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Millions on the move in China amid Covid worries

SHANGHAI: Tens of millions in China headed to their rural hometowns for Lunar New Year celebrations on Thursday, though President Xi Jinping said he was "concerned" about the countryside's ability to weather a Covid surge.

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India foreign minister visits Sri Lanka with stronger ties, China in focus

India's foreign minister arrives in Colombo on Thursday following his country's backing of Sri Lanka for a $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, leaving China as the island's last remaining major creditor which has yet to agree to the debt restructuring plan.

Reuters

Lunar New Year tourism hopes fizzle as Chinese stay home

A hoped-for boom in Chinese tourism over next week's Lunar New Year holidays looks set to be more of a blip as most travelers opt to stay inside China if they go anywhere at all

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Lunar New Year spending seen at 3-yr high

Thailand's consumer spending over the Lunar New Year period could rise 13.6% to 45 billion baht (US$1.36 billion), a three-year high, as the economy recovers and China's border reopening bolsters tourism, a university survey showed on Thursday.

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Australia 'deeply troubled' by Chinese espionage case

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government is “deeply troubled” by the delays in China resolving espionage allegations against Chinese-Australian writer and blogger Yang Hengjun

The Independent UK

Zero-Covid Left in Dust as Chinese Revelers Fuel Travel Boom

Armed with selfie sticks and freshly recovered from Covid, Chinese tourists ambled through bar streets in the country's backpacker haven of Dali, partying the stress of the past three years into oblivion. As Lunar New Year approaches, China is seeing a domestic travel boom after the government abruptly dismantled its…

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Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.49% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.87%

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Man tracks down stolen iPhone 6,000 miles away

Ketan Aggarwal, 36, was talking on his iPhone 14 Pro when it was snatched from his hand in central London

The Independent UK

China accuses 'some Western media' of COVID-19 coverage bias

China has accused “some Western media" of bias, smears and political manipulation in their coverage of China's ending of its strict “zero-COVID" policy

The Independent UK

Fisher: This Year Will Deliver a Big Surprise — and Big Returns — for Stock Investors

After nearly two gloomy years, it isn’t easy to imagine a brighter 2023. But Chinese stocks’ recent rise shows that there are better days ahead for the market

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Australian government 'deeply troubled' by delays to writer Yang Hengjun's espionage trial verdict in China

Foreign Minister Penny Wong expresses concerns after Chinese authorities delay a verdict in the espionage trial of Australian writer Yang Hengjun until April — the seventh such delay.

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Thai stocks are top pick in Asean on tourism outlook: JPMorgan

A better-than-expected upswing in tourism from China’s re-opening and the likely fillip to domestic consumption make Thai stocks the top pick for JPMorgan Chase & Co in Southeast Asia.

Bangkok Post

Is China Pivoting Away From ‘Wolf-warrior’ Diplomacy?

Political analysts say the appointment of a new Chinese foreign minister may reflect Beijing’s attempt to soften its foreign policy approach and warm up to Western diplomats — or fortify itself against U.S. rivalry.

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Jacinda Ardern's outsized foreign policy legacy

When the Prime Minister exits, she leaves behind a slate of foreign policy achievements for which she will be remembered.

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Research on Chang'e-5 lunar samples gains fruitful results

BEIJING: More than 50 research results on the lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission have been published in notable academic journals at home and abroad, pushing China's lunar science research to the international forefront, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

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China reopening ‘not enough’ to power Thai growth to 4% in 2023

An upswing in tourism from China’s reopening will help boost Thailand’s economy, but isn’t sufficient to restore growth to pre-pandemic levels just yet, according to analysts.

The Conversation

China's population is now inexorably shrinking, bringing forward the day the planet's population turns down

China’s National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have long suspected – that 2022 was the year China’s population turned down, the first time that has happened since the great famine brought on by Chinese leader Mao Zedong in 1959-1961.

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JPMorgan’s top pick in Asean is Thai stocks on tourism outlook

A better-than-expected upswing in tourism from China’s re-opening and the likely fillip to domestic consumption make Thai stocks the top pick for JPMorgan Chase & Co in Southeast Asia.

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The Times of India

Coronavirus: China masses take Covid fight into own hands as Xi Jinping sits back

BEIJING: Left to fend for herself after China abruptly ended the world’s strictest Covid restrictions, 31-year-old Share Xue and her daughter found themselves with 40C (104F) fevers and an expired bottle of Motrin.

Reuters

Australia says it's 'troubled' by delays in writer's espionage trial verdict in China

A verdict in the espionage trial of Australian writer Yang Hengjun, detained by China since his arrest there four years ago, has been delayed until April, the seventh such delay, his supporters said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

‘Best thing that happened’: Chinese return home after years apart

Zero-COVID left many Chinese families – overseas and at home – separated for years. Now, they can finally reunite.

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Yellen to visit Beijing in further sign of US-China thaw

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Yellen to visit Beijing in further sign of US-China thaw

Plans are under way for U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterparts to hold meetings in Beijing and Washington later this year, continuing the governments’ efforts to ramp up face-to-face engagement to improve ties.

Fortune

China reopening could lead to a global inflationary surge, Norway wealth fund executive warns

China's reopening has come as welcome news for markets, but it could also cause a global inflationary surge.

Bangkok Post

Is a global recession really coming up?

The world's leading economists spent most of 2022 convincing themselves that, if the global economy was not already in a recession, it was about to fall into one. But with the year 2022 end, the global slump has been postponed to the present 2023.

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