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Australia urges release of citizens in China

Sydney (AFP) - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Tuesday urged the release of citizens held in China, as she prepared to embark on a landmark visit to Beijing.

AFP

Australia seeks to resolve China trade woes as foreign minister heads to Beijing

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday she will push China to lift trade sanctions and seek consular access to two detained Australians during a trip to Beijing that is aimed at mending strained diplomatic ties.

Reuters

What’s on the agenda for Penny Wong’s visit to Beijing?

The meeting between China’s and Australia’s foreign affairs ministers offers a salve to frosty relations between the nations in recent years.

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Watch: Missing teenagers, Wong heads to Beijing, Pitch invasion charges

Watch: Urgent search for four teens in Victorian waters. Desperate search for pregnant mother and her three young sons missing from Sydney. Foreign

The New Daily

Answering the call of nature

Global negotiators have reached a historic deal at COP15 in Montreal that will protect 30% of the earth’s land and water, and in another historic event Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday.

Crikey

Morning Mail: hopes for China ‘off-ramp’ in trade talks, David Jones sale, Victory’s reckoning

In today’s newsletter: Penny Wong flies to Beijing amid optimism about trade settlement; department store back in Australian hands; and Twitter users say Musk must go

The Guardian - AU

2 COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Beijing as Virus Surges

China's health authorities on Monday announced two COVID-19 deaths — the country's first reported fatalities in weeks — amid an expected surge of illnesses after it eased its strict “zero-COVID” approach. Unofficial reports point to a widespread wave of new coronavirus cases, and relatives of victims and people who work…

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China talks a 'positive' step forward

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is set to visit Beijing for talks with her Chinese counterpart this week, the first bilateral meetings in four years.

AAP

Looking Back on the Year of Sportswashing

Between the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the World Cup in Qatar and the emergence of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, 2022 was the year of reputation laundering through sports.

Sports Illustrated

China records first Covid death in weeks as experts question official infection figures

Officially China has reported just 5,237 Covid-related deaths

Evening Standard

Australia seeks direct resolution of trade dispute with China before WTO ruling

As Penny Wong heads to Beijing for the first such visit in four years, trade minister says he is confident economic issues can be resolved

The Guardian - AU

China COVID surge drags down 'Avatar: The Way of Water' opening weekend

"Avatar: The Way of Water" raised $57 million in Chinese cinemas, at the low end of Disney's expectations, amid a global opening weekend of $435 million.

Fortune

China reports first Covid deaths since hardline policy eased

Beijing (AFP) - China on Monday reported its first deaths from Covid-19 since loosening its hardline containment policy, as hospitals and crematoriums struggle with an outbreak authorities say is impossible to track.

AFP

China's Covid surge hits trading floors, finance hub

SHANGHAI: Covid-19 is sweeping through trading floors in Beijing and spreading fast in the financial hub of Shanghai, with illness and absence thinning already light trade and forcing regulators to cancel a weekly meeting vetting public share sales.

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Reuters

China reports first COVID deaths in weeks as official count questioned

China reported its first COVID-related deaths in weeks on Monday amid rising doubts over whether the official count was capturing the full toll of a disease that is ripping through cities after the government relaxed strict anti-virus controls.

AFP

China megacity says people with symptomatic Covid can work 'as normal'

Beijing (AFP) - People with Covid-19 symptoms in one of China's largest cities can now go to work "as normal", state media reported Monday, a dramatic reversal in a country where a single case could previously send thousands into lockdown.

The Independent UK

Australia's foreign minister to meet counterpart in China

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she will meet with her counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing this week as Australia and China mark 50 years of diplomatic relations

The Independent UK

2 COVID-19 deaths reported in Beijing as virus surges

Chinese health authorities have reported the nation's first COVID-19 deaths in more than two weeks

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Wong to visit Beijing as 'strategic dialogue' restarts in new breakthrough in Australia-China relations

Australia’s relations with China will take another major step forward this week with Foreign Minister Penny Wong travelling to Beijing for the resumption of the bilateral Foreign and Strategic Dialogue, which has been on hold since 2018.

Reuters

Australia foreign minister to visit China as diplomatic ties improve

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will visit China this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, signalling an improvement in diplomatic relations between Beijing and Canberra.

ABC News

Foreign Minister Penny Wong to make first ministerial visit to Beijing since China froze diplomatic relations with Australia

Penny Wong will on Wednesday become the first Australian minister to visit Beijing in China since 2019.

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong to travel to China this week for 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations

Trip by Australia’s foreign affairs minister comes as tensions ease between two trading partners

Reuters

'I don't trust it:' Vaccine hesitancy lingers even as China COVID cases surge

Headhunter Candice knows the COVID-19 infections engulfing Beijing and much of China will soon hit her home of Shenzhen city, but she would rather face it without a vaccine booster, saying she fears potential side effects more than the virus.

Tribune News Service

Reports of Beijing COVID deaths fuel speculation about China covering up data

The number of COVID-positive dead arriving at Beijing’s funeral parlors and crematoriums is rising, according to media reports, despite China not reporting a fatality from the virus for two weeks.

Bangkok Post

TikTok's Efforts to Distance Itself From Chinese Parent Stumble Over Talent

TikTok has accelerated efforts to move workers away from China in an attempt to distance itself from its Chinese parent, but the short-video app still counts on local talent to handle some key functions and continues to recruit there.

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