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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.

Al Jazeera

Key questions around James Cleverly’s visit to China

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

The Independent UK

Cleverly China visit: can UK pull off tricky diplomatic balancing act?

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits China on Wednesday hoping to tread a fine diplomatic line between calling out Beijing over human rights abuses and posturing over Taiwan and seeking greater cooperation on economic ties and climate change.

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US given OK to enforce maritime law around Palau as Washington vies with China for Pacific influence

The United States has signed a new agreement with Palau, which gives Coast Guard ships the authorization to unilaterally enforce maritime regulations in the tiny Pacific island nation’s exclusive economic zone

The Independent UK

China’s leading state-run newspaper calls on UK to return ‘stolen’ artifacts ahead of James Cleverly visit

‘We formally request the British Museum to return all Chinese cultural relics acquired through improper channels to China free of charge’

The Independent UK

Top Chinese official tells the US commerce secretary he's ready to improve cooperation

The top Chinese official in charge of economic relations with Washington has told Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo he's ready to “make new positive efforts” to improve cooperation following an agreement to reduce trade tension

The Independent UK

Britain's foreign secretary will visit China in an attempt to shore up ties

Britain’s top diplomat James Cleverly is set to visit China on Wednesday in the first trip by a U.K. foreign secretary to the country in more than five years

The Independent UK

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Japan says brick thrown at Beijing embassy amid Fukushima spat

Tensions have soared since Japan began releasing Fukushima’s wastewater into the Pacific despite China’s opposition.

Al Jazeera

China and U.S. Agree to New Dialogue on Trade

American Commerce Secretary Raimondo confers with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in fourth Beijing visit by a Biden cabinet member since June

Caixin Global

Billions of dollars are flowing out of Chinese markets in a ‘seismic’ change in capital flows despite a flurry of actions to shore up confidence

“China has now seen consistent and large outflows for the past 18 months, as investors grow wary of autocracies,” IIF chief economist Robin Brooks wrote in a Sunday post.

Fortune

China releases new official map, showing territorial claims

China releases 2023 map showing Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin within its borders. The map also includes the nine-dash line and a tenth dash east of Taiwan, underlining Beijing's claims over the island. The release is part of "National Mapping Awareness Publicity Week" and the 30-year anniversary of the Law of…

The Hindu

Foxconn’s billionaire founder seeks presidency of Taiwan to stop island from becoming ‘the next Ukraine’

Foxconn founder Terry Gou enters a crowded race to replace outgoing Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen, pledging improved ties with China and greater economic growth.

Fortune

Senior Beijing Winter Olympics Official Caught in Anti-Graft Dragnet

Ni Huizhong, former chief of the Chinese delegation at the 2022 games, is suspected of corruption

Caixin Global

Chinese Australian writer fears dying in Beijing detention after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst

Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun has told his family he fears he will die in a Beijing detention center after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst, prompting supporters to demand his release for medical treatment

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Top US and Chinese commerce officials agree to discuss trade conditions

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she and her Chinese counterpart agreed Monday to exchange information on U.S. export controls that frustrate Beijing and set up a group to discuss other commercial issues, but neither side appeared ready to make concessions on disputes that have plunged relations to their lowest level…

The Independent UK

Top US and Chinese commerce officials express support for better trade conditions

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart have expressed support for improving trade conditions as Raimondo begins a visit to Beijing as part of U.S. efforts to improve chilly relations

The Guardian - UK

China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?

The US has taken a public stand over China’s crimes against humanity. In Beijing this week, the UK foreign secretary should do the same and shame his hosts

Al Jazeera

Xi Jinping calls for protection of ‘hard-won stability’ in Xinjiang visit

Chinese president visited far western region where the UN has accused China of possible ‘crimes against humanity’.

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The Independent UK

North Korea to allow its citizens abroad to return home, a sign of further easing of pandemic curbs

North Korea says it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldwide

France 24

Friends at any price: China seeks allies, arms markets in West Africa as French influence wanes

China’s expansion into the West African arms market is a shift in strategy for a country that has typically focussed its weapons sales on other African regions. But Beijing is not just competing for a share of a new market: amid waning French influence in West Africa, China is looking…

The Guardian - US

Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge Biden to increase aid

GOP-led House committee convenes on Guam as officials say Beijing working to ‘fill perceived voids in America’s assistance’

The Independent UK

Taiwan's vice president accuses China of attempting to influence upcoming elections

Taiwan’s vice president and front-runner in upcoming presidential elections has accused China of employing unfair trade practices that could be used to influence the voting

The Hindu

Xi tells Modi that China, India should consider ‘overall interests’ of ties and ‘properly handle’ border issue

China’s Foreign Ministry said that President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in talks on August 23 that both sides “should bear in mind the overall interests” of ties and “handle properly the border issue”. Beijing also said the meeting at the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg…

The Independent UK

Chinese spies tried to hack my email, says senior Tory

Alicia Kearns says attack was attempt to ‘silence those of us who are outspoken’

The Conversation

Fifteen years after the war in Georgia, the dilemmas of the European Union in the South Caucasus

Fifteen years ago this month, while all eyes were set on Beijing for the opening of the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era, war broke out between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. Officially part of Georgia since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, it…

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