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Top Pentagon official to visit Taiwan, report says, amid US-China tensions

Relations between Beijing and Washington have soured since the US accused China of sending a spy balloon into its airspace

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war exposes splits between Global North and South

Over the past year, most Global South countries adopted a position of studied neutrality on the war in Ukraine. Their self-interest over the principles of international law and stability ended up serving Russian interests and regional tyrants, but not their citizens, who comprise most of the world’s population.

France 24

UK too soft on China and must stand up to communist regime, warns Liz Truss

Former PM to make first speech since her turbulent stint at No 10

The Independent UK

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Spy balloon: Hobbyists say $12 pico balloon may have been shot down by US as Biden rules out China

US president makes ‘no apologies’ for shooting down Chinese surveillance balloon

The Independent UK

Weekly Must-Read: China’s Hunt for Strategic New Energy Minerals

Pursuit of key minerals intensifies as U.S., Canada and Australia restrict Chinese access to “strategic” materials

Caixin Global

China’s top tech dealmaker Bao Fan goes missing

The billionaire investment banker is unreachable, according to the investment bank he founded.

Al Jazeera

Pentagon's top China official travels to Taiwan, sources say

The Pentagon's top China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Chase, has arrived in Taiwan, two sources familiar with matter said on Friday, beginning a visit that could exacerbate tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Reuters

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US reportedly sending Pentagon official to Taiwan within days

The U.S. is sending its top China defense official to Taiwan in the coming days, according to the Financial Times — though it’s unclear how Beijing will respond given the softer tone it has adopted in its diplomacy with the U.S. and allies recently.

Tribune News Service

China faces grilling in review of key rights by UN committee

China has come in for a grilling over its human rights record as a two-day hearing opened at the United Nations human rights office

The Independent UK

US President Joe Biden says three unidentified objects shot down were 'not nefarious' — here's what they could be instead

US President Joe Biden says the three objects shot down over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron are not linked to China's spy balloon — here's what experts say they might be instead.

ABC News

South Africa's naval exercise with Russia, China raises Western alarm

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Reuters

South Korea PM says will increase flights from China by end of month

South Korea will increase the number of flights into the country from China to 80 from 62 per week by the end of this month, South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Friday, in Seoul's latest step to ease curbs on travellers from China.

Reuters

Sri Lanka’s Chinese-built port city stirs white elephant fears

Sri Lankans are questioning the feasibility of Port City Colombo as their country faces its worst economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

China declares 'decisive victory' over COVID-19

China's top leaders declared a "decisive victory" over COVID-19, claiming the world's lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned Beijing's data as the coronovirus tore across the country after largely being kept at bay for three years.

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Los Angeles Times

Biden says the 3 most recent aerial objects shot down were probably tied to scientific research

WASHINGTON — The mysterious objects U.S. fighter jets shot down over North America in recent days were probably balloons tied to private scientific research and have no connection to the large Chinese spy balloon the U.S. military destroyed off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, President Joe Biden…

Axios

House committee on China becoming an oasis of bipartisanship

It's a House panel that actually wants to work together.

The Independent UK

Amid U.S. TikTok bans, a few balk at writing its name in law

Banning TikTok from government devices enjoys bipartsan support across the U.S. But a few Democratic legislators in Kansas object to expanding a ban imposed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly because they don’t want a state law to target a company by name

The Guardian - UK

Truss to call for tough sanctions against China if it escalates Taiwan tensions

Former PM will warn in Tokyo ‘free world is in danger’ in apparent attempt to put pressure on Rishi Sunak

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The Independent UK

Truss to call on G7 to agree China sanctions if Taiwan conflict escalates

The former prime minister is due to address a conference in Japan on Friday which has been organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.

The Independent UK

Spy balloon – live: Biden says ‘nothing suggests’ three shot-down UFOs tied to China

US president makes ‘no apologies’ for shooting down Chinese surveillance balloon

The Guardian - US

Biden says latest objects shot down over US not linked to China spy program

‘Private companies’ conclusion set to fuel criticism that downings were overreaction amid pressure over initial balloon discovery

AAP

Morrison urges China pressure, praises own efforts

Scott Morrison will use a speech to spruik his efforts to call out "bullying" by the Chinese government and urge further pressure on human rights abuses.

ABC News

US President Joe Biden says unidentified objects do not appear to be tied to China or espionage

President Joe Biden says three unidentified objects shot down by US fighter jets do not appear to have been used for spying on the United States and are likely tied to benign purposes.

France 24

US developing 'sharper rules' to counter unknown aerial objects, says Biden

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes drama sparked by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon transiting much of the country.

Caixin Global

China’s Solar Exports Soar 80% Despite Rising Headwinds

In the face of trade frictions and rising competition, 2022 shipments reach a record $51.3 billion, and demand is still climbing

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