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The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

US commerce secretary meets China envoy before trip to stabilise ties

Gina Raimondo’s August 27-30 trip is latest effort by the Biden administration to cool US-China tensions.

Al Jazeera

US imposes new China visa curbs over alleged ‘forced assimilation’ in Tibet

Experts have said about 1 million Tibetan children were being separated from their families at state boarding schools.

Al Jazeera

Warnings of scientific ‘suicide’ as US-China research collaboration hangs in balance

Some US legislators want the US-China Science and Technology Agreement, renewed every five years since 1979, to be allowed to expire this month

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North Korean plane takes off from Beijing in a sign Pyongyang is opening borders post-pandemic

A North Korean commercial flight has taken off from Beijing in a sign that Pyongyang is its opening its borders again after almost three years of severe COVID-19 restrictions

The Independent UK

On this day in 2015: Mo Farah wins 10,000m World Championship gold in Beijing

Farah was ruthlessly focused as he burst away from the twin Kenyan challenge of Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Paul Tanui down the home straight.

The Independent UK

North Korea’s Air Koryo makes first international flight since COVID

Flight to Beijing is the latest sign of easing travel restrictions in the isolated state.

Al Jazeera

Why China is grappling with falling prices – and being compared to Japan

The world’s second-largest economy is grappling with deflation, raising fears of Japan-style stagnation.

Al Jazeera

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China-brokered Saudi-Iran deal driving ‘wave of reconciliation’, says Wang

Beijing’s top diplomat lauds improving ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, calls for full resumption of nuclear deal.

Al Jazeera

The Observer view on the Camp David summit: it signals a new cold war – this time with China

The meeting between Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea symbolises a profound hardening of attitudes in the Pacific

The Guardian - UK

Why is China so angry about Taiwan’s William Lai visiting the US?

China’s angry response to Taiwan official’s stopovers in US show relations are at all-time low, but how did we get here?

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong judges propose a further delay in the trial of activist publisher Jimmy Lai

Hong Kong judges have proposed a new delay in the trial of a prominent activist publisher who was arrested in August 2020 under a sweeping Beijing-imposed national security law

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Lifelike robots and android dogs wow visitors at Beijing robotics fair

Winking, grimacing or nodding their heads, robots mimicked the expressions of visitors at a robot expo in Beijing.

The Independent UK

Tackling climate change: is China laggard or pioneer?

The Hai River basin is “the largest natural drainage system in northern China”, said Channel News Asia (Singapore). It has five rivers flowing into it and it contains the capital, Beijing, as well as the major port city of Tianjin.

The Week

China's Xi calls for measures to mitigate disastrous flooding amid economic slowdown

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for measures to mitigate the effects of this year’s disastrous flooding which has left scores dead and inflicted massive damage on crops, homes and infrastructure, including in and around Beijing

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

‘New milestone’: Leaders of US, Japan and South Korea to meet at Camp David

Amid Japan-South Korea detente, summit presents chance to shore up trilateral alliance to counter China and North Korea.

Fortune

China's crashing property sector is world's 'most important' industry right now

If Beijing is forced to step in to save the economy, that might push Fitch Ratings to consider a downgrade, given a debt-to-GDP ratio that's "a little bit on the high side."

The Times of India

Foreign funds flee China stocks in record selling streak

BEIJING: Daily outflows of overseas funds from Chinese stocks are on course to tie a record streak amid worsening sentiment on the nation’s economy and the government’s efforts to get it back on track.

The Conversation

War in Ukraine is a warning to China of the risks in attacking Taiwan

U.S. defense strategists warn that China may use the distraction of the war in Ukraine to launch military action against Taiwan. They believe Chinese President Xi Jinping is determined to gain control over the breakaway province – which has been beyond Beijing’s control since the founding of the People’s Republic…

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Evening Standard

China deflation: why are prices going down?

Beijing denies it is in a ‘deflation’ but figures suggest economic struggle

The Independent UK

On this day 2009: Usain Bolt breaks WR for World Championship 100m gold in 9.58

The triple Olympic champion stormed to victory in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, comfortably beating the mark of 9.69secs set in Beijing the previous year.

Al Jazeera

Taiwan VP says China military action to US stopover would be interference

Self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own is due to go to the polls in January with VP Lai the frontrunner.

The Times of India

Banks slash China economic growth forecasts

BEIJING: For the second straight month, a slew of disappointing economic data from China spurred investment banks around the world to cut their 2023 growth outlook.

The Times of India

China is hiding more and more data from the rest of the world

BEIJING: China’s abrupt decision to pause releasing data on its soaring youth jobless rate this week was the latest sign the Asian giant is increasingly restricting sensitive information — especially when it’s unflattering to the nation’s faltering economy.

Zenger

Xi Jinping’s Russia Strategy Aims For ‘Goldilocks’ Sweet Spot, Says Expert

Xi Jinping does not want Russia to be overly powerful in order to confront China, but he also does not want Moscow to lose.

Al Jazeera

China’s defence minister visits Russia and Belarus in show of support

Beijing says visit underscores drive by China and Russia to align foreign policies to undermine West-led world order.

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