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Jimmy Lai: UK refuses to release details of efforts to free British citizen jailed by China ‘to avoid damaging relations’

Media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai has been detained in China since 2020 and while foreign secretary James Cleverly says he raised the issue in Beijing, it is not clear how

The Independent UK

Hong Kong to introduce own national security law in 2024

The move follows Beijing’s move to impose a national security law following the 2019 mass protests for democracy.

Al Jazeera

Putin and Xi: Beijing Belt and Road meeting highlighted Russia’s role as China’s junior partner

The third Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing recently attracted fewer heads of state or senior officials than the previous forums in 2017 and 2019. There were 11 European presidents and prime ministers at the 2019 forum. But last week’s forum attracted only three.

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Asia’s Middle Powers Can Help Reduce the Risk of War

With China resisting U.S. pleas to manage superpower competition, other countries should step in.

Foreign Policy

China’s Wang Yi to pay rare visit to US as two countries try to repair ties

Visit takes place amid Israel-Hamas war and escalating tensions in the disputed South China Sea.

Al Jazeera

🔴 Live: 'Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people,' says Macron on visit to West Bank

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the Hamas attack had been traumatic for Israel but that it also was a disaster for the Palestinian people. "Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people," Macrontold reporters alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in the West Bank, following a meeting…

France 24

Why does China claim almost the entire South China Sea?

Beijing’s claim is embodied by its nine-dash line that an international court rejected more than seven years ago.

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Top Chinese diplomat to visit Washington ahead of possible meeting between Biden and Xi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will come to Washington for a three-day visit starting Thursday

The Independent UK

China, Philippines escalate rhetoric in South China Sea collision row

Beijing and Manila officials talk of ‘intentional’ and deliberately ‘provocative’ manoeuvres in collision incidents.

Al Jazeera

Philippines calls on China to stop ‘provocative actions’ at sea

Manila lodges diplomatic protest over near collisions in the South China Sea, its 55th this year.

Al Jazeera

China urges Gaza ceasefire, willing to do whatever needed to end violence

Touring the Middle East, Beijing’s special envoy Zhai Jun expresses concern about risk of widening conflict.

Al Jazeera

Yuan under pressure as capital is exiting China at the fastest pace in 7 years

BEIJING: Capital is exiting China at the fastest pace in more than seven years, piling extra pressure on the yuan.

The Times of India

China rattles foreign firms again with arrests, Foxconn probe

BEIJING: Chinese authorities are again shaking the confidence of foreign companies in the country with a series of arrests across industries and an investigation into Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc’s most important partner and one of the largest employers in China.

The Times of India

Lobster and beef on menu after China wine breakthrough

Australia will continue to push for the removal of restrictions on lobster and beef exports after a breakthrough on the trade dispute with Beijing over wine.

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Not all in China’s military view Taiwan, the West as primary threat

As China prepares for possible conflict with Taiwan, the US, some see such a confrontation as unnecessary, unwinnable.

Fortune

Beijing could scupper another merger involving a US chips firm just as the Biden administration clamps down on China’s tech sector

A delay could be retaliation for new U.S. controls on sales of advanced AI chips to China.

Al Jazeera

US says China has significantly expanded its nuclear arsenal

Pentagon’s annual report says China has more than 500 nuclear warheads and is likely to double that by 2030.

The Guardian - AU

Australia rules out cancelling Chinese company’s lease over Port of Darwin

Government also presses for removal of imposts on wine ahead of Anthony Albanese’s visit to Beijing next month

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The Independent UK

China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says

A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is on track to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2030 and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like

Caixin Global

Putin Says Arctic Shipping Route Could Be Navigable Year-Round by 2024

Russia welcomes countries to get ‘directly involved’ in the development of its 3,500-mile-long Northern Sea Route, the country’s president said at the Belt and Road forum in Beijing

Radio France Internationale

China marks ten years of Belt & Road forum, though interest is waning

Beijing will inject over $100 billion of new funding into its Belt and Road initiative (BRI), China's President Xi Jinping said Wednesday at a summit marking the vast infrastructure project's tenth anniversary.

The Independent UK

China’s Xi warns West against cutting ties as he welcomes ‘dear friend’ Putin to Beijing

‘We stand against unilateral sanctions and economic coercion’

France 24

Beijing 'determined to deteriorate Hong Kong's freedom', activist Nathan Law says

Nathan Law, one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists and as such wanted by Beijing, spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman from the UK. He discussed the current situation in Hong Kong and the actions taken by the Chinese authorities against pro-democracy activists abroad.

Evening Standard

What is the Belt and Road initiative? Vladimir Putin attends summit in Beijing with Xi Jinping

More than 130 nations are represented at 10-year anniversary event of global project aimed at increasing China's influence worldwide

Al Jazeera

China’s Xi warns West against economic ‘decoupling’

The Chinese president praised his 10-year Belt and Road Initiative at an international forum celebrating the project.

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