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Crowds in Chinese city of Guangzhou clash with white hazmat-suited riot police

Videos appear to show objects being thrown at the officers, and crowds running to escape tear gas

Evening Standard

News vs views: India Today’s age-old formula of using actor’s swimsuit pics, this time for Galwan debate

Prurient interest is all well and good, but served within the backdrop of India’s boundary dispute with China, it may acquire an olfactory resemblance to the much disputed pineapple pizza termed Hawaiian by its Canadian inventors.

Newslaundry

Freed Japan-China friendship group head says charges false

The former head of a Japan-China friendship group who recently returned to Japan from six years in a Beijing prison for what he said were false spying charges says he still hopes to see China become a global leader but with better treatment of human rights

The Independent UK

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China to quadruple stockpile of world-ending nuclear bombs in just over a decade

The report builds on the military's warning last year that China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than US officials had predicted - Beijing wants to match or surpass US global power by mid-century

Daily Mirror

Jiang Zemin obituary

Chinese leader who oversaw economic growth and a stable relationship with the US, and encouraged his country to ‘enter the world’

The Guardian - UK

NATO concerned about China's 'opaque' military buildup -Blinken

NATO allies are concerned about China's military buildup and its cooperation with Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday after a gathering of the Western military alliance in Romania.

Reuters

‘People want to live’: views from China on the Covid lockdown protests

Four people give their take on the protests against China’s zero-Covid policy

The Guardian - UK

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China-Laos Railway boosts travel, promotes tourism in Laos

VIENTIANE: The China-Laos Railway has significantly bolstered passenger transportation, greatly facilitated travel, and helped promote tourism in Laos since its launch in December 2021.

Bangkok Post

Raimondo: US isn't seeking to sever economic ties with China

The United States isn’t seeking to sever economic ties with China — even as it takes steps to protect America’s technological and military prowess from Beijing

The Independent UK

China's COVID Lockdowns Once Inspired Western Officials; They Should Listen to Protesters Instead

Given the harms caused, lessons should be learned from China’s people, not its government.

Reason

Russian, Chinese Bombers Fly Joint Patrols over Pacific

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers on Wednesday flew a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Tu-95 bombers of the Russian air force and the Chinese H-6K bombers flew over the Sea…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Prepares to Expand Public Assistance to Low-Income Residents

The expansion will apply to around 6.1 million people on the cusp of qualifying for a basic living allowance, and another 6.8 million under temporary financial strain

Caixin Global

Russian, Chinese bombers fly joint patrols over Pacific

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers have flown a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries

The Independent UK

EU chief Charles Michel heads to China amid Covid protests crackdown

European Council President Charles Michel is in Beijing to discuss global challenges with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is facing historic protests in major cities against Covid restrictions.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

‘End of an Era’: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin Dies at 96

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, Chinese state media reported. Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai just after noon on Wednesday of leukemia and…

Reuters

Saudi Arabia to host China-Arab summit during Xi visit, sources say

Saudi Arabia plans to host a Chinese-Arab summit on Dec. 9 attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to the kingdom, three Arab diplomats in the region familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

Reuters

China wants US not to interfere in ties with India - Pentagon

China has warned the United States to not interfere in its relationship with India following deadly border skirmishes between the Asian giants in 2020, the Pentagon said in a report.

Reuters

Excitement, defiance for young Chinese in COVID 'tipping point' protests

When Yang, a Shanghai office worker, saw video clips of a burning building in western China, a disaster in which 10 people were killed, she said she could not contain her anger over tough COVID-19 measures three years into the pandemic.

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Evening Standard

Former China president Jiang Zemin dies, aged 96

Jiang Zemin led China out from political obscurity in the 1990s

Boston Herald

Editorial: The world needs another Tiananmen Square hero

History will never forget a Chinese man who stood alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square.

Reuters

U.S. Commerce secretary: Competing with China not 'easy'

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday Washington must do more to counter China while insisting the world's two largest economies should not isolate from each other.

Bangkok Post

Former China leader Jiang Zemin dead

China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, China's state news agency said.

Reuters

Overseas Chinese step up protests as calls mount for change

From Sydney to Toronto, mainland Chinese have stepped up protests this week, with demands to end the world's most stringent COVID-19 restrictions evolving into calls to "free China" and for President Xi Jinping to step down.

WEKU

China's ex-leader Jiang Zemin, an influential reformer, has died at 96

Jiang Zemin rose to power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests and leaves a legacy of economic reforms — but also tight political control.

The Independent UK

Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of 'zero COVID'

A campaign to vaccinate older Chinese has sparked hopes Beijing might roll back severe anti-virus controls that prompted angry protesters to demand President Xi Jinping resign

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