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COVID lockdowns upset the rice bowls of China's commuter workers

When the town of Yanjiao near Beijing was suddenly plunged into a COVID-19 lockdown last month, taxi driver Dong Tiejun was forced to drive hundreds of kilometres to avoid roadblocks and get a passenger to Tianjin, a metropolis on the northeast coast.

Reuters

In confrontational message to Beijing, Liz Truss warns of economic retaliation if China fails to ‘play by rules’

G7 alliance should act as ‘economic Nato’ defending members targeted by autocratic regimes, says foreign secretary

The Independent UK

Labor ‘gravely concerned’ by Karen Andrews’ claim about potential China election interference

Kristina Keneally says home affairs minister must clarify comments or brief Labor on intelligence reporting of foreign interference

The Guardian - AU

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Trade deals not affected by India and China’s stance on Ukraine, says minister

UK negotiators are in India this week to continue trade talks and are looking to resume discussions with Beijing, Anne-Marie Trevelyan said.

The Independent UK

Beijing in race to contain Covid outbreak and avoid Shanghai-style lockdown

Some residents of the capital have begun stockpiling food and supplies after witnessing scenes of the tough lockdown in Shanghai

Evening Standard

Wall Street Banks Slash Chinese Companies' Profit Forecasts - Read Why

Some Wall Street banks slashed their profit estimates for Chinese companies, citing the recent Covid resurgence and subsequent lockdowns, Bloomberg reports. China's Covid Zero policy has dealt a heavy blow to the economy, as stringent restrictions pressure supply chains and chill consumption. A week-long lockdown that shut down much of Shanghai…

Benzinga

Oil Prices Stable Amid Balancing Act Of Russia Supply Fears and Asian Demand Concerns On COVID-19 Restrictions

On Wednesday, oil was steady after Russia cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland. However, lingering concerns about Asian COVID-19 related lockdowns (especially in China) weigh on economic growth, and oil demand constrains the prices, writes Reuters. Brent crude futures rose $0.26, or 0.30%, to $105.25 a barrel by 0823 GMT. U.S.…

Benzinga

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China's Beijing finds positive samples in COVID testing this week

China's capital of Beijing has detected some positive COVID-19 cases in the first round of mass testing conducted in a dozen districts this week, a municipal official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

China’s Capital in Race to Detect COVID Cases, Avoid Shanghai’s Distress

Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the dozens from spiraling into a crisis like the one the locked-down city of Shanghai is enduring. Evidence that Shanghai's month-long isolation has become…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing braces for COVID lockdown with mass testing and panic buying

One woman bought enough food for three months.

Axios

Vladimir Putin in staunch defence of Kamila Valieva as he slams ban on Russian athletes

Kamila Valieva has received the support of Russia's president Vladimir Putin after the 16-year-old figure skater's doping case rocked the Winter Olympics in Beijing last year

Daily Mirror

Shanghai seeks 'societal zero COVID' with rounds of testing

Shanghai city authorities said Wednesday they will start rounds of testing over the next few days to determine which neighborhoods are safe to allow a limited amount of freedom of movement

The Independent UK

China's capital in race to detect COVID cases, avoid Shanghai's distress

Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the dozens from spiralling into a crisis like the one the locked-down city of Shanghai is enduring.

Reuters

Air quality in parts of Hobart 'worse than Beijing' due to smoke haze from planned burn

A pall of smoke from forestry burns makes the air quality in parts of Hobart and southern Tasmania worse and less healthy than in Beijing.

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The Conversation

Morrison, Dutton go hard on national security - but will it have any effect on the election?

Elections held in the shadow of war or overarching national security concerns tend to favour incumbents.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Backs Russian Skater Valieva as She Faces Doping Case

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for figure skater Kamila Valieva on Tuesday, saying she did not compete "dishonestly" after her doping case dominated this year's Winter Olympics. Valieva was on the gold-medal winning Russian squad for the figure skating team event at the Beijing Olympics but no medal ceremony…

The Guardian - UK

Italian woman, 72, to walk Marco Polo’s path from Venice to Beijing

Vienna Cammarota will tread the Silk Road in 13,000-mile ‘walk for peace’

Al Jazeera

China’s Beijing orders mass COVID testing; lockdown fears grow

Residents of Beijing ‘extremely nervous’ about a Shanghai-style lockdown as authorities order mass COVID testing.

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Reuters

China dismisses speculation it may try to influence Twitter via Tesla

China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday there was no basis to speculation that Beijing could try to use leverage over electric car maker Tesla Inc in order to influence content on U.S. social media site Twitter Inc.

The Independent UK

Beijing enforces mass COVID testing, closes neighborhoods

Beijing was enforcing mass testing and closing down access to neighborhoods as China’s capital sought to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Expands Mass Testing as Lockdown Fears Grow

Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai. China is trying to contain a wave of infections in Shanghai -- its biggest city -- which has been almost…

The Guardian - AU

Xinjiang: UN team in China ahead of visit by human rights chief

Michelle Bachelet due to visit Uyghur region in May after United Nations long pushed China for ‘unfettered, meaningful’ access

Reuters

South Korea key for Europe to manage fallout from China-U.S. rivalry, report says

Closer ties between the European Union and South Korea under President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol are imperative for managing China's rising power and the increasing rivalry between Beijing and Washington, former ambassadors and officials said.

Financial Times

America’s lopsided China strategy: all guns and no butter

Facing criticism that its approach focuses too much on defence, the administration is preparing an economic plan for the Indo-Pacific

Al Jazeera

Could Asia save Putin from an EU energy ban? It’s not so simple

Infrastructure issues, political pressure and low demand could prevent Asia from absorbing diverted energy supplies.

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