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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

The Independent UK

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.

Al Jazeera

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 Guardian - UK

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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.

The Independent UK

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.

Fortune

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

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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.

The Week

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

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

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Fortune

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.

The Hindu

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…

Fortune

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.

Caixin Global

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

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The Independent UK

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

France 24

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’.

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…

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