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In China, artificial intelligence extends its hold on daily life

China's artificial intelligence (AI) market is currently worth €20 billion, but that figure could more than double within two years. Beijing aspires to overtake the US to become the world leader in the sector by 2030. AI technology enables machines to imitate human intelligence to generate texts, images and videos…

France 24

China's new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?

China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with the release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as contested parts of India and Russia, and official objections continue to mount

The Independent UK

Pope visits Mongolia for first time amid strained relations with China, Russia

Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning on a visit to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities.

France 24

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Biden hopes Xi Jinping will attend G20 amid reports Chinese president will skip Delhi summit

Analysts suggest Chinese leader may be reluctant to give neighbouring rival India the spotlight

The Guardian - AU

Pope makes first visit to Mongolia as Vatican relations with Russia and China are again strained

Pope Francis is travelling to Mongolia to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities

The Independent UK

Cleverly’s humiliating China visit was the perfect symbol of isolated, ill-led ‘global Britain’

The foreign minister set off with the aim of both ‘standing up for our values’ and securing profitable trade. He failed at both, says foreign policy commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

US approves military aid for Taiwan under programme for sovereign states

The move is likely to anger Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory.

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Thursday briefing: What we learned from the foreign secretary’s trip to China

In today’s newsletter: The UK foreign secretary met senior Chinese officials for talks in Beijing – was there anything to gain?

The Guardian - UK

‘Lively in faith’: Pope Francis heads to Mongolia with eye on diplomacy

Mongolia, between Russia and China, could help ease church’s troubled ties with Beijing and lift Ukraine peace efforts.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on the UK and China: Britain is muddling along in dealing with Beijing

Editorial: The foreign secretary’s approach is an improvement, but there’s still a long way to go

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘clear-eyed’ China will not change ‘overnight’, says Cleverly

The Foreign Secretary was meeting with senior officials in Beijing in a visit he said would allow for ‘tough conversations’ with the Chinese.

The Independent UK

Western politicians face tough balancing act on visits to Beijing

UK’s James Cleverly is latest to travel to Beijing hoping to improve ties and change Chinese foreign policy

The Guardian - UK

US commerce secretary warns China will be 'uninvestable' without action on raids, fines

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says she warned Chinese leaders that U.S. businesses might stop investing in their country without prompt action to address complaints about worsening conditions due to raids on firms, unexplained fines and unpredictable official behavior

The Independent UK

China doubles down on new map, tells India to keep calm and not to ‘over-interpret’

China defends new map, asks India to "refrain from over-interpreting" it. Beijing says it's a "routine practice" to exercise sovereignty in accordance with the law. India's External Affairs Minister says govt. is "very clear" about its territory and "absurd claims" won't make it theirs.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: James Cleverly’s visit only highlights Britain’s China confusion

Britain’s China policy tells a tale of confusion. Long gone are the chummy images of David Cameron and Xi Jinping sampling local ales in Buckinghamshire. Yet the Government does not seem quite as keen as the United States to turbocharge “decoupling” or “derisking” from Beijing. Instead, it is pursuing a…

The Independent UK

UK needs to have ‘pragmatic’ working relations with China, says Cleverly

James Cleverly said that the UK was ‘clear-eyed’ that China would not change ‘overnight’.

The Independent UK

James Cleverly in China for ‘tough conversations’ with counterparts

The Foreign Secretary said meeting Chinese officials is important to avoid misunderstandings between Beijing and London.

The Guardian - UK

Isolating China would be a mistake, says UK foreign secretary

On trip to Beijing, James Cleverly says Britain is ‘clear-eyed’ about its disagreements with world’s second largest economy

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak could meet Xi Jinping within weeks as MPs criticise ‘elusive’ China strategy

Row erupts as foreign secretary meets his Chinese counterpart in Beijing

Al Jazeera

China promised climate action. Its emissions topped US, EU, India combined

Beijing’s heavy reliance on coal plants has cast a shadow over global efforts to tackle climate change.

The Guardian - UK

UK should take China to task on human rights and Taiwan, MPs say

Foreign select committee report published as foreign secretary, James Cleverly, travels to Beijing

The Independent UK

Foreign Secretary visits Beijing as MPs call for unclassified China strategy

The Foreign Affairs Committee is calling for a more structured and comprehensive approach to dealing with China.

Fortune

Biden’s commerce chief just denied the U.S. is breaking up with China and then listed all the ways it’s doing exactly that

In Beijing this week, Gina Raimondo kept insisting the U.S. and China aren’t headed for a decoupling, but then she got into the details.

Al Jazeera

US commerce secretary says companies see China as ‘uninvestable’

Gina Raimondo is fourth senior US official to visit China in recent months as two countries seek to manage tensions.

The Independent UK

Key questions around James Cleverly’s visit to China

The last UK foreign secretary to visit China was Jeremy Hunt in 2018.

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