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The Latest Breaking News from China

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After checking out electric motorbikes from China, we now turn our attention to Japanese offerings.

Bangkok Post

Thai pairs settle for second in Tour Finals

Mixed doubles stars Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai missed out on a chance to win their third successive BWF World Tour Finals title after losing to Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong at Nimibutr Stadium on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

What's next in zero-Covid China drama

China's leaders always knew that they would have to abandon their zero-Covid policy eventually and that the longer they waited, the more painful the transition would be.

Bangkok Post

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UK to downgrade commitment to human rights for close diplomatic ties

Foreign secretary to announce ‘pragmatic’ partnerships with countries likely to be more influential over next 30 years

The Guardian - UK

China battles rising COVID-19 cases after easing precautions

Beijing last week also eliminated regular mandatory testing, so the official tally of cases is not clear.

Axios

Coalition must listen ‘carefully to Pacific island nations’, Simon Birmingham says before bipartisan tour

Statement comes despite torrid debates during election campaign over policies towards China and its security deal with Solomon Islands

The Guardian - AU

China government health adviser warns of surging COVID cases

Fears of a spike in infections after Beijing eased its ‘zero-COVID’ restrictions following rare nationwide protests.

Al Jazeera

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A scallion pancake recipe is layered with thoughts of family, China and a tiny secret

A daughter recalls her immigrant parents and her father standing by the stove making scallion pancakes on Sunday mornings. Her siblings now make the pancakes for their children.

WEKU

Biden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit

President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa

The Independent UK

Temperatures to drop nationwide this week, more rain in South next weekend

People in Thailand are bracing for cool weather this week due to the impact of a low-pressure area moving down from China.

Bangkok Post

China can be a ‘partner for good’, says James Cleverly ahead of major speech

The Foreign Secretary is to give a speech on Monday about the need for the UK to align with a crop of increasingly influential countries.

Evening Standard

China can be a ‘partner for good’, says Cleverly ahead of major speech

The Foreign Secretary is to give a speech on Monday about the need for the UK to align with a crop of increasingly influential countries.

The Independent UK

What is really behind Russia's prisoner swap with America?

UP until last Friday, he was someone most people had probably never heard of. But for journalists like myself whose beat is covering foreign…

The National (Scotland)

Iran summons China envoy over islands dispute statement with UAE

Chinese envoy ‘had a visit’ as Tehran expressed ‘strong dissatisfaction’ over China’s joint statement with GCC nations.

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China's capital swings from anger over zero-Covid to coping with infections

BEIJING: Beijing's Covid-19 gloom deepened on Sunday with many shops and other businesses closed, and an expert warned of many thousands of new coronavirus cases as anger over China's previous Covid policies gave way to worry about coping with infection.

Bangkok Post

Taiwan premier slams China over fresh import bans

Taiwan's premier on Sunday accused China of violating international trade rules and "discriminating" against the island after it halted more Taiwanese imports.

The Guardian - UK

Economists hail end to zero Covid in China but huge human toll is feared

Low rate of vaccination of elderly and a lack of natural immunity mean country may be in for a bumpy ride

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facing COVID Surge, China Expanding Hospitals, ICUs

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. President Xi Jinping’s government is officially committed to stopping virus…

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The Independent UK

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

Reuters

Beijing swings from anger over zero-COVID to coping with infections

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Reuters

Japan lawmaker in Taiwan says China threat needs more military spending

Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the "grim reality" of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday during a visit to Taiwan.

Tribune News Service

Senior US officials to visit China to follow up on Xi-Biden meeting

The U.S. will send a high-level delegation to China in the coming days, following up on President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month at the G20 meeting in Indonesia.

Reuters

China's Wang Huning, a backstage ideologue and political survivor

(This Dec 10. story has been refiled to remove extraneous word "is" in the 21st paragraph))

The Independent UK

Jiang Zemin: Leader who guided China’s rise to economic power

Under Jiang’s tutelage, China had its longest period of stable economic growth under Communist rule

Reuters

China's healthcare system put to the test as COVID curbs fade

When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding in northern China, he braced for a five-day quarantine at a makeshift local hospital as part of the country's strict pandemic controls.

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