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China's foreign minister: Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to China

China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to China, and that it is right and proper for China to uphold its sovereignty.

Reuters

Macron accused of ‘playing into Xi’s hands’ with Taiwan comments

French president might have been trying to caution against a bipolar world, but he left self-ruled Taiwan exposed.

Al Jazeera

Plagues, poisons and magical thinking – how COVID lab leak hysteria could be straight from the Middle Ages

The COVID “lab leak” story clearly isn’t going away soon. The theory that the pandemic began with an accidental release of the virus from a lab in Wuhan recurs like clockwork – most recently in a report from Senate Republicans in the US this week.

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Biden aims to unveil China investment curbs with G-7 backing

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Biden urged to deliver 'historic' arms control speech at G7 summit in Japan

Two dozen arms control advocates have urged President Joe Biden to use next month's G7 summit in Hiroshima, which was hit by the first U.S. atomic bombing of World War Two, to reaffirm a U.S. commitment to nuclear disarmament and readiness for arms control talks with Russia and China.

Reuters

Global balance of population and power is shifting

Europe is shrinking, Africa is growing and India is passing China.

Axios

Macron, Biden talk, but statements differ on Taiwan

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday, but statements the two leaders released differed over Taiwan just 10 days after Macron had drawn criticism with allies over the issue.

Reuters

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Any peaceful solutions to the conflict over Taiwan?

The conflict about the status of the island of Taiwan is once again featuring prominently in the news. The recent exercises by the military of the People's Republic of China around the island are raising tensions that have been latent since 1949. As the government of mainland China has been…

Bangkok Post

Ancient princesses helped build vast warrior empire that prompted China to erect the Great Wall

Analysis of ancient DNA and grave goods from burials suggest that princesses helped to build a "massive empire" stretching from Kazakhstan to Mongolia.

LiveScience

Biden aims to unveil China investment curbs with G-7 backing

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden aims to sign an executive order in the coming weeks that will limit investment in key parts of China’s economy by American businesses, people familiar with the internal deliberations said.

Tribune News Service

Security comes first in U.S.-China economic relations, says Treasury Secretary Yellen

Still, U.S. and China need to work together on issues like climate change and debt relief.

WEKU

US may need MORE nuclear bombs as China and Russia cooperate to create terrifying arsenal

Chinese President Xi Jinping's and Vladimir Putin announced a 'comprehensive' agreement last month which saw Beijing expand their nuclear energy weapons - and it could dwarf the US who may need to act NOW, an expert tells The Mirror

Daily Mirror

Yellen's new strategy in U.S.-China economic diplomacy

Tensions between the U.S. and China shouldn't stand in the way of a constructive economic relationship, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday.

Axios

The Vivo X Flip and X Fold 2 are the latest to challenge Samsung's foldable dominance

Vivo has made Vivo X Flip and the X Fold 2 official. The devices go on sale in China, with no word on a global launch.

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US war game on Taiwan shows need for 'decisive action' to boost arms

A U.S. congressional war game simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan showed the need to arm the island "to the teeth," the chair of a committee on China said on Thursday, after the exercise indicated the U.S. must boost production of long-range missiles and businesses must brace for economic fallout.

The Independent UK

Chinese ‘secret police stations’: Everything we know

Beijing denies community centres on foreign soil being used to monitor and intimidate Chinese dissidents

The Conversation

Outer space: Rwanda and Nigeria sign an accord for more responsible exploration - why this matters

In 2020, the United States announced a framework for the private exploitation of space resources. It consists of practical principles to guide exploration, science and commerce in outer space. The Artemis Accords are intended to make space activity responsible, transparent, safe, peaceful and sustainable. Nigeria and Rwanda signed the accords…

Daily Mirror

China's 'Test of Courage' cliff edge destroyed after attracting daredevil tourists

Officials in China destroyed The Test of Courage rock formation fearing tourists would fall over the edge as they climbed the cliff to pose for photos in the Anyan valley

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S.Korea summons Chinese ambassador over reaction to Yoon's Taiwan remarks

South Korea said on Thursday it summoned China's ambassador to protest at Beijing's criticism of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's remarks on Taiwan.

Reuters

Front line Taiwanese island drills for a Chinese attack

Emergency workers on a Taiwan-controlled island next to China's coast practiced responding to a simulated Chinese attack on Thursday, a little more than a week after Beijing staged war games around the sensitive Taiwan Strait.

Reuters

Like Russia itself, Bolshoi Theatre looks to China for new ties

Much like the Russian government, the Bolshoi Theatre, home to two of the world's greatest opera and ballet companies, is being shunned by the West over Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine and looking east to China instead.

Daily Mirror

Caged dogs with 'trusting eyes' butchered and burnt alive for meat at festival

WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT: No To Dog Meat works with locals in countries like China, Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia, where dog meat markets are still popular, and scenes of canines being butchered or boiled alive are common

InsideEVs

Volkswagen Unveils ID.Next Electric Sedan In China, Based On ID.7

While Volkswagen's ID.Next electric sedan will be produced by SAIC Volkswagen, its closely related sibling, the ID.7 Vizzion, will be built by FAW Volkswagen.

Motor1

Ford Ranger To Be Sold And Made In China

Meanwhile, the US is still waiting for the truck to debut.

LiveScience

NASA satellite crash not source of mysterious flash of light above Ukraine capital, agency claims

A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t.

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