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Concerns grow after China recruit 30 British ex-fighter pilots as instructors

Attractive salaries of £240,000 believed to be the reason why they have signed up

Wales Online

China Southern to resume flights to Bangkok

China’s biggest airlines are planning more international flights, a sign that the government is aware of the country’s growing isolation as it persists with lockdowns and mass testing -- hallmarks of its Covid Zero policy.

Bangkok Post

Sanctioned Myanmar tycoons find shelter in Singapore

Frangipani plants and coconut trees front the three-story villa on Sentosa Island where Myanmar tycoon Tay Za stays when he’s in Singapore. It’s one of two houses his family owns in a development overlooking the South China Sea known as a playground for the wealthy. A short drive away is…

Bangkok Post

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Japan, Australia to seek security agreement when premiers meet this week

Japan and Australia seek to reach a new security agreement with particular regard to China's maritime expansion when the two countries' prime ministers meet in Perth on Saturday, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday.

Reuters

San Francisco Bay Area counties defend use of election software ensnared in China data-sharing probe

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three of the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest counties will continue to use polling station software that was ensnared in a Los Angeles data breach investigation and resulted in at least four other election jurisdictions ditching the software amid allegations of embezzlement and Chinese data sharing.

Tribune News Service

China's 20th Communist Party Congress: What you need to know

China's 20th Communist Party Congress began on Sunday, with Xi Jinping poised to clinch his third five-year stint in charge - a mandate that would secure him as the country's most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong.

Reuters

For China's women, this week's Congress is unlikely to mean progress

As Xi Jinping consolidates power at China's 20th Communist Party Congress this week, Chinese women are not holding their breath for progress in gender equality.

Reuters

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UK to issue ‘threat alert’ over China’s attempts to recruit RAF pilots

Former and serving pilots told not to disclose sensitive information, in attempt to ‘mitigate risk’ of schemes

The Guardian - UK

What the eclipse of Tencent by a liquor company says about Xi’s China

Kweichow Moutai has overtaken the tech group in market capitalisation thanks to the whims of one man

Financial Times

Fears Xi Jinping flaunting 'collective prosperity' in CCP Congress speech, signalling further winding back of economic reforms

Certain words have been singled out as experts dissect the meaning behind Chinese President Xi Jinping's "work report" speech to the CCP's 20th National Congress, where he is vying for an unprecedented third term.

ABC News

US plans for Indo-Pacific 'misguided'

To ensure a free, open, prosperous, and secure world, the United States must be the winner in the race for global supremacy. For the US, the biggest challenge now is to compete with China, while at the same time containing Russia. That was the key message of the US' national…

Bangkok Post

US-India ties too important to be neglected

The upcoming joint military exercise between the US-India known as War Practice, in a high-altitude area less than 100 kilometres from India's border with China, highlights the partnership's growing strategic importance. India holds more annual military drills with the US than any other country, as the two powers seek to…

Bangkok Post

Asian stocks fall as fears of global recession keep rising

Asian stock markets slipped yesterday as recession fears mounted over expectations of a further tightening in global monetary policies, days after China's Communist Party sent the world a defiant message.

Bangkok Post

Urgent threat alert after China hires British ex-fighter pilots on £240,000 pay

The former pilots, many aged in their 50s, are believed to be on salaries of up to £240,000 per year and have experience flying Typhoons, Jaguars, Harriers and Tornados

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Benzinga

Daqo Lines Up Big New Buyer Ahead of Massive Expansion

Key Takeaways: Daqo New Energy has signed an agreement to sell 150,300 metric tons of polysilicon to a Chinese polysilicon wafer maker producer over the next five years Daqo and its global peers are currently adding major new capacity that will start to come onstream next year By Doug Young

France 24

No stopping Xi? China's leadership to further bolster president's powers

A strongman who is stronger than ever, or is this the point where Xi Jinping goes too far? A third term for China's president is sure to be a rubber stamped at a 20th Communist Party Congress that will further cement his stature as the most powerful Chinese leader since…

Reuters

EU should treat China more as a competitor, says diplomat chief

The European Union should recognise China even more as a competitor and reduce its economic dependency, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday, as the bloc looks to fine-tune relations with Beijing.

ABC News

As Xi Jinping made a bid for power, his charismatic rival Bo Xilai loomed. Then came a murder in a hotel room

As Neil Heywood lay dying from cyanide poisoning, he could not have known the plot to kill him would shake the Chinese Communist Party to its core and dramatically alter the rule of Xi Jinping.

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Chinese Stocks Jump Following Xi's Bullish Comments On Tech, Emphasis On Supporting Market

The iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSE: FXI) jumped Monday morning after China's President Xi Jinping delivered a spe

The Guardian - UK

Consulate attack in UK reflects China’s aggressive foreign policy, analysts say

Assault on protester in Manchester is seen as being consistent with Beijing’s hawkish rhetoric of recent years

Newsroom.co.nz

Behind the mask: Zero-Covid China must look to outside world for investment

As NZ officially moves out of epidemic status this week, President Xi Jinping has doubled down on China's zero-Covid strategy. Prof Siah Hwee Ang examines what this means for trade.

Radio France Internationale

Is the Communist party's old guard tiring of Xi's iron grip on China?

By rooting out his opponents through merciless "anti-corruption" campaigns and supressing all forms of criticism, Chinese leader Xi Jinping now seems to be untouchable. Thousands of delegates are set to rubber-stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term as they meet for the five-yearly Congress. But between the…

The Times of India

Raghuram Rajan explains why India should not follow China's economic model

NEW DELHI: Encouraging India to adopt a services-led export model, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said that following China's manufacturing-led export path would have been detrimental to world economy.

The Conversation

China: Xi Jinping poised for a third term with no plans to relinquish power any time soon

It is a certainty that the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will be confirmed in office at the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, currently being held in Beijing. At 69, Xi is also tipped to become the CCP chairman.

Axios

Masters and Vance campaigns not defined by their business backgrounds

Blake Masters and J.D. Vance have spent years as venture capitalists. But voters may not know that.

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