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Thai AirAsia aims to lure 20m passengers next year

Thai AirAsia is setting goals for next year in line with tourism growth and revenue from the international market increasing to 60%, up from 40%, aiming for total passengers of at least 20 million.

Bangkok Post

China reports zero new COVID deaths for Dec 20 vs 5 day earlier

China reported no new COVID-19 deaths for Dec 20, compared with five the previous day, but the nation's fatalities were revised to 5,241 after removing one death in Beijing, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending COVID emergency - WHO advisors

It may be too early to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency phase because of a potentially devastating wave to come in China, several leading scientists and World Health Organization advisors told Reuters.

Reuters

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What new satellite image analysis can tell us about the Line of Actual Control between China and India

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the Chinese infrastructure developments played a role in last week's Himalaya border skirmish between the two nuclear-armed nations.

ABC News

Uncertainty ahead for Thai economy

The Thai economy will face many headwinds but also tailwinds next year, mainly from the global economy and geopolitical tensions. In 2022, the Thai economy slowly recovered from the Covid pandemic as lockdowns ended and the economy was reopened to international travel.

Bangkok Post

Wong says ‘the ice thaws, but slowly’ ahead of talks – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

U.S. hopes to see China defeat current COVID outbreak

The United States on Tuesday indicated it stands ready to assist China with its surging COVID-19 outbreak, warning that an uncontrolled spread there may have implications for the global economy.

Reuters

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Penny Wong arrives in China for diplomatic talks in first ministerial visit in years

Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrives in Beijing ahead of a meeting with senior officials and a formal bilateral with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

ABC News

'No conflicting interests'

Fifty years ago today, Australia established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Here's a look back at the key moments that landed us where we are today.

ABC News

The public health organization that forecast 1 million COVID deaths in China says a 'tripledemic' could push the death toll even higher: 'They never had a Plan B'

The figure doesn’t take into account other viruses like RSV and flu, which are hitting other countries especially hard this year and may also strike China, one expert told Fortune.

Fortune

'Thermonuclear' Chinese Covid outbreak may infect '10% of the world in next three months'

An epidemiologist and health economist's warning comes as shocking video footage shared online showed bodies piling up in hospitals and crematoriums in China

Daily Mirror

Wong arrives in China ahead of talks

Penny Wong will meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing for the first talks between ministers in China in four years.

AAP

Taiwanese, Koreans and Hong Kongers can finally travel home. But others are out of luck

LOS ANGELES — Rosie Chow hasn't seen her 84-year-old mother since the pandemic started.

Los Angeles Times

China’s COVID-19 outbreak has US worried about new variants

The U.S. is concerned China’s runaway COVID-19 outbreak might spawn new mutations of the virus, as the world’s most populous country continues to grapple with the impact of loosening “COVID zero” protocols that had kept the pandemic at bay.

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Reuters

Germany should help China-EU ties develop 'not subject to third party' -Xi

China and Germany should work together to foster good relations between Beijing and the European Union without any interference by a third party, President Xi Jinping told Germany's president in a phone call on Tuesday, state media reported.

The Guardian - UK

China’s screeching U-turn on Covid will not be an instant fix

If Beijing is expecting an immediate boost from abandoning its tough controls it is mistaken

Reuters

U.S. and China trade barbs over South China Sea

China's embassy in Manila accused the United States on Tuesday of driving a wedge between the Philippines and Beijing, deploring Washington's "unfounded accusations" that it said sought to stir up trouble in the South China Sea.

The Conversation

China's lucrative orchid industry is a test for the nation's commitment to conservation

China is well known for its medicinal use of wild plants, a tradition that dates back thousands of years. These traditional Chinese medicines include many wild orchids, some quite showy.

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Caixin Global

China’s Parcel Deliveries Slow to a Crawl as Covid Hamstrings Labor Force

Couriers heading home ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and a backlog of Double 12 deliveries are also slowing logistics

WEKU

Confusion and falsehoods spread as China reverses its 'zero-COVID' policy

As China lifts its stringent zero-COVID policy, public health messaging has taken a U-turn. People are grappling with the whiplash, trying to find a way to protect themselves and loved ones.

The Independent UK

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The Japan News/Yomiuri

China's COVID deaths likely rising after restrictions relaxed

SHANGHAI/BEIJING -- Novel coronavirus infections are spreading rapidly in China following Beijing's altering of the nation's zero-COVID policy designed to contain the disease. The Chinese government puts the number of COVID-related deaths for December at four as of Sunday, but the figure clearly does not reflect the actual situation.

Al Jazeera

Crematoriums in China struggle as COVID spreads

Cities across China also scrambling to install hospital beds and build fever clinics amid a widening COVID-19 outbreak.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Two suspected Chinese 'overseas police' stations in Japan

The Foreign Ministry on Monday presented the findings of a report by a Spanish NGO that revealed China may have established "overseas police" service stations in Japan, at a joint meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party's Foreign Affairs Subcommittee and others.

Caixin Global

‘Avatar’ Sequel Boosts Sluggish Chinese Box Office

‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ the follow-up to the American sci-fi blockbuster, raked in $65 million after four days, as people headed back to theaters following the relaxation of Covid restrictions

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