arrives in Pyongyang on trip to revitalise China-North Korea ties

Kim Jong-un welcomes Chinese leader on visit to renew relations strained amid Pyongyang’s closeness with Russia

The Guardian - UK

China's Xi to visit North Korea after meetings with Trump, Putin

SEOUL - Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in North Korea on Monday after hosting back-to-back summits with US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin last month.

Bangkok Post

Xi’s war on the Uyghurs: The battle for identity in China's far West

When Chinese authorities detained Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti in January 2014, his daughter Jewher Ilham was preparing for a future she believed would include both her family and her father's work promoting dialogue between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. Instead, Tohti was sentenced later that year to life imprisonment on separatism-related…

The Times of India

What China and North Korea stand to gain from Xi Jinping’s rare summit with Kim Jong Un

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea for first time in nearly seven years, offering North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a stage to showcase an increasingly assertive foreign policy. Arpan Rai reports

The Independent UK

'Someone else's knife fight': AUKUS doubts resurface

Australia should re-examine whether it needs a fleet of crewed submarines at all or could just rely on underwater drones, says Greens senator David Shoebridge.

AAP

‘Anachronistic dream’: Kim Jong Un’s sister rejects US denuclearisation push ahead of Xi visit

North Korea on Sunday firmly rejected US claims that Washington and Beijing share a goal of denuclearising the Korean Peninsula, reaffirming its status as a nuclear-armed state a day before Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to visit Pyongyang.

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The Independent UK

North Korea calls US push for its denuclearization an 'anachronistic dreams'

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a U_S_ push for denuclearization of North Korea “anachronistic dreams."

The Times of India

Nepal seeks 'transformative' ties, says no grudge against India

Nepal does not carry any old baggage against India and is determined to build a genuinely transformative relationship with its “close neighbor and most important partner,” said Nepal foreign minister Shisir Khanal as he met his counterpart S Jaishankar on Saturday, following another round of diplomatic strife over the border…

The Guardian - US

On China, Trump picked the right battle but the wrong strategy

A long trade war looms. Trump’s scattershot protectionism, chaotic tariffs and belligerence against our natural allies guarantees that US trade policy will remain a hot mess

The Independent UK

Kim Jong Un shows off new warship and vows to arm North Korean navy with nuclear weapons ahead of Xi visit

Kim regime has ramped up displays of its nuclear and military strength in days before crucial visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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Latin Times

US Journalist Who Worked for Chinese State Media Admits Acting as Unregistered Agent for China

Pauken reportedly received more than $100,000, along with travel expenses, for reports he was told would be read by President Xi Jinping

Reason

Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Sue over Notre Dame Law Clinic's Filing Amicus Brief Condemning China's Actions Towards Uyghurs

The plaintiffs had asked for (among other things) "$1.00 as an apology to every Chinese people live in mainland China, total $1.41 billion."

Bangkok Post

Thailand to join UN maritime arbitration with Cambodia

Thailand said on Friday it would join ‌a UN arbitration process chosen by Cambodia to resolve a decades-long maritime boundary dispute, but it has put on hold for now other two-way efforts to settle their contested borders.

Bangkok Post

China's entrance exam gets less competitive as more teens opt to skip university

China has reported a second consecutive decline in the number of students sitting the country's national university-entrance exams, as a graduate jobs crunch leads many teenagers to decide against pursuing an academic degree.

Bangkok Post

China among top gold buyers as bullion overtakes US Treasuries in global reserves: ECB

China is one of the world's largest buyers of gold as central banks shift towards the precious metal, which has overtaken US Treasuries to become the world's top reserve asset amid higher valuations and its appeal as a geopolitical hedge, the European Central Bank said.

The Times of India

Xi Jinping to visit North Korea after 7 years as Kim expands nuclear programme

Chinese president Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, both countries announced on Friday, marking his first visit to the country in nearly seven years.

Latin Times

Rubio Marks Tiananmen at 37: 'No Amount of Censorship Can Erase the Past'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Tiananmen's 37th anniversary, vowing censorship can't erase 1989 — and Beijing pushed back. A look at what June 4 still means.

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