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China accused of ‘intimidation’ to stop dissident from running for US congress

In an unprecedented joint address, the directors of the FBI and MI5 warned on Wednesday of the multifaceted threat posed by Chinese espionage. They highlighted one potentially violent effort to prevent a Chinese dissident turned American citizen from running for a seat in Congress.

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Australia Reports No Progress on China Trade Sanctions

Australia vowed Saturday to stand up for itself in dealing with China, after reporting no breakthroughs in high-level talks where it pressed Beijing to drop punitive trade sanctions. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described a meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers the previous day -- the first since 2019 --…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US, China seek to calm rising tensions on many fronts

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting his Chinese counterpart in a new effort to try to rein in or at least manage rampant hostility that has come to define recent relations between Washington and Beijing

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Penny Wong: China and Australia take ‘first steps towards stabilising relationship’

Foreign affairs minister meets Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at G20 in Bali to push for end to ‘coercive’ sanctions

The Guardian - UK

Penny Wong and Wang Yi meet on sidelines of G20 in Bali, with hopes of 'stabilising' Australia-China relationship

In a sign of thawing relations, Penny Wong meets with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, in the first such talks since 2019.

ABC News

After backlash, Beijing drops COVID vaccination mandate for crowded venues

Beijing's city government has dropped plans to allow only vaccinated people to enter crowded venues such as libraries, cinemas and gyms from Monday, following a strong online backlash to the measure announced earlier this week.

Reuters

Asian Stocks Extend Global Rally as Recession Fears Ease for Now

Asian markets rose Friday on easing recession fears, while there were growing hopes that Joe Biden will remove some Trump-era tariffs from Chinese goods. Buying was also boosted by reports that Beijing was considering a huge stimulus shot to the struggling economy by allowing local governments to raise billions of…

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Australia seeks to stabilise China ties, says FM Wong ahead of meeting

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the country's new government wants to stabilise its relationship with Beijing but will not make any concessions on national interest when she meets her Chinese counterpart on Friday.

Reuters

China demands end to US-Taiwan military 'collusion'

China has demanded the U.S. cease military “collusion” with Taiwan during a virtual meeting between the joint chiefs of staff from the two sides

The Independent UK

Beijing appears to retract vaccine mandate after pushback

The Chinese capital Beijing appears to be backing off a vaccine mandate it announced just two days ago

The Independent UK

Top US General Mark Milley speaks with Chinese counterpart

Amid Washington-Beijing tensions, military leaders discussed need to ‘responsibly manage competition’, Pentagon says.

Al Jazeera

Australian, Chinese foreign ministers to meet for first time in three years

Australia and China's foreign ministers will meet for the first time in three years, Beijing confirmed on Thursday, signalling a thaw in relations that soured over claims of foreign interference and retaliatory trade sanctions.

Reuters

Penny Wong to meet Chinese minister in sign of thawing relations between Australia and China

Following days of speculation, China’s foreign ministry confirmed the meeting after Wong signalled she was open to a direct conversation

The Guardian - AU

The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten review – handover notes

The journal of Britain’s last governor makes for candid reading, supplemented by a polemical essay on Hong Kong 25 years on

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Beijing Mandates COVID Vaccines to Enter Some Public Spaces

The Chinese capital has issued a mandate requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they can enter some public spaces including gyms, museums and libraries, drawing concern from city residents over the sudden policy announcement and its impact on their daily lives. The health app that shows a…

The Independent UK

Beijing mandates COVID vaccines to enter some public spaces

The Chinese capital has issued a mandate requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they can enter some public spaces including gyms, museums and libraries

The Times of India

China resumes in’tl flights after a hiatus of 2 years, services to India still on hold

China recently started operations of international flights after a two-year ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, as per the reports, there is no confirmation yet on the resumption of air services to India even after Beijing lifted the visa ban for Indian professionals and their families last month.Reports state…

Reuters

China foreign minister seeks 'new golden era' of ties with Philippines

China's foreign minister said on Wednesday Beijing was ready to work with new Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to help usher in what he called a "new golden era" in the countries' relationship.

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The Independent UK

Marcos plays balancing act in meeting with China's FM

New Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will meet China’s top diplomat to discuss long-simmering disputes in the South China Sea as he wades into foreign policy dilemmas that include the U.S.-China rivalry in the region

The Independent UK

Shanghai, Beijing order new round of mass COVID-19 testing

Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities

The Conversation

Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them

When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media some 500 years later.

Reuters

Vatican envoy in Hong Kong warns Catholic missions to prepare for China crackdown

Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona, the Vatican's unofficial representative in Hong Kong, delivered a stark message to the city's 50-odd Catholic missions before finishing his six-year posting in March: the freedoms they had enjoyed for decades were over.

Tribune News Service

US ambassador urges China to stop spreading Russian ‘lies’

The U.S. ambassador to China called on the Foreign Ministry in Beijing to stop spreading Russia’s “lies,” in an unusually direct and public rebuke by the top American diplomat in the country.

The Independent UK

Japan sights China, Russia warships near disputed islands

Japan has protested to Beijing after spotting Chinese and Russian warships just outside its territorial waters around the disputed East China Sea islands

Caixin Global

Covid Uncertainty Leaves More Guangzhou Offices Empty

Share of unoccupied Grade-A space in the Guangdong provincial capital was up by 1 percentage point from the past quarter, though the rate remained below that of Beijing and Shenzhen

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