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Former health minister urges rethink on Covid tests for arrivals to UK from China - OLD

The comments from the Tory peer put further pressure on ministers to reconsider their stance after saying Britain has ‘no plans’ to impose tests.

The Independent UK

China’s COVID-19 outbreak brings new travel rules, but are they worth it?

China's surge in COVID cases has led to countries imposing fresh travel rules, but with other measures largely scrapped, does it make sense?

The New Daily

Philippines' Marcos seeks agreements in China amid tensions

The Philippines says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hopes to sign a number of agreements during a visit to Beijing that comes amid ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea

The Independent UK

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EU holds strategy talks as alarm grows over China's Covid surge

The European Commission is meeting Thursday to discuss a bloc-wide strategy faced with a surge in China's Covid-19 epidemic. While France says it's not planning on introducing health checks on Chinese travellers for the moment, the government has instructed airports and airlines to prepare for testing.

Radio France Internationale

Commentary: The rise of the left was the real story of 2022

Pundits reviewing 2022 are heaving a palpable sigh of relief. This was the year, or so the consensus goes, when far-right strongmen such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro were enfeebled, China stumbled and the “West” made a comeback, at least against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Tribune News Service

Mark Z. Barabak: It's not just Russia and China targeting Washington. Disinformation is a problem in local races too

Michelle Petersen was sitting in her home office a few days before the November election when her computer began blowing up with urgent messages.

Los Angeles Times

India demands negative Covid test for arrivals from Thailand

People travelling from Thailand to India will have to produce a negative Covid-19 test result starting from Jan 1, India’s health minister confirmed on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

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Hong Kong Expecting Influx of Tourists From Mainland China

Hong Kong has canceled quarantine requirements for arrivals. The only measure remaining is the mask mandate.

The News Lens

US clears sale of $180m anti-tank systems to Taiwan

Taiwan says the sale will boost the island’s capacity for ‘asymmetric warfare’ amid escalating tensions with China.

Al Jazeera

UK’s China arrivals policy ‘under review’ amid surging Covid infections

China is dealing with a surge in infections

Evening Standard

Cash-Strapped Chinese Developer Sells $1.8 Billion of Assets to State-Owned Rival

China Fortune Land will transfer its shares and creditor rights in four subsidiaries located in the country’s south to China Resources Land

Caixin Global

Growing list of countries imposing COVID rules on China arrivals

Malaysia, South Korea join the US, Italy and others in introducing restrictions after infections surge in China.

Al Jazeera

Italy urges EU peers to test China arrivals for COVID, but many say 'no'

Italy on Thursday urged the rest of the European Union to follow its lead and test travellers from China for COVID, but others said they saw no need to do so for now or were waiting for a common stance across the largely border-less bloc.

Reuters

Global Alarm Grows over China's Covid Surge

The United States is the latest in a growing number of countries to impose restrictions on visitors from China after Beijing abruptly removed a major impediment to overseas travel despite surging Covid cases at home. Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of Covid cases following Beijing's decision…

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Bangkok Post

Philippines and China seek to avoid ‘miscalculation’

MANILA: The Philippines and China will establish direct communication between their foreign ministries to avoid “miscalculation and miscommunication” in the hotly disputed South China Sea, Manila said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Japan eases COVID curbs on flights from Hong Kong after backlash

Hong Kong travellers will be able to fly into three more Japanese airports than previously as measures eased.

The Independent UK

US to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising China threat

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.44% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.13%

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Ladakh’s Buddhists and Muslims unite to challenge BJP’s politics

The Indian government’s abrogation of article 370 of the constitution – ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and dividing the state into two separate union territories – in 2019 has set an unexpected chain of events in motion in the Himalayan region of Ladakh.

Bangkok Post

Manila: No need for conditions on Chinese visitors

MANILA: The Philippines’ top health official says there is no need yet to shut the country’s borders or impose tighter Covid restrictions on inbound Chinese travellers, bucking moves by other countries including the United States to require tests for visitors from China amid a renewed surge in infections there.

France 24

Experts warn that China's soaring Covid cases heighten risk of new variants

An explosion of Covid-19 cases in China as the country lifts its zero-Covid measures could create a “potential breeding ground” for new variants to emerge, health experts warn.

Bangkok Post

Asia's hotspots prepare for boom as China eases restrictions

BANGKOK/SINGAPORE/SYDNEY: Thailand and other Asian countries are bracing for an influx of Chinese tourists as Covid-19 restrictions are dismantled, and while some are wary, operators in others are preparing packages such as hotpot buffets to cash in on the expected spike in travel.

Reuters

Analysis-China's COVID policymaking under scrutiny as infections soar

After China scrapped three years of zero-COVID curbs in 30 days, setting off a massive wave of infections, Beijing's policymakers face an immense challenge to treat the sick and minimise deaths while winning back public trust dented by previous policies.

Reuters

Asia's tourist hotspots prepare for boom as China relaxes COVID rules

Asian countries are bracing for an influx of Chinese tourists as COVID restrictions are dismantled, and while some are wary, operators in others are preparing packages such as hotpot buffets to cash in on the expected spike in travel.

Daily Mirror

UK could force passengers from China to test negative for Covid before entering country

Officials are set to discuss later today whether they should follow the US and sanction new Covid-19 regulations on travellers from China amid a worrying new rise in cases

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